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Gantz emerges as Bibi’s main challenger
JTAFeb 14, 2019
By Eli Kowaz TEL AVIV — Benny Gantz has cemented himself as the most likely candidate to defeat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the upcoming Israeli elections....
Rep. Omar: ‘AIPAC buys politicians’
Ron Kampeas, JTAFeb 14, 2019
WASHINGTON — US Rep. Ilhan Omar started a firestorm by saying on Twitter that AIPAC pays lawmakers to support Israel. Both Democrats and Republicans have offered sharp...
Parkland one year later
Ben Sales, JTAFeb 14, 2019
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — Five weeks after she hid on the floor of the auditorium at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School as a mass shooter terrorized the campus, Casey...
Alleged anti-Semitism in Conifer school headed to federal court
Chris LeppekFeb 07, 2019
long-running dispute over allegations of anti-Semitism at a Colorado middle school is headed for federal court. In December, the family of Isabella Grunspan, the girl...
Israeli company claims cancer cure
Marcy Oster, JTAFeb 07, 2019
JERUSALEM — A team of scientists at a biotech company in Israel claimed that they will have a cure for cancer — all cancer — within a year. Their claims were shot...
World ORT honored with MLK award
IJN StaffFeb 07, 2019
ORT received the Let Freedom Ring Humanitarian Award from the Rainbow PUSH Coalition and Citizenship Education Fund in Detroit, Mich., on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day....
Israel stays tight with Myanmar
Charles Dunst, JTAFeb 07, 2019
YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar’s treatment of its Rohingya Muslim minority has earned the country widespread condemnation in recent years. A UN investigator and the US...
New anti-Semitism monitor has a colorful background
Ron Kampeas, JTAFeb 07, 2019
WASHINGTON — Elan Carr’s career until now has been equal parts prosecutor, policy wonk, politico and performance artist. He has now been appointed the State...
Ethiopian Jews allege police brutality
JTAFeb 07, 2019
JERUSALEM — Six officers were hurt and 11 protesters were arrested as dozens of young Ethiopian Israelis clashed with police at the end of a protest against alleged...
Siblings lay down the law
Josefin Dolsten, JTAJan 31, 2019
NEW YORK — Colorado Rep. Dafna Michaelson Jenet and newly appointed Illinois legislator Rabbi Yehiel Kalish are the first Jewish siblings to serve concurrently in...
