National Politics
by Staff Report | Oct 17, 2019 | Baltimore, Community, Maryland, National Politics, News
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-7th) died Oct. 17 at the age of 68 from longstanding health issues. Throughout his long political career, Cummings, a Baltimore native, enjoyed a particularly close relationship with the Jewish community of Maryland. Cummings was the namesake... read more
by Josefin Dolsten, JTA | Aug 29, 2019 | Elections, International, Local, Maryland, National, National Politics, News
A Jewish socialist philosopher and political activist who met with the leader of Hamas is running for president. On Wednesday, Aug. 28, Dr. Jerome M. Segal announced at a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., that he will run as the nominee... read more
by Ron Kampeas, JTA | Aug 27, 2019 | International, Israel, National, National Politics, News
In 1992, Israel killed Abbas al-Musawi, a founder of the Hezbollah terrorist group in Lebanon, in a dramatic helicopter attack. Iran, Hezbollah’s primary funder, threatened to retaliate – talk that was somewhat expected for a country that routinely calls for the... read more
by Ron Kampeas, JTA | Aug 23, 2019 | International, Israel, National, National Politics, News
Of the many Jews unsettled by President Donald Trump’s claim that voting for Democrats would demonstrate “disloyalty” to Israel and to other Jews, Lee Zeldin might be in the toughest spot. The New York congressman, one of only two Jewish Republicans in the... 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 Ben Sales, JTA | Aug 15, 2019 | National, National Politics, News
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement official who drove a pickup truck into a row of Jewish protesters in Rhode Island has been placed on leave, and police have announced that they will investigate the incident. Five of the protesters were hospitalized,... 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 JTA | Aug 14, 2019 | National, National Politics, News, Uncategorized
Don’t seek the death penalty for the Pittsburgh synagogue gunman.That’s the message to U.S. Attorney General William Barr from a spiritual leader at one of the three congregations that share the Tree of Life synagogue building. Rabbi Jonathan Perlman, whose New Light... read more
by Ben Sales, JTA | Aug 12, 2019 | Business, National, National Politics, News, Politics
Forty Jews were arrested at a New York City protest against Amazon’s work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Aug. 11 protest was one of more than 50 similar Jewish demonstrations that were held across the country to mark Tisha b’Av, the traditional Jewish... read more
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