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For visiting Americans, a brush with terror in Sderot

SDEROT, Israel (JTA) -- American Jewish leaders on a solidarity visit to this besieged southern Israel city learned quickly what life was like under fire. On Sunday, when a Code Red alert was sounded, they were rushed into a protected room. read more »

Arts & Letters »

MLK Day opens show on history of bigotry

“Yes We Can! Unlearning Discrimination in Oregon,” a combination of new materials and existing exhibits, opens at the Oregon Jewish Museum Jan. 19, Martin Luther King Day, with an opening reception from 2 to 4 p.m. read more »

She shines Jewish light into darkness

Images of blindness permeate literature, including the Torah and even daily prayer.

Artist and Jewish scholar Marsha Plafkin Hurwitz has taken inspiration from words about literal and metaphorical blindness read more »

Travel

Volun-tourism combines service, sightseeing

PARTICIPANTS in the upcoming Oregon birthright Israel trip, which leaves Dec. 15, gather for a pre-trip evening of bowling and getting to know each other. read more »

Wire

Invasion launched, Israeli officials cite successes

KARNEI SHOMRON, West Bank (JTA)—At least 35 rockets shot from Gaza pounded southern Israel as Israel prepared to transfer humanitarian aid to the Palestinians on the second day of its ground operation against Hamas. read more »

As Gaza fighting rages, diplomats work on cease-fire

JERUSALEM (JTA) — In the second week of the war in Gaza, with Israeli ground troops poised to intensify their actions against Hamas militants, weapons' stores and rocket-launching sites, diplomatic efforts to end the fighting gathered pace. read more »