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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 25, 2018 | National, News
(JTA) — Harvey Weinstein turned himself in to police custody on rape and sexual abuse charges in two women. The disgraced movie mogul, who is Jewish, surrendered to the police in Manhattan on May 25 on charges that he raped one woman and forced another to perform oral... read more
by JTA | May 24, 2018 | National, News
(JTA) — Woody Allen’s son Moses Farrow defended him against sexual assault allegations made by his sister. “I’m a very private person and not at all interested in public attention. But, given the incredibly inaccurate and misleading attacks on my father, Woody Allen,... 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 JTA | May 22, 2018 | National, National Politics, News
(JTA) — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, who ran for president in 2016, announced that he is running for reelection to the Senate. The Sanders campaign made the announcement on May 21. It also appeared on Sanders official Twitter page. “These are frightening and... read more
by Ben Sales, JTA | May 17, 2018 | National, News, ONLINE ONLY
It’s hard to say what inspired Aaron Schlossberg to go off on a bigoted tirade against employees at a Big Apple cafeteria. But one day later, he has officially transformed from being a random lawyer in midtown Manhattan and Hopkins graduate to being the new face of... 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 Rob Gloster | May 11, 2018 | National, National Politics, News
SAN FRANCISCO (J. the Jewish News of Northern California via JTA) — Patrick Little is more than an hour into an anti-Jewish tirade that doubles as the centerpiece of his campaign to unseat U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein when he issues a blunt warning. “The longer... 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
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