By RON KAMPEAS
WASHINGTON (JTA) — In 2010, Steven Menashi, then a law professor at George Mason University, wrote an article defending Israel from the charge that it’s an ethnonationalist state.
“Ethnonationalism and Liberal Democracy,” published in the University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law, said that many countries —...
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By JOSEFIN DOLSTEN
(JTA) — Rep. Elijah Cummings, a longtime Baltimore congressman who worked to build ties between the African-American and Jewish communities in his district, died Thursday in his home city. He was 68.
A spokeswoman, Trudy Perkins, said in a statement that he died of “complications concerning longstanding...
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By JACKSON RICHMAN
(JNS.org) – The abrupt decision by U.S. President Donald Trump last week to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria has led to a major foreign-policy crisis in the region and worldwide.
Equally as important are the changing roles of Syria, Turkey, Russia, Iran and Israel in the immediate area....
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(JTA) — The father of a Jewish boy killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary School won a $450,000 judgment against the editor of a book that claimed the 2012 massacre at the school never happened. A jury in Wisconsin determined the amount to be paid to Leonard Pozner, whose 6-year-old...
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WESTERVILLE, Ohio (JTA) — Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-MN., attacked President Donald Trump for endangering Israel through his order to pull U.S. troops out of Syria, a move that cleared the way for Turkey to invade an area of the country held by the U.S. ally Kurds.
“Think about our other...
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By BEN SALES
NEW YORK (JTA) — On Wednesday night, federal authorities arrested Igor Fruman and Lev Parnas at a Washington-area airport and charged the Ukrainian-American businessmen with campaign finance violations related to the burgeoning Trump-Ukraine scandal.
Six months earlier they had been honored at the gala dinner of the...
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By EMILY BURACK
NEW YORK (JTA) — When New York Times journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey broke the Harvey Weinstein story on Oct, 5, 2017, it started a #MeToo revolution: Women began sharing personal experiences of the sexual harassment and abuse they had faced.
Even though the activist Tarana...
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(JTA) — Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from northern Syria will “eventually become a nightmare for Israel.” Graham, one of the president’s staunchest supporters in the Senate, called the move “shortsighted and irresponsible” in a series of tweets.
“The most...
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By MARCY OSTER
(JTA) — Sen. Bernie Sanders had a heart attack, his presidential campaign confirmed. Sanders, 78, was released from a hospital in Las Vegas on Friday, three days after experiencing chest pains and having two stents inserted for an artery blockage. It is not known how much damage...
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By BEN SALES
NEW YORK (JTA) — The number of hate crimes against Jews in New York City has risen significantly over the first nine months of this year, part of a citywide rise in such offenses.
The New York Police Department has reported 311 total hate crimes through September,...
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