International
by Ben Sales, JTA | May 25, 2018 | International, Israel, National, National Politics, News, Politics
(JTA) — Novelist Michael Chabon delivered a diatribe against Jewish inmarriage, as well as Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, in a commencement speech to newly ordained Reform rabbis. Speaking to the graduating class of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of... read more
by JTA | May 22, 2018 | International, Israel, National, National Politics, News
(JTA) — U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller has sent investigators to Israel to uncover the activities of an Israeli-run social media firm that may have led a social media manipulation effort to help Donald Trump get elected. The co-founder of the firm, identified as... read more
by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | May 18, 2018 | Baltimore, International, Israel, Local, Maryland, News, Pikesville, Politics
Shoshana Shoubin Cardin, an iconic figure in global, national and local Jewish organizational and philanthropic circles, died on May 18. Mrs. Cardin, who was in failing health for the past couple of years, was 91. Funeral services will be held at Chizuk Amuno... read more
by JTA | May 15, 2018 | International, Israel, National, National Politics, News
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Palestinians delayed protesting at the Gaza border fence on May 15 as funerals for the at least 58 victims of the previous date’s violence took place. Of the dead in the May 14 violent demonstrations, one is reported to be a baby who died of inhaling... read more
by Ben Sales, JTA | May 14, 2018 | International, Israel, National Politics, News
JERUSALEM (JTA) — While strolling along his leafy, narrow street overlooking what is now the American Embassy to Israel, Ben Katz stepped back to dodge the sideview mirror of an oncoming truck, which had jutted onto the sidewalk. A few hundred feet past Katz’s garden... read more
by Ron Kampeas, JTA | May 8, 2018 | International, National, National Politics, News
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Donald Trump said he would not waive sanctions on Iran by a deadline May 12, effectively pulling out of the Iran deal. “I am announcing today that the United States will withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal,” Trump said, speaking at the... read more
by JTA | May 1, 2018 | International, Israel, News
(JTA) — Israel’s Mossad intelligence service broke into the anonymous Tehran building that housed Iran’s secret nuclear files and smuggled half a ton of documents and compact discs back to Israel the same night. The New York Times in an article posted on its website... read more
by Toby Axelrod | Apr 30, 2018 | International, News
BERLIN (JTA) – In an unusual sight in Berlin parks on April 29, people were lazing about or strolling down the paths as usual, but they were wearing gleaming white yarmulkes. In all, some 6,000 white satin yarmulkes were given out by 70 volunteers in five parks in... read more
by JTA | Apr 27, 2018 | International, Israel, News
(JTA) — Israeli soldiers opened fire on hundreds of Palestinian protesters storming the border fence in Gaza, killing three. Hundreds of Palestinians were also wounded, 75 of them by Israeli fire, according to The New York Times. The charge on the border happened late... read more
by Ron Kampeas, JTA | Apr 27, 2018 | International, Israel, National, National Politics, News, Sports
(JTA) — Newly confirmed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will stop in Israel during a trip that began April 27, one day after the Senate approved his nomination by a vote of 57 to 42. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said on April 26 that Pompeo will be... read more
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