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by JTA | Sep 24, 2018 | National, National Politics, News, Politics
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, discussed garnering support among the Cabinet to remove President Donald Trump during the administration’s chaotic first months, The New York Times reported. Rosenstein in May of 2017 also discussed... read more
by Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTA | Sep 18, 2018 | Commentary, National, News
(JTA) — Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins an intense 10-day period of introspection and repentance that culminates with Yom Kippur, which begins this year on Tuesday evening, Sept. 18. As in years past, we’ve compiled a list of the most newsworthy apologies... read more
by JTA | Sep 14, 2018 | Elections, National, National Politics, News, Politics
(JTA) — Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg plans to run for president in 2020 as a Democrat, The Times of London reported. Bloomberg, who considered independent runs for the White House in 2008, 2012 and 2016, will challenge President Donald Trump, the paper... read more
by JTA | Sep 14, 2018 | Elections, National, National Politics, News, Politics
(JTA) — New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo appears headed for a third term as governor after soundly defeating a Democratic primary challenge from his left. Cuomo overcame negative publicity when a former aide’s last minute attempt to mislead Jewish voters about the... read more
by Ron Kampeas, JTA | Sep 14, 2018 | Commentary, National, National Politics, News, Politics
WASHINGTON (JTA) — It’s hard to follow the news these last weeks without running into a reference to the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which provides for the removal from office of a president unfit to serve. Questions about Donald Trump’s... read more
by JTA | Sep 13, 2018 | International, Israel, National, News
(JTA) — Billionaire philanthropist Michael Steinhardt is the subject of an internal investigation by Hillel International for making inappropriate sexual remarks to two female employees, The New York Jewish Week reported. Steinhardt, who was not informed directly... read more
by JTA | Sep 12, 2018 | National, National Politics, News, Politics
(JTA) — Eric Trump called journalist Bob Woodward’s new book about the White House “sensational nonsense” that Woodward wrote in order “to make make three extra shekels.” President Donald Trump’s son made the remarks, which references... read more
by Ben Harris | Sep 11, 2018 | International, Israel, National, National Politics, News
(JTA) — For North American Jews, the Jewish year 5778 began with tensions between Israel and the Diaspora over egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall and ended with more tension over a controversial nationality law. In between, North American Jews grappled with... read more
by JTA | Sep 7, 2018 | International, National, News
Jewish rapper Mac Miller was found dead of an apparent drug overdose on Friday, Sept. 7, according to TMZ and other news agencies. The 26-year-old Pittsburgh native, born Malcolm James McCormick, struggled with substance abuse for years, including during a... read more
by Cnaan Liphshiz | Sep 4, 2018 | National, News
Former staff at the Ramaz School in Manhattan failed to act appropriately on reports they had received in the 1970s of molestation by a former teacher, the Jewish day school said. After Stanley Rosenfeld left Ramaz in 1974, administrators learned that he had engaged... read more
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