National
Bill: FEMA should fund all victims
Ron Kampeas, JTAFeb 21, 2013
WASHINGTON How essential is a house of worship to a neighborhood? Thats the crux of a question now exercising Congress as a bill advances that would provide direct...
Canadian Jew helps GOP senator
Ron Kampeas, JTAFeb 14, 2013
WASHINGTON On a Saturday night following Shabbat, Nick Muzin arrayed on his dining room table what would turn out to be the winning strategy to elect the first black...
Bloomberg: BDS has right to anti-Israel hate
JTAFeb 14, 2013
NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg defended the right of the publicly funded Brooklyn College to sponsor an anti-Israel BDS (Boycott, Divestment and...
Jewish world pays tribute to Koch
Ron Kampeas, JTAFeb 07, 2013
NEW YORK One of the proudest moments of Ed Kochs life came during a trip to Israel in 1990, in the midst of the first Palestinian intifada. Koch had […]
Hagee’s group leads anti-Hagel blast
Ron Kampeas, JTAJan 31, 2013
WASHINGTON Chuck Hagel has made strides in his bid to secure Senate confirmation as defense secretary, winning the endorsement of leading Jewish Democratic senators...
Weberman sentenced to 103 years for abuse
JTAJan 24, 2013
NEW YORK Chasidic counselor Nechemya Weberman was sentenced to 103 years in prison for sexual abuse of a teenage female patient over several years. Weberman, 54, a...
Leading Reform rabbi considering Senate run
JTAJan 17, 2013
WASHINGTON Rabbi Jonah Pesner, an official of the Union for Reform Judaism, is considering a run for the open Massachusetts US Senate seat. Pesner, of Newton, Mass.,...
Jews soften opposition to Hagel
Ron Kampeas, JTAJan 10, 2013
WASHINGTON Now that Chuck Hagel is officially President Obamas nominee to be secretary of defense, Jewish groups concerned about Hagels record on Israel and Iran...
Obama announces Holocaust Museum appointments
JTADec 27, 2012
WASHINGTON President Obama has appointed Todd Fisher, Robert A. Sherman, Andrea Lavin Solow and Michael Ashley Stein to the US Holocaust Memorial Council and named...
Jewish priorities in 2013
Ron Kampeas, JTADec 27, 2012
WASHINGTON Will we fall of the fiscal cliff? Plunge into war with Iran? Dive into contentious confirmation battles? One things for certain: There will be plenty of...
