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Israel reportedly provided intelligence Trump disclosed to Russia

(JTA) — Israel was the source of the highly classified intelligence President Donald Trump disclosed to Russian officials, according to a report by The New York Times.

The Washington Post reported Monday that Trump revealed the intelligence to Russian Foreign...

Women of Valor: New Orleans Ladies

By ALAN SMASON, Exclusive to the CCJN

With Creole culture rampant in the early days of New Orleans and the European model of a prevailing male-dominated society, it is understandable that women enjoyed little in the way of political strength,...

Rod Rosenstein: 5 things to know about the man who helped get Comey fired

By BEN SALES

(JTA) — Until this year, Rod Rosenstein was an unassuming U.S. attorney with a reputation for fairness.

Now he’s at the center of the controversy over President Donald Trump’s snap firing of James Comey, the FBI director.

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Trump fires FBI director Comey; aides cite handling of Clinton emails case

(JTA) — President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, on the same day that reports indicated Comey misstated, during testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee,  the involvement of Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin and her now-estranged husband Anthony Weiner in the...

Israeli paratroopers re-create iconic photo on 50th anniversary of the Six-Day War

By ANDREW TOBIN

JERUSALEM (JTA) – David Rubinger’s iconic photograph of three paratroopers at the Western Wall is the defining image of the 1967 Six-Day War.

The men in the photo — Dr. Yitzhak Yifat, Tzion Karasenti and Chaim Oshri —...

Avodah honoree Deborah Cotton succumbs after brunch

By ALAN SMASON

Deborah “Deb” Cotton, the outspoken writer and community activist who was just awarded the top honor from Avodah for her work in advocating for the African-American and Jewish communities to which she belonged, died Tuesday, May 2...

AVODAH honors Steeg, Cotton at Partners in Justice Brunch

By ALAN SMASON

Avodah, the Jewish Service Corps, held its sixth annual Partners in Justice Brunch on Sunday, April 22 at Temple Sinai. For the second year in a row, the event was housed at a URJ (Reform) house of...

US Anti-Semitic incidents rising in ’17, rose a third in ’16

By MARCY OSTER and BEN SALES

(JTA) – Anti-Semitic incidents in the United States soared 86 percent in the first three months of 2017 after rising by more than one-third in 2016, according to the Anti-Defamation League.

There has been...

French Jews worried over Le Pen’s success in presidential vote’s 1st round

By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ

(JTA) — Leaders of French Jewry had mixed reactions to the success of Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron in the first round of the French presidential elections.

“Satisfaction and concern,” Francis Kalifat, president of the CRIF...

Jazz Fest Shabbat to feature Zydeco performance

By ALAN SMASON

Call it expected. Call it overdue. Just don’t call it Cajun. The 2017 Jazz Fest Shabbat to be held next Friday night, April 29, at Touro Synagogue will star accordionist Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes and the Louisiana Sunspots,...