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Jews join protest at Standing Rock
JTANov 10, 2016
Several Jewish groups have voiced their support for the Native American-led protest of an oil pipeline that would run near the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North...
FBI releases documents on Marc Rich pardon
JTANov 10, 2016
WASHINGTON (JTA) — In a move decried by backers of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, the FBI released documents related to President Bill Clinton’s...
Six Jews in critical Congressional races
Ron Kampeas, JTANov 03, 2016
WASHINGTON — California condors? I’ll show you rarities: Jewish congressmen from Memphis and Jewish Republicans in the US House of Representatives. And both...
Jews reassess Muslim presence in Elizabeth, NJ
Ben Sales, JTASep 22, 2016
ELIZABETH, NJ — Ahmad Khan Rahami, the man who police say planted four bombs in Manhattan and New Jersey — including one in the train station here — used to...
US aid generous, on Obama’s terms
Ron Kampeas, JTASep 22, 2016
WASHINGTON— President Barack Obama’s near parting gift to Israel, a guarantee of $38 billion in defense assistance over a decade, distills into a single document...
At UCLA, Milan Chatterjee unlikely hero on BDS
Gabe Friedman, JTASep 22, 2016
LOSANGELES — When Milan Chatterjee arrived at UCLA’s law school in 2014, Middle East politics wasn’t one of his core interests. He describes himself as an Indian...
Clinton, Trump talk tough on Iran
Ron Kampeas, JTASep 08, 2016
WASHINGTON — The Trump and Clinton campaigns issued tough-on-Iran statements in the wake of a report alleging that negotiators allowed Iran secret loopholes in the...
Oberlin president to step down
JTASep 08, 2016
OBERLIN, Ohio — The president of Oberlin College, which has been at the center of a number of free speech controversies and faced criticism for its handling of a...
Last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor donates a million to Holocaust museum
JTASep 08, 2016
WASHINGTON — The last surviving prosecutor from the Nuremberg war crimes trials has donated $1 million to the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, in Washington DC. Benjamin...
On school closures, Muslims look to Jewish example
Ben Sales, JTASep 01, 2016
NEW YORK — When Jessica Abdelnabbi-Berrocal wanted her local public schools in Jersey City, NJ, to close for the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in September, she...
