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Liberal Jewish groups defend ADL after renewed attack from progressive coalition

By BEN SALES

(JTA) — Liberal Jewish allies of the Anti-Defamation League are coming to its defense after more than 150 progressive groups signed an open letter calling for the ADL to be excluded from social justice coalitions. 

The effort,...

Accusations that Trump stokes racism and anti-Semitism take center stage at Democratic convention launch

By RON KAMPEAS

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Democrats launched their virtual convention with appeals for a once-fractured party to come together and oust Donald Trump from the presidency, making a case that the racial divisions they say Trump stokes are ripping...

5 winners and 4 losers from the historic treaty between Israel and the UAE

By GABE FRIEDMAN and BEN SALES

(JTA) — The treaty between Israel and the United Arab Emirates is a big deal. 

The agreement, announced Thursday in a joint statement from the White House and called the Abraham Accord, means that...

Israel’s historic peace deal with UAE could be just the beginning

By ISRAEL KASNETT

(JNS) – A joint statement by U.S. President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the crown prince of Abu Dhabi, announced the “Abraham Accord,” a peace deal between Israel...

Kamala Harris is Joe Biden’s VP pick — here’s what Jewish voters should know

By GABE FRIEDMAN

(JTA) — It’s official: Kamala Harris is Joe Biden’s choice for vice president.

The California senator, who made history Tuesday as the first Black woman to join a major party presidential ticket, is still in her first...

To shrink classes amid COVID-19, Israel needs to hire 15,000 teachers. It won’t be easy.

By SHIRA RUBIN

TEL AVIV (JTA) – To pull off its plan to reopen schools safely this fall, Israel needs to hire 15,000 new teachers. But the hiring spree will begin in earnest only next week, in hopes of delivering...

Full scope of Beirut disaster ‘still not understood,’ states former Israeli military intelligence chief

– A day after two blasts—one of them an enormous mushroom cloud—ripped through Beirut, causing untold destruction, it’s still not possible to grasp the true scope of the calamity, a former Israeli Military Intelligence chief has said.

Speaking...

The pandemic’s first High Holiday season has synagogues wondering: Will people pay dues?

By BEN SALES

(JTA) — Like many synagogues, Temple B’nai Hayim used to rely on the High Holiday season to survive financially.

The small Conservative synagogue in Southern California would receive the lion’s share of its revenue in the run-up...

We spoke with Jewish Currents about Seth Rogen, young Jews and that Peter Beinart essay

By LAURA E. ADKINS

WOODMERE, N.Y. (JTA) — When the magazine Jewish Currents published an essay by Peter Beinart titled “Yavne: A Jewish Case for Equality in Israel-Palestine” earlier this month, it sent shockwaves through the corner of the Jewish...

‘He told me to call him Cube’: ZOA chief Mort Klein details his talk with Ice Cube after Farrakhan tweets

By SHIRA HANAU

(JTA) – Mort Klein didn’t know much about Ice Cube when he got on the phone with him on Monday afternoon, but by the end of their two-hour conversation, Klein said he was convinced the rapper was...