National
How ‘Never Again’ became the rallying cry for gun control
JTAMar 15, 2018
By Emily Burack NEW YORK — After a gunman took the lives of 17 students and staff at their high school in Parkland, Fla., students there launched a national campaign...
Aly Raisman sues US Olympic committee
JTAMar 08, 2018
LOS ANGELES — Aly Raisman sued the US Olympic Committee and USA Gymnastics alleging negligence for not stopping former US Olympics gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar...
AIPAC reaches out to progressives
Ron Kampeas, JTAMar 08, 2018
WASHINGTON — The American Israel Public Affairs Committee opened its arms to progressives this week, launching its annual policy conference with direct appeals to...
Can AIPAC stay non-partisan?
Ron Kampeas, JTAMar 01, 2018
WASHINGTON — When candidate Donald Trump spoke at AIPAC’s Policy Conference in 2016 and said Barack Obama may be the worst thing that ever happened to Israel, many...
Florida school shooting’s Jewish victims remembers
Josefin Dolsten, JTAFeb 22, 2018
PARKLAND, Fla. — They volunteered. They played soccer. They went to camp. They were sweet, mature and easygoing. They were just beginning their lives, or helping...
Jewish sheriff reacts to shooting in his county
Ben Sales, JTAFeb 22, 2018
As he leads the police response to the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel is the county’s first Jewish sheriff. A 2016 campaign...
US on possible Netanyahu indictment: ‘internal matter’
JTAFeb 15, 2018
JERUSALEM — The Israel Police recommendation to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is an “internal Israeli matter,” the US State Department said. “The US...
US expels Israeli cannabis expert
JTAFeb 08, 2018
By Debra Nussbaum Cohen NEW YORK — It shouldn’t have been complicated. Shimon Abta, an expert Israeli cannabis agronomist, was sent by his employer to consult with...
Whither Carlebach’s music?
Ben Sales, JTAFeb 08, 2018
NEW YORK — When Rabbi Angela Buchdahl announced how her synagogue would respond to the #MeToo moment, she singled out a man. But he wasn’t one of her congregants,...
Holocaust denier running for Congress in Illinois
JTAFeb 08, 2018
CHICAGO — A Holocaust denier, anti-Semite and white supremacist is about to become the Republican nominee for an Illinois congressional seat. Arthur Jones, a...
