WASHINGTON (JTA) — Jason Greenblatt, President Donald Trump’s top Middle East peace negotiator, is leaving the White House.
Although the “ultimate” deal he helped craft has yet to be fully announced, the Trump administration suggested in the announcement that Greenblatt was leaving now that it had been... Continue Reading ⇒
NEW YORK (JTA) — As he talks about the recent string of attacks on Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn, Yosef Rapaport points to a small scar above his right eye.
It’s the remnant of an anti-Semitic attack he experienced 50 years ago as a teenager in Montreal. “For... Continue Reading ⇒
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said her criticisms of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should not be seen as shots at the Jewish state.
“The Netanyahu administration has been pursuing a lot of extraordinarily concerning policies,” Ocasio Cortez, D-NY., told Israel’s Channel 12 News in a recent media opportunity... Continue Reading ⇒
SALEM, VA. (JTA) — The Roaring Twenties was a raging headache for Jewish leadership.
The 18th Amendment, which prohibited the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors,” soared through state legislatures and into law in 1919 fueled by the efforts of groups like the Women’s Christian Temperance... Continue Reading ⇒
(JTA) — Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty for the Pittsburgh synagogue gunman.
They said in a court filing late on Monday that “a sentence of death is justified” in 22 of the 63 federal charges against Robert Bowers, citing his premeditation, planning, anti-Semitic motivation and the number of... Continue Reading ⇒
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The State Department has removed the term “Palestinian Territories” from a web page listing countries and areas covered by one of its bureaus.
A spokeswoman said it does not reflect a change in U.S. policy.
“The website is being updated,” the spokeswoman told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency... Continue Reading ⇒
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Of the many Jews unsettled by President Donald Trump’s claim that voting for Democrats would demonstrate “disloyalty” to Israel and to other Jews, Lee Zeldin might be in the toughest spot.
The New York congressman, one of only two Jewish Republicans in the U.S.... Continue Reading ⇒
NEW YORK (JTA) — Rep. Jerry Nadler criticized fellow Democrats Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib for sharing a cartoon that shows President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu covering their mouths. Omar, D-MN., and Tlaib, D-MI., were criticized for sharing it last week because the cartoonist Carlos Latuff... Continue Reading ⇒
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review linked to an article on a white supremacist website in a daily news briefing sent to immigration court employees on Monday.
Buzzfeed News first reported on the move on Thursday, which prompted the Justice Department office to issue an... Continue Reading ⇒
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg completed a three-week treatment course for a tumor found on her pancreas, the Supreme Court said Friday.
“The focused radiation treatment began on August 5 and was administered on an outpatient basis to treat a tumor on her pancreas.” the court... Continue Reading ⇒
