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Michigan Democrat says she will cut aid to Israel
JTAAug 16, 2018
Two Muslim women win primary elections LANSING — A Michigan Democrat who is all but certain to become a congresswoman said she would “absolutely” vote against...
Charlottesville one year later
Ron Kampeas, JTAJul 26, 2018
WASHINGTON — On Sunday, Aug. 12, Unite the Right, the agglomeration of far-right groups that organized the deadly Charlottesville, Va. rally last year, hopes to meet...
Zuckerberg says Facebook won’t delete Holocaust denial posts
Ben Sales, JTAJul 26, 2018
SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Zuckerberg says he wants to give everyone in the world a voice. But what happens when some of those wishing a voice are Holocaust deniers? That...
The Jewish take on Judge Kavanaugh
Josefin Dolsten, JTAJul 12, 2018
WASHINGTON — When President Donald Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh, a federal appeals court judge in Washington, DC, to replace Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy,...
Justice Kennedy retires, Jewish groups react
Charles Dunst, JTAJul 05, 2018
NEW YORK — Not an hour after Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement last week as associate justice on the Supreme Court, the National Council of Jewish Women tweeted...
Bloomberg to spend $80 million for Democrats
JTAJun 28, 2018
NEW YORK — Michael Bloomberg will spend $80 million in an effort to help elect Democrats in the midterm elections. The Jewish media mogul and former New York City...
Kushner blames Abbas for failure
Charles Dunst, JTAJun 28, 2018
NEW YORK — Saying a US plan for Middle East peace would be released “soon,” Jared Kushner sharply criticized PA President Mahmoud Abbas in what appeared to be an...
Jewish activists at the border
Ben Sales, JTAJun 21, 2018
When Mary McCabe explains America’s immigration courts to children who have been separated from their parents, she tries to make it interactive. She draws a sketch of...
Fight over Touro Synagogue heads to Supreme Court
JTAJun 21, 2018
BOSTON — The legal fight over ownership of the country’s oldest synagogue is headed to the US Supreme Court. The 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals earlier this month...
Palestinian narrative comes to Jewish summer camps
Ben Sales, JTAJun 07, 2018
NEW YORK — When Aviva Schwartz started praying publicly for Palestinians at her Jewish summer camp, she knew it would be controversial. Schwartz had grown up ensconced...
