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Bahrain commites to combatting anti-Semitism
Ron Kampeas, JTAOct 29, 2020
WASHINGTON — A Bahraini institute has signed an agreement with the US State Dept. to combat anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism and delegitimization of Israel. The memorandum...
United States of Anxiety
Uriel Heilman, JTAOct 29, 2020
NEW YORK — American Jews are anxious. They’re worried about COVID-19, which already has killed a quarter million Americans and is spreading more rapidly as winter...
Jewish voter push
Ron Kampeas, JTAOct 22, 2020
WASHINGTON — Partisan Jewish organizations are doing what they do every cycle: focusing on getting the vote out, especially in swing states where the margin between...
Jewish advocates pay attention to Supreme Court’s current docket
Ron Kampeas, JTAOct 15, 2020
WASHINGTON — The uncertainty surrounding the makeup of the Supreme Court led to a quieter-than-normal kickoff for the court’s 2021 decision-making season. But even...
3,000 Faces of COVID
JTAOct 15, 2020
NEW YORK — When Alex Goldstein first set out to memorialize Americans who died of COVID-19, he was overwhelmed by the vastness of the task ahead. That was in March,...
Facebook bans Holocaust denial
Ben Sales, JTAOct 15, 2020
WASHINGTON — Facebook announced that it will now ban any posts that deny or distort the Holocaust, a landmark change from its previous policy. For years, Facebook and...
Homeland Security: White supremacists biggest threat
JTAOct 08, 2020
WASHINGTON — A new report from the Dept. of Homeland Security names white supremacists as the biggest domestic terror threat in the US. The Homeland Threat...
Tense Brooklyn anti-COVID protest
Shira Hanau, JTAOct 08, 2020
NEW YORK — A tense and at times violent protest by Orthodox Jews against New York’s crackdown on gatherings in their neighborhoods mixed with Orthodox leaders...
A rundown of the top Jewish political donors this election cycle
Ron Kampeas, JTAOct 01, 2020
WASHINGTON — George Soros may draw some of the most vociferous criticism, but he’s hardly the biggest political donor in this cash-heavy election cycle — Democrat...
Who are the ‘Proud Boys’?
Ben Sales, JTAOct 01, 2020
NEW YORK — Who are the Proud Boys, the far-right group that Donald Trump name-checked at the first presidential debate this week? And do they hate Jews? At the debate...
