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At Tufts, Hillel called ‘exploitative,’ ‘Zionist’
JTASep 14, 2017
ROSH HASHANAH EDITION 5778SECTION A PAGE 10 By Yvette Alt BOSTON — Tufts University’s Hillel is described as “an organization that supports a white supremacist...
Houston recovery will take years
Josefin Dolsten, JTASep 07, 2017
HOUSTON — The Jewish community in Houston has seen “devastating” damage from Hurricane Harvey and could take years to recover, a federation official said....
Jewish organizations decry DACA move
Ron Kampeas, JTASep 07, 2017
WASHINGTON — An array of Jewish groups and lawmakers attacked President Donald Trump’s decision to end an Obama-era program granting protections to illegal im-...
ADL, US mayors in joint plan to fight extremism
IJN StaffAug 31, 2017
The US Conference of Mayors (USCM) and the ADL have announced a joint plan to fight extremism and bigotry and to promote justice and equality in response to the...
Jewish groups aid mosques concerned about security
Ben Sales, JTAAug 31, 2017
NEW YORK — With anti-Islam hate crimes on the rise, Muslim leaders are working harder to secure their mosques and institutions. Some are turning to Jewish experts for...
Newspaper production opens a lens on flooded Houston
Ben Sales, JTAAug 31, 2017
HOUSTON — As Hurricane Harvey bore down on Houston on Aug. 25, Vicki Samuels Levy dashed over to the offices of the Houston Jewish Herald-Voice, took the proofs of...
Who is ‘antifa’?
Ben Sales, JTAAug 24, 2017
NEW YORK — Is it OK to punch a Nazi in the face? That’s the question animating much of the discussion of the Aug. 12 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va.,...
White nationalist calls himself a ‘white Zionist’
JTAAug 24, 2017
TEL AVIV — White nationalist leader Richard Spencer told Israelis during an evening TV interview that they should respect him because he is essentially a “white...
Charlottesville’s Jewish mayor
Ron Kampeas, JTAAug 17, 2017
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Michael Signer, the Jewish mayor of Charlottesville, has one thing in common with the white supremacists who descended on his southern Virginia...
Bipartisan support for Taylor Force Act
JTAAug 10, 2017
WASHINGTON — A key Senate panel has advanced a bill that would reduce US payments to the Palestinians as long as the PA continues to pay subsidies to the families of...
