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I’m on the field at Yankee Stadium with JTA’s managing editor, Uriel Heilman, and JTA’s boxing correspondent, Marc Brodsky. We’re just minutes away from the start of Yuri Foreman’s title defense against Miguel Cotto. For those who don’t know, Foreman is not only a championship fighter but an Orthodox rabbinical student.

Marc is live blogging the fight over at The Telegraph blog. So check it out.

And root hard for Yuri.

Ami Eden
Editor in Chief, JTA

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In order to keep you well-informed, we’ve created a new page at JTA dedicated to the ongoing situation in the Middle East.  On it, you’ll find all of our original reporting and analysis, breaking news items, and links to important content from around the Web.

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Hi, my name is David.  I’m the guy who hits the “send” button on all these solicitations you receive from JTA.

People who know me sometimes ask, “You’re Catholic, but you work for JTA!  Why?”  

The most obvious reason is that my wife is from Israel, and we are proudly raising our six-year old twins as Jews.  Believe me, I’m the one who insists on going to shul every Friday.

There are less obvious reasons, though, why I work at JTA. Of course, it’s an exciting challenge to be part of a team trying to figure out how a traditional news organization will survive and thrive in this digital age.

More importantly, though, it is what JTA represents:  a group of people working on behalf of a scattered community to make sure that the community’s stories are told, that dangers are anticipated, that devastation is acknowledged, that opportunity and triumph is celebrated.

This is about the most talented group of people I’ve ever worked with.  They could be working anywhere (and probably for higher salaries!), but they choose to work for JTA in an effort to keep the Jewish community informed and connected.

Yes, it is a little odd being the only Catholic at JTA.  But the cause transcends these kinds of differences:  service and dedication to a greater good on behalf of your community, your colleagues, your family, your history.  Who wouldn’t want to be a part of that?

With your generous donation right now, you will help ensure that future generations will enjoy and be enlightened by JTA.  I don’t know what kind of device my kids will be reading the news on when they are old enough.  But, I do know that I want them to be able to read JTA so they can better understand the community of which they are a part.

Thanks so much,

David Billotti
Director of Communications

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When I first walked into the JTA newsroom 23 years ago, teletype machines were clacking, computer cables were taped to the floor and there were still rotary-dial phones on the old wooden desks.

We’ve come a long way since then: e-mail, blogs, video, iPods, IPads. Who knows what’s next? But one thing is sure: With your support, JTA will continue to harness the latest technologies to bring you the news the way you like to receive it.

We’re about to unveil a new mobile version of the JTA.org web site. Help us continue to innovate, by becoming a JTA member now.  By contributing at least $50

Near JTA headquarters in New York, a cup of coffee can cost as much as $3.  If you’re a two-a-day type, that can be as much as $30 per week!

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We’re hoping you can meet us in the middle: could you make a $50 donation to support JTA, the global news service of the Jewish people?

That’s less than $1 per week for the news and information that keeps our community connected and informed.

This moment in time is fraught with challenges and opportunities for the Jewish people.   Tensions in the U.S.-Israel relationship, Ahmadinijad’s continued antics, Obama’s Supreme Court pick, earthquake and hurricanes, anti-Semitism in France — we’ve got a lot to cover, and we rely on the support of readers like you to help us keep delivering.

Join the growing chorus of voices in support of an independent, professional Jewish media with a generous donation of $50 — or whatever you can afford, small or large.

We might not come with milk and sugar, but we certainly keep the Jewish community stimulated.  Please give now to help us cover the important stories — wherever and whenever they happen.

With much appreciation,

Ami Eden
Editor in Chief

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As I mentioned last night, JTA’s reporting and video team is on the ground at the AIPAC policy conference. One of the most important weeks in American-Israeli relations has commenced — the speeches, the private conferences, the hallway chatter, and the reaction from the attendees and the pundits could shape U.S.-Israel relations, the Middle East peace process and the fight to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons for years to come.

You know which Web sites and newspapers you should read to have your viewpoint confirmed. But, for straight ahead reporting and analysis — absent of agenda or partisanship — there is only JTA.

This is one of those weeks that strongly emphasizes the need for an independent, international Jewish news service.  If this service is important to you, we need you to support us with not just your valued readership, but with a generous donation.

By supporting JTA right now, you will be part of a growing chorus of voices from across the spectrum of Jewish life that affirm that — despite our differences — our community is only as connected as it is informed, and we are only as effective as we are connected.

Help keep the stories coming — not just during this crucially important week, but wherever and whenever the next important Jewish news story breaks.

Thanks in advance,

Ami Eden
Editor in Chief

P.S. Please remember, JTA has always been a not-for-profit news organization. Like PBS or NPR, we rely on support from readers like you to keep delivering the news you need, when you need it.  Please give generously today.

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By now you’re probably up to your neck in Passover planning. I wanted to let you know about a new section on JTA. org that might make it easier and even more enjoyable (you are having a good time, right?).

We’re trying something different this year: The Passover Blog. You’ll find advice, recipes and other Pesach-related news and information, among many JTA features.  Plus, the blog offers a rolling, frequently-updated collection of the best Pesach content, commentary and video from around the Web.

And, we want your input, too!  Send questions, suggestions, family stories or anything else you feel like sharing to passovertips.  Just the other day we received an e-mail from a reader who needed a suggestion for a main dish for vegetarians. We put her question up on The Passover Blog, and in a short period of time two other readers had provided her with some suggestions.

OK, now back to your cleaning, cooking and packing.

Happy Passover!

Ami Eden
Editor in Chief

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