BERLIN (JTA) — Recognizing Israel’s right to exist is now mandatory for those who want to become German citizens in the former East German state of Saxony-Anhalt.

Source: https://www.heritagefl.com/story/2023/12/22/news/citizenship-applicants-must-sign-statement-in-support-of-israel/19278.html

Education Minister, Fayval Williams has rejected claims that the relationship between her Ministry and the President of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), La Sonja Harrison has deteriorated.

Source: https://www.iriefm.net/education-minister-rejects-claims-that-relationship-between-ministry-and-jta-head-has-deteriorated/

ELKO NEW MARKET, Minnesota (JTA via ) — Thomas Poretsky is six years away from being behind the wheel of a street-legal car and is too young to drive bumper cars at the State Fair.

Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/meet-thomas-poretsky-10-year-old-native-american-jewish-racer/

JTA — An event that took place at a Virginia university Thursday night to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day was scheduled to feature lectures about the legacies of Auschwitz and the intersection between white supremacy and antisemitism.

Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/citing-exclusion-jewish-faculty-boycott-virginia-university-holocaust-commemoration/

JTA: Emmie, you’re seeing trends in Tennessee that are similar to what the new Israeli government is proposing?

Source: https://www.jta.org/2023/03/30/israel/how-hard-is-it-to-talk-about-israel-we-asked-4-jewish-teens

Kiesling also told the JTA that the community had engaged a former community president, Rabbi Andreas Nachama, chair of Germany’s liberal rabbinical conference, known as ARK, to advise them from a rabbinical perspective.

Source: https://forward.com/fast-forward/531791/in-a-twist-german-rabbi-at-scandals-center-cedes-rabbinical-school-ownership-to-berlin-jews/

Providing an update to Irie FM News last evening, President of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), Leighton Johnson said he has not received reports of any school being damaged significantly, during the period of severe weather.

Source: https://iriefm.net/students-expected-to-return-to-face-to-face-classes-today-following-last-weeks-severe-weather/

Speaking on day one of the JTA Early Childhood Education Conference in St. James yesterday, Mr. Johnson noted that early childhood practitioners play an integral role in the holistic development of a child.

Source: https://iriefm.net/jta-president-says-early-childhood-practitioners-continue-to-face-several-challenges/

TEL AVIV (JTA) — “Everyone who answers, ‘Thank God’ when asked, ‘How are you,’ raise your hand,” Brit Yakobi asked the crowd of 700 people gathered in an Orthodox synagogue in Jerusalem.

Source: https://www.heritagefl.com/story/2023/03/03/news/israels-new-faithful-left-is-making-itself-felt/17918.html

The assets turned over to the JTA include three St Andrew homes, which the accused fraudster, former accounting clerk Marlon Francis, purchased in his name and the names of his mother and aunt.

Source: https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20230122/tracking-money

The Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) is forecasting that more educators will leave the sector in the coming months amid frustration over continued discrepancies with their salaries.

Source: https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20230508/disingenuous

WASHINGTON (JTA) — For months earlier this year, mainstream American Jewish groups waffled on how much to weigh in on Israel’s internal political debates, something many had studiously avoided in the past.

Source: https://www.heritagefl.com/story/2023/08/04/news/after-pivotal-judicial-reform-vote-us-jewish-groups-unleash-their-newfound-voices-on-israeli-domestic-policy/18554.html