NEW YORK (JTA) — Pauline Phillips, the woman known to the world as the advice columnist behind “Dear Abby,” has died. Phillips, the daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants, died Wednesday at 94 after years of battling Alzheimer’s disease, according to...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, responding to comments attributed to President Obama, said that Israelis would determine the country’s best interests. “Only the Israeli people will determine who best represents the State of Israel’s vital interests,” Netanyahu reportedly...
NEW YORK (JTA) — An Orthodox woman was named the president of a “transdenominational” rabbinical school in Southern California. Tamar Frankiel, who holds a doctorate in the history of religions, will helm the Academy for Jewish Religion at Claremont Lincoln...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Chuck Hagel added three major Jewish Democrats to his list of endorsers, clearing his way to likely confirmation as secretary of defense. U.S. Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Charles Schumer (D-NY) each said they were satisfied that...
(JTA) — President Obama has said privately that “Israel doesn’t know what its own best interests are,” columnist Jeffrey Goldberg wrote. In a column posted on the Bloomberg website late Monday, Goldberg wrote that when Obama was told that the...
(JTA) — Swastikas were spray-painted on buildings in several cities in Colorado. The latest incident occurred last week when a swastika and the word “Jew” were spray-painted on the B’nai Chaim Synagogue in Morrison. Earlier in the week, swastikas were...
NEW YORK (JTA) — The leadership of the world’s largest provider of kosher certification, the Orthodox Union (OU), is in disarray. Sources on Monday confirmed massive infighting among the OU leadership and a slew of managerial changes as members of...
(JTA) — A Manhattan federal judge upheld a New York City health board regulation requiring parents to sign a consent form allowing a controversial circumcision rite.
U.S. District Court Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald on Jan. 11 lifted the stay of...
WASHINGTON (JTA) – Jacob Lew helped Orthodox observance reach the highest precincts of governance. But can a man that Republicans say “can’t get to yes” be confirmed as secretary of the Treasury? President Obama is likely to...
