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Jewish groups condemn Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. Her response: ‘I will never back down.’

By BEN SALES

(JTA) — Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Republican congresswoman who has advanced a range of dangerous conspiracy theories, including some that are explicitly anti-Semitic, is refusing to step down or even apologize, despite increasingly fierce criticism from Jewish...

Israel’s military chief goes public with severe warning against return to Iran nuclear deal

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

– When assessing the comments made earlier this week by Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi, who warned against the return to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, it is useful...

Drawing the Palestinians close, drawing Israel closer: Biden administration unrolls Middle East policy

By RON KAMPEAS

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Statements and appearances by U.S. officials suggest the Biden administration’s emerging Mideast strategy: reassuring Israel while resuming ties with the Palestinians ruptured by President Joe Biden’s predecessor, Donald Trump.

On Tuesday, the acting ambassador...

Ina Davis to receive NCJW’s Hannah Solomon Award virtually Tues.

By ALAN SMASON

Ina Weber Davis, a former president and longtime officer of the Greater New Orleans Section of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), will be the 2021 recipient of the Hannah G. Solomon Award, the organization’s highest...

Larry King, legendary Jewish TV interviewer, dies at 87

By RON KAMPEAS

(JTA) — Larry King, the iconic Jewish radio and TV interviewer who never met a subject he didn’t seem to like, has died at 87.

King died Saturday at a hospital in Los Angeles. His company Ora...

Chuck Schumer is now the highest-ranking elected Jewish official ever. He wants to make more history.

By GABE FRIEDMAN

(JTA) — Chuck Schumer could not let the moment pass without mentioning its Jewish history. Georgia’s new senators, Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, were sworn in on Wednesday, making Schumer the new Senate majority leader — the...

All the Jews Joe Biden has tapped for top roles in his administration

(JTA) — President-elect Joe Biden filled the months before Inauguration Day lining up a slate of Cabinet secretaries, assistants and advisors, many of them Jewish.

Biden’s choices reflect a diverse cross-section of American Jewry and possess expertise gleaned from decades...

In riot’s wake, Federations chief pledges training to avoid repeats of grants to far-right groups

By RON KAMPEAS

(JTA) — A grant funneled through a Jewish federation to a group that was accused of funding the Capitol insurrection was an anomaly, said Eric Fingerhut, the CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America. Fingerhut reached...

Congress impeaches President Trump a second time

By ALAN SMASON

(WASHINGTON) – Citing their abject disapproval at what they determined was President Donald Trump’s complicity in the January 6 riot that caused the deaths of six Americans and injured dozens more,  the United States House of Representatives...

For Jewish Democrats, Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are a heroic new Black-Jewish duo

By RON KAMPEAS

(JTA) — Two days after his election to the Senate helped tip the balance of power in Washington, Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff found another historical echo in his victory.

In a Twitter thread, Ossoff described his trajectory...