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Pro-Israel Democrats challenged in New York
Ron Kampeas, JTAMay 28, 2020
WASHINGTON — One of the biggest stories of 2018 was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s success in ousting a senior New York Democrat, Joseph Crowley, in her Bronx area’s...
ADL: Anti-Semitic incidents rose in 2019
Ben Sales, JTAMay 14, 2020
NEW YORK — Last year saw the most anti-Semitic incidents in the US since at least 1979, according to the ADL. The 2,107 incidents recorded in 2019 reflect a 12%...
JFNA-led consortium came up with PPE
JTAMay 14, 2020
By Michele Chabin NEW YORK — When the novel coronavirus began its relentless sweep through elder-care facilities in North America, Andrew Banoff, chairman of the Assn....
Summer camps closed, suspended
Ben Sales, JTAMay 07, 2020
NEW YORK — Nearly all Reform Jewish summer camps, and at least one Conservative camp, will remain closed for the 2020 summer due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic....
Bill de Blasio singles out Jews for critique
JTAApr 30, 2020
By Philissa Cramer NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio drew fierce criticism this week after he singled out “the Jewish community” in a trio of tweets...
When the call for talleisim when out, people answered
Shira Hanau, JTAApr 30, 2020
NEW YORK — Andrew Parver’s phone hasn’t stopped ringing since Sunday. That’s when Parver, the director of operations at the Hebrew Free Burial Association in New...
Bitter battle over Lob at Conference of Presidents
Ron Kampeas, JTAApr 30, 2020
WASHINGTON — The American Jewish community’s leading lobby coalition elected its next leader on April 28, in a confirmation vote that was anything but routine,...
Synagogues hesitant to re-open
Josefin Dolsten, JTAApr 30, 2020
NEW YORK — The road to reopening for houses of worship has been paved in a handful of states, even as the coronavirus pandemic continues to kill more than 1,500...
2020 Census asks tricky question about Jewish ‘origins’
Ron Kampeas, JTAApr 17, 2020
WASHINGTON — It’s the ninth question on the census, and for many Jewish respondents, it’s a surprising — and sometimes unwelcome — invitation to consider who...
Three weeks after Purim, coronavirus is hitting Jewish communities hard
Ben Sales, JTAApr 08, 2020
NEW YORK — The day before the chasidic folk band Zusha performed before a crowd of 300 in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Crown Heights on the evening of March 9, the...
