Politics
5 Jewish Things to Know About Beto O’Rourke
(JTA) — Add Beto O’Rourke to the already crowded field of Democratic candidates hoping to unseat President Donald Trump. The El Paso native and former congressman hopes to build on the buzz that accompanied his unsuccessful but oh-so-close campaign against Republican...
Michael Bloomberg Announces He Will Not Run for President in 2020
(JTA) — Michael Bloomberg will not run for president in 2020. In an op-ed on the Bloomberg site, the former New York City mayor and Jewish billionaire businessman said he is “clear-eyed about the difficulty of winning the Democratic nomination in such a crowded...
7 Jewish Things to Look for When Mueller Wraps Up His Investigation
WASHINGTON (JTA) — It looks like Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating alleged improprieties associated with Donald Trump’s presidency and election campaign, is wrapping up his report. Or maybe not. Mueller has over his near-two year run led a leak-free...
Netanyahu Becomes 1st Sitting Israeli Prime Minister to Face Criminal Charges
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be indicted for bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three separate cases, the first time a sitting prime minister will face criminal charges. Israel’s Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit announced on...
Louis Farrakhan Accuses ‘Wicked Jews’ of Using Him to ‘Break up the Women’s Movement’
(JTA) — Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan blamed “the wicked Jews” for the crisis over anti-Semitism and the Women’s March. “The most beautiful sight that I could lay eyes on [was] when I saw, the day after Trump was elected, women from all over the world were...
Bernie Sanders Launches 2020 Presidential Run
(JTA) — Bernie Sanders officially launched his second campaign for president. The 2020 campaign launched on Feb. 19 with an email to supporters and a tweet which included a nearly 2-minute campaign video and a request for support. “I’m running for president. I am...
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Returns to Supreme Court for 1st Time Since Cancer Operation
(JTA) — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has returned to her place of work for the first time since cancer surgery in December. Ginsburg, 85, on Feb. 15 attended a private conference at the Supreme Court in Washington D.C., CNBC reported. Following the...
How Chelsea Clinton Became a Defender of the Jews on Twitter
NEW YORK (JTA) — When Ilhan Omar got in trouble earlier this week for claiming that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee pays politicians to support Israel, plenty of Jewish lawmakers took to Twitter to denounce the comment as anti-Semitic. But one of the...
Parkland Survivors Have Spent the Year Advocating Change. They’re Also Coping with Trauma.
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. (JTA) — Five weeks after she hid on the floor of the auditorium at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School as a mass shooter terrorized the campus, Casey Sherman was helping organize a 30,000-person march against gun violence in Parkland. When the...Upcoming Events
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7:00 pm Abbi Jacobson — SOLD OUT @ The Parkway Theatre
Abbi Jacobson — SOLD OUT @ The Parkway Theatre 
Mar 20 @ 7:00 pm
The Parkway kicks off its Contemporary Women Filmmakers series with a sneak preview of the next to last episode of “Broad City,” “Along Came Molly,” with series co-creator (and MICA grad) Abbi Jacobson. A conversation[...]
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all-day Baltimore Jewish Film Festival @ The Gordon Center
Baltimore Jewish Film Festival @ The Gordon Center 
Mar 23 – Apr 16 all-day
The BJFF presents internationally renowned Jewish-interest films. Here’s this year’s schedule: March 23, 8 p.m.: “The Last Suit” — An 88-year-old Jewish tailor runs away from Buenos Aires to Poland seeking a friend he hasn’t[...]
7:00 pm Bill Griffith’s Nobody’s Fool Ta... @ Atomic Books
Bill Griffith’s Nobody’s Fool Ta... @ Atomic Books
Mar 23 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Zippy the Pinhead creator Bill Griffith discusses and signs copies of his new book, “Nobody’s Fool — The Life and Times of Schlitzie The Pinhead.” Reserve your signed copy today.
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