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Rep. Omar: ‘AIPAC buys politicians’
Ron Kampeas, JTAFeb 14, 2019
WASHINGTON — US Rep. Ilhan Omar started a firestorm by saying on Twitter that AIPAC pays lawmakers to support Israel. Both Democrats and Republicans have offered sharp...
Parkland one year later
Ben Sales, JTAFeb 14, 2019
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — Five weeks after she hid on the floor of the auditorium at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School as a mass shooter terrorized the campus, Casey...
World ORT honored with MLK award
IJN StaffFeb 07, 2019
ORT received the Let Freedom Ring Humanitarian Award from the Rainbow PUSH Coalition and Citizenship Education Fund in Detroit, Mich., on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day....
Siblings lay down the law
Josefin Dolsten, JTAJan 31, 2019
NEW YORK — Colorado Rep. Dafna Michaelson Jenet and newly appointed Illinois legislator Rabbi Yehiel Kalish are the first Jewish siblings to serve concurrently in...
ADL senior VP, Iran native, reflects on anti-Semitism today
Chris LeppekJan 24, 2019
The bad news first: Anti-Semitism throughout much of the world is not only alive and well, but growing. Then a touch of good news: It’s probably not as bad as it...
Pro-BDS lawmaker Omar on foreign relations committee
Ron Kampeas, JTAJan 24, 2019
WASHINGTON — Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota, was named last week to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, a significant “get” for a first-term lawmaker....
Crossing lines: Christian Zionists meet Jewish liberals
Ron Kampeas, JTAJan 17, 2019
WASHINGTON — Christians United for Israel is no stranger in this city: It has become a key player in recent years in Congress’ passing of pro-Israel legislation,...
Killing of Palestinian: a war crime?
Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTAJan 03, 2019
NEW YORK — The New York Times devoted much of its front page and three inside pages Sunday, Dec. 30, to a reconstruction of the circumstances surrounding the June...
Is Facebook monitoring harmful content?
Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTAJan 03, 2019
NEW YORK — Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg insists that the massive social network is a force for good, but the company keeps getting called out for being slow or...
Mattis resignation highlights foreign policy arguments
Ron Kampeas, JTADec 27, 2018
WASHINGTON — James Mattis is quitting as defense secretary and his extraordinary resignation letter has brought into the open an argument among conservatives on...
