International
by Cnaan Liphshiz | Aug 23, 2019 | International, Israel, News
A 17-year-old Israeli girl was killed, and her father and brother were severely wounded, in a bomb attack on Aug. 23 at a nature reserve in the West Bank. Rina Shnerb of Lod, her father, Rabbi Eitan Shnerb, and her brother Dvir, 19, were hiking at the Ein Bubin... read more
by Josefin Dolsten, JTA | Aug 21, 2019 | International, Israel, National, National Politics, News
President Donald Trump offered harsh words for American Jewish voters who support the Democratic Party. “I think any Jewish people that vote for a Democrat, I think it shows either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty,” the president told reporters on... read more
by Gabe Friedman, JTA | Aug 16, 2019 | International, Israel, National, News
After being barred from entering Israel on Aug. 15, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) submitted a humanitarian request to visit her aging grandmother in the West Bank, and Israel’s interior minister approved it. But Tlaib changed her mind on Aug. 16, saying that in the end... read more
by Josefin Dolsten, JTA | Aug 15, 2019 | International, Israel, National, National Politics, News, Politics
Israel’s decision on Aug. 15 to ban Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from entering the country has quickly prompted a wave of impassioned responses from across the Jewish community. Pro-Israel groups, including AIPAC, and prominent Democratic... read more
by Josefin Dolsten, JTA | Aug 15, 2019 | International, Israel, National, National Politics, News
Israel’s deputy foreign minister confirmed on Aug. 15 that Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) will not be allowed to enter the country. “We won’t allow those who deny our right to exist in this world to enter Israel. In principle this is a very... read more
by Marcy Oster | Aug 12, 2019 | International, Israel, National, News
Miss Universe could be crowned in Israel as early as this December, according to an Israeli daily publication. Representatives of the Miss Universe Organization have met with Israeli producers in New York and have secretly visited the Jewish state, Israel... read more
by Ron Kampeas, JTA | Aug 9, 2019 | Israel, Local, Local Politics, Maryland, National, National Politics, News
Rep. Steny Hoyer, the longtime congressman from Maryland’s 5th District, is currently the Democratic Party’s majority leader, one step below Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. But for years he was the party’s house whip, responsible in part for managing how... read more
by Cnaan Liphshiz | Jul 26, 2019 | International, Israel, National, News
An award-winning CNN photo editor resigned after anti-Semitic tweets he made in 2011 were discovered. Mohammed Elshamy, an Egyptian-born former photojournalist and documentary filmmaker with the Turkish Anadolu news agency, quit on July 25 after an employee of... read more
by Ron Kampeas, JTA | Jul 26, 2019 | International, Israel, National, National Politics, News, Uncategorized
Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), a civil rights icon, recently explained why he backed a resolution upholding the right to boycott “at home and abroad,” even though he also voted to condemn the boycott, divestment and sanction movement aimed at Israel. Lewis was a... read more
by Marcy Oster | Jul 25, 2019 | Baltimore, International, Local, Maryland, National, News, Pikesville
Pikesville resident Anne Neuberger has been tapped to head the National Security Agency’s new Cybersecurity Directorate at Fort George G. Meade. The granddaughter of Auschwitz survivors, Neuberger, 43, who belongs to Pikesville’s Suburban Orthodox Congregation... read more
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