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Amoz Oz, Iconic Israeli Novelist and Peace Activist, is Dead at 79
(JTA) — Amos Oz, one of Israel’s most widely read and best-known writers, has died. He was 79. The cause was cancer, Israeli media reported. Barely older than the country he chronicled in dozens of novels, essays and non-fiction books, Oz represented a generation of...
Genetic Study Finds Widespread Sephardic Ancestry in Latin America
(JTA) — In a genetic study of 6,589 people from five Latin American countries, about a quarter displayed traces of what may be Sephardic Jewish ancestry. Geneticist Juan-Camilo Chacón-Duque and his colleagues published their findings last week in Nature Communications...
The Top 11 Jewish Stories of 2018
By Sam Sokol (JTA) — The year 2018 was a hectic and often bewildering one for the global Jewish community. From the U.S. Embassy move to Jerusalem to the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, the past 12 months brought surprises and shocks, and in ways that often divided...
Germany Will Compensate Kindertransport Survivors $2,800 Each
BERLIN (JTA) — Germany has agreed to compensate those who fled Nazi Germany as children on the so-called Kindertransport with a one-time payment of approximately $2,800 each. The new agreement, negotiated by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany...
George H.W. Bush Leaves Behind A Mixed Legacy With the Jewish Community
Former President George H.W. Bush, who died on Nov. 30 at age 94 at his home in Houston, grappled publicly with national Jewish leaders while his private interventions helped bring tens of thousands of Jews out of danger. Bush’s failed 1992 re-election bid...
Baltimore Ravens Lineman to Wear Israeli Flag on His Cleats
(JTA) — As a defensive lineman for the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens, Michael Pierce has no love for quarterbacks. But the non-Jewish 340-pound athlete from Alabama does have a soft spot for Israel. Pierce selected the Israel Collective, a millennial arm of the Christians...
Why Pro-Israel Twitter is Mad at Ben & Jerry’s
(JTA) — In this dire time, as the Jewish community is still recovering from the brutal massacre of 11 Jews at a synagogue, some pro-Israel activists on social media have discovered the true foe of the Jewish people: Ben & Jerry’s. We have met the enemy, and it is...
Jared Kushner and Steve Mnuchin Walk a Fine Line on the Saudi Crown Prince
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Two of President Donald Trump’s top advisers, son-in-law Jared Kushner and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, got caught up in the sensitivities of U.S.-Saudi relations this week, and it didn’t go well. In each case, the grisly...
Republicans & Democrats Both Try to Paint Other Side’s Candidates as Worse for the Jews
WASHINGTON (JTA) — When Ron DeSantis, the Republican congressman running for governor of Florida, was asked in a debate to defend his record on race, he pivoted to his Democratic opponent’s record on Israel. DeSantis and Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum...Upcoming Events
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