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Israelis join dam collapse effort
Marcus Moraes, JTAJan 31, 2019
RIO DE JANEIRO — Less than one month after Benjamin Netanyahu gained pop star status across Brazil for blending in with the locals during the very first visit of a...
Rising risks in Syria
JNSJan 24, 2019
By Yaakov Lappin The Jan. 20 airstrike on targets in Syria, purportedly carried out by Israel, was unusual for a number of reasons. First, it occurred in broad daylight,...
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....
Post HyperCacher: French unity overtaken by hate
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTAJan 17, 2019
PARIS — Four years ago, a heartbroken Bernard-Henri Levy found some solace in how more than a million Frenchmen marched through this city to protest extremism. The...
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,...
Why Netanyahu seems unbeatable
Ben Sales, JTAJan 10, 2019
JERUSALEM — Israeli police want him to be indicted in three separate corruption cases. He’s embattled from left and right for his attacks on Gaza and his policy in...
Israeli Jewish teens arrested for terrorism
Marcy Oster, JTAJan 10, 2019
JERUSALEM — At least five Jewish teens from a West Bank yeshiva high school are being held in an Israeli jail, accused by the Israel Security Agency of “severe...
Jared Polis, first Colorado Jewish governor, sworn in
Larry HankinJan 10, 2019
“Colorado for All,” the theme of last Tuesday’s inauguration of Gov. Jared S. Polis, permeated the entire event, from the ecumenical line-up of religious speakers...
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...
