Reform leader Gilad Kariv wants to be the first non-Orthodox rabbi in the Knesset
By SAM SOKOL JERUSALEM (JTA) — Growing up secular in 1970s Tel Aviv, Gilad Kariv never expected to become a...
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For this prominent Jewish Republican, Trump’s ‘disloyalty’ jab is a bridge too far
By RON KAMPEAS WASHINGTON (JTA) — Of the many Jews unsettled by President Donald Trump’s claim that voting for Democrats...
AIPAC joins prominent lawmakers in criticizing Israel’s decision to ban Tlaib and Omar
By JOSEFIN DOLSTEN (JTA) — Israel’s decision on Aug. 15 to ban Reps. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.,...
Problems arise when you’re Jewish at the Renaissance Faire
By WILHELMINA GOTTSCHALK (JTA) — “To repeat, after you have been knighted by Her Majesty the Queen, you will proceed...
9/11-style response needed to fight white supremacists, Jewish security officials say
By RON KAMPEAS WASHINGTON (JTA) — After a white supremacist gunman murdered 22 people in El Paso, Tex., Jewish groups...