BOSTON (JTA) — A group of some 1,000 Jewish activists and others brought rush hour traffic to a halt in downtown Boston to protest immigrant detention in the city and across the country. Tuesday’s protest followed a similar event Sunday where 36 Jewish activists were arrested during... Continue Reading ⇒
(JTA) — When the ushers locked the door to the sanctuary, and the congregants prepared to flee the synagogue in preparation for a mass shooting, Rabbi Neil Cooper made sure it all happened before they had to take the Torahs out of the ark.
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Josh Block, CEO of the advocacy group The Israel Project, in a surprise move said he is stepping down.
In a farewell note Monday to the group’s backers, he suggested that the difficulties of fundraising for a nonpartisan group in a polarized era was... Continue Reading ⇒
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A Republican running for the Virginia state legislature removed from his Facebook campaign page a meme that mocked comparisons of migrant camps to concentration camps. Paul Milde, running to be a delegate in Virginia’s 28th district, encompassing the town of Fredericksburg about halfway between Washington, D.C., and... Continue Reading ⇒
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The most dramatic moment in the second Democratic presidential debate was a showdown about race and generational differences between front-runner former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris, D-CA.
In a debate that focused heavily on immigration, health care, income equality, civil rights... Continue Reading ⇒
BOSTON (JTA) — A rabbi here has asked congregants to consider bringing guns to religious services as a form of protection in response to recent shootings at synagogues across the country.
Rabbi Dan Rodkin of Shaloh House in Brighton, a Boston neighborhood with a large number of Russian-speaking Jews,... Continue Reading ⇒
(JTA) — A local judge in Chicago has appointed a special prosecutor to investigate the decision by Cook County prosecutors to drop charges against actor Jussie Smollett for lying to police about a racist and homophobic attack.
Cook County Judge Michael Toomin on Friday said in his decision to appoint... Continue Reading ⇒
NEW YORK (JTA) — It’s summer and Marc Kaufman has thousands of coats in the basement of his store in Midtown Manhattan. For a fee, the fifth-generation fur dealer cleans and stores them for his customers to help prevent heat damage.
JERUSALEM (JTA) — U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton arrived in Israel and met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid tension between the United States and Iran.
Bolton told reporters prior to a meeting Sunday with Netanyahu that Iran should not view President Donald Trump’s decision to not strike Iranian... Continue Reading ⇒
