‘It’s knocking on everyone’s doors’
By SHIRA HANAU (JTA) — When Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann and her colleagues gathered in a backyard earlier this month to...
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Trump administration to name political appointee with ties to Israel’s right wing to Middle East development post
By RON KAMPEAS WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Trump administration has chosen the first leader of a U.S. investment fund aimed...
Pittsburgh has become a hub for white supremacists
By BEN SALES (JTA) — In the days after the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in American history, Pittsburgh became a symbol...
Biden picks Ron Klain as chief of staff
By GABE FRIEDMAN (JTA) — President-elect Joe Biden made his first key appointment on Wednesday night by choosing Ron Klain,...
Trump’s chaotic lame-duck period
By RON KAMPEAS WASHINGTON (JTA) — It’s going to be a long 70 days, with President Donald Trump promising what...
White House ceremony celebrates new era for Israel, UAE and Bahrain — details to follow
By RON KAMPEAS WASHINGTON (JTA) — Benjamin Netanyahu has complained for years about Arab leaders telling their people one thing...
1,000 Jewish groups received at least $500 million in government loans. Some laid off staff anyway.
By BEN SALES (JTA) — More than 1,000 Jewish organizations received federal coronavirus relief loans totaling approximately $540 million to...
Steve Simon: Please vote by mail
By ADRIAN GLASS-MOORE / Assistant Editor Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon is encouraging Minnesotans to vote by mail for...
Brooklyn Hasidic neighborhoods see spike in at-home deaths during coronavirus crisis
By BEN SALES NEW YORK (JTA) — Two Hasidic Brooklyn neighborhoods that have been hard hit in the coronavirus pandemic...
In the Boston area, two Jewish chefs team up to feed kids while schools are closed
By PENNY SCHWARTZ SHARON, Mass. (JTA) — When Neil Morris heard the news that his hometown schools were closing for...