National
In light of coronavirus, Passover needs multiply
Josefin Dolsten, JTAMar 19, 2020
NEW YORK — The run-up to Passover is the busiest time of the year for Masbia, a nonprofit that operates three kosher soup kitchens in Brooklyn and Queens. The...
Again, JCCs receive threats
JTAFeb 27, 2020
NEW YORK — More than 50 Jewish community centers nationwide have received emailed bomb threats since Saturday, Feb. 22. None of the threats have been found to be...
Two-year anniversary of Parkland
Josefin Dolsten, JTAFeb 20, 2020
PARKLAND, Fla — It was during Zoey Fox-Snider’s sophomore year that a gunman entered her campus at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School here. The 17-year-old...
Native American and Jewish — now state Supreme Court judge
JTAFeb 13, 2020
By Emily Burack NEW YORK — When Justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis was sworn in to Washington’s Supreme Court earlier this month, she became the second Native American...
At National Archives: Everything but Henry Ford
Ron Kampeas, JTAFeb 13, 2020
WASHINGTON — The three-week exhibition at the National Archives showcased documents, video and a marquee sponsor, announced in large font on the banner at the National...
Six Jewish moments at the State of the Union
Ron Kampeas, JTAFeb 06, 2020
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign is now underway, judging by the way he turned much of his State of the Union into a campaign pitch. “We...
How did the GOP woo Orthodox Jews?
JTAFeb 06, 2020
By Ben Sales and Laura E. Adkins NEW YORK — Like most of his Orthodox friends, Richard Goldberg was raised a Democrat. But by 2000, Goldberg had affixed a Republican...
Trump’s peace plan — the components
Gabe Friedman, JTAJan 30, 2020
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump unveiled his long-awaited Middle East peace plan on Tuesday, Jan. 28. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu joined Trump at a...
Chasidic all-volunteer security force
Ben Sales, JTAJan 23, 2020
MONSEY, NY — Eleven days after a man barged into a rabbi’s home on Chanukah here and stabbed five Jews, Josef Margaretten was patrolling this chasidic neighborhood...
Democratic candidates’ positions on Iran
Ron Kampeas, JTAJan 23, 2020
WASHINGTON — Based on the last Democratic presidential debate and, in Elizabeth Warren’s case other sources, the candidates think that President Donald Trump made a...
