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Obama signs anti-BDS deal — sort of
JTAMar 03, 2016
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama signed a bill that punishes the BDS campaign against Israel, but said he will not apply a segment that extends protections to...
Jewish prof. rescues three KKK members
JTAMar 03, 2016
LOS ANGELES A Jewish attorney and scholar who tracks extremist groups is being credited with saving three Ku Klux Klan members at an anti-immigration rally in...
BDS: For and against
Andrea JacobsFeb 25, 2016
The American Jewish Press Association held a panel discussion on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement Feb. 18. AJPA choose “a topic plaguing the Jewish...
Jews anxious to remember Scalia
Ron Kampeas, JTAFeb 18, 2016
WASHINGTON Justice Antonin Scalia was a larger-than-life presence on the Supreme Court, where he championed a conservative judicial approach for three decades. He was...
Post-Soviet Jews meet in LA for a different Limmud
JNSFeb 04, 2016
By Eitan Arom, JNS FOR ONE weekend at the Westin Pasadena hotel in the Los Angeles area, hallway conversations were conducted mostly in Russian and Hebrew, with English...
Methodists divest from Israel
JTAJan 21, 2016
NEW YORK The pension fund for the United Methodist Church, one of the largest Protestant denominations in the US, has removed five Israeli banks from its investment...
American Historical Assn. rejects anti-Israel resolution
JTAJan 14, 2016
ATLANTA The largest society of historians and history professors in the US rejected a resolution condemning what it calls Israels restriction of Palestinians right...
Arab-Israeli MK’s ‘unity’ trip to US ends in recriminations
Ron Kampeas, JTADec 17, 2015
NEW YORK Arab-Israeli lawmaker and political leader Ayman Odeh refused to meet with the umbrella foreign policy body for American Jews because it shares office space...
Hirsi Ali among three Muslim women to receive Lantos Prize
JTADec 17, 2015
WASHINGTON Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a womens rights activist and politician who has been publicly critical of Islam, is one of three female leaders of Muslim heritage to be...
Rabbis in Agunah ring sentenced
JTADec 17, 2015
NEW YORK A New York rabbi who participated in a ring that violently attempted to coerce Jewish men to grant their wives religious divorces has been sentenced to 38...
