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On Iran, rare public gap between Israel and Congress
Ron Kampeas, JTAAug 15, 2013
WASHINGTON In increasingly strident tones, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netan-yahu has been telling his American friends that the purported moderation of Irans...
Lamm, 85, ends tenure at YU
Uriel Heilman, JTAJul 04, 2013
NEW YORK In his letter announcing he was stepping down as Yeshiva Universitys chancellor and rosh yeshiva, Rabbi Norman Lamm reviewed his five decades teaching at...
Mikey Weinstein vs. Congress
Ron Kampeas, JTAJun 27, 2013
WASHINGTON Mikey Weinstein couldnt be happier to have an amendment in his honor approved by the US House of Representatives. Yet the amendment, passed June 13 and...
Jews divided over Samantha Power
Ron Kampeas, JTAJun 13, 2013
WASHINGTON Samantha Power brings to foreign policy an activist impulse that many in the pro-Israel community wish was more prevalent among American diplomats. Except...
Lautenberg maintained commitment to the Jewish community
Ron Kampeas, JTAJun 06, 2013
WASHINGTON In 1982, Frank Lautenberg was running for New Jerseys US Senate spot at a time when Democrats in the state were down on their political fortunes. The...
Fox News, AIPAC lobbyists, ensnared under 1917 Espionage Act
Ron Kampeas, JTAMay 30, 2013
WASHINGTON With its talk of signal books, sketches and photographic negatives, the Espionage Act suggests a period long ago consigned to Cold War-era thrillers. In...
Sean Penn lobbies for imprisoned Jew
JTAMay 23, 2013
WASHINGTON Actor Sean Penn urged a congressional hearing to pressure Bolivia to release a haredi Orthodox father of five under house arrest in the country. Penn...
Jewish groups join tornado relief effort
JTAMay 23, 2013
NEW YORK Jewish groups are joining the effort to help those displaced by the tornado in suburban Oklahoma City. Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform...
Defending Israel takes much of Rice’s time
JTAApr 26, 2013
WASHINGTON Susan Rice said a major part of her work as US ambassador to the UN is defending Israels legitimacy. Its a huge part of my work to the […]
Senate: Help Israel on Iran
JTAApr 26, 2013
WASHINGTON The Senate Foreign Relations Committee moderated language in a resolution that had called on President Obama to assist Israel should it strike Iran. The...
