(JTA) — After the smoke clears from this contentious Israeli election, which amounted to a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s tenure, it appears that Netanyahu will again be asked by Israeli President Rivlin to form the next government.How...
David A. Halperin and Evan Gottesman
• Published April 11, 2019
(JTA) — Despite an exceptionally close race with Benny Gantz’s Blue and White party, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Likud looks well-positioned to form a governing coalition and remain at the helm of the Jewish state.A fifth term for Netanyahu...
By Cathleen Kronemer, NSCA-CPT, Certified Health Coach
• Published April 11, 2019
We have been hosting first-night seder on Pesach for more years than I can even recall. Sometimes we have a crowd around our limited-seating dining room table, and other years have been more intimate. However, it never fails that something will always...
(JTA) — Israel held elections under the cloud of its leader’s possible indictment. The world’s far right and its far left have found common cause in their hatred of the Jews. There is a measles outbreak among the Orthodox.And friends want to kvetch...
I am a rabbi and progressive faith leader in this city who has fought for racial and economic equality for almost two decades. I am also an unapologetic Zionist and a proud supporter of AIPAC.The public perception of AIPAC among my fellow progressives...
AIPAC has long promoted bipartisanship as the key to maintaining broad support for the U.S.-Israel relationship. Members of Congress from both parties regularly attend its annual policy conference, which concluded Tuesday, and the organization’s biggest...
The latest count of lies and misstatements made by President Donald Trump since he became president about two years ago stands at 9,179 as of March 17. In the first two months of 2019, he averaged 22 false or misleading claims per day, a 33 percent...
(JTA) — The high-profile allegations of sexual harassment against Michael Steinhardt are an opportunity for us to deconstruct how money, power and sexism have warped the nonprofit world in the shape of its largest donors. Take, for example, the case...
BY BRIANNA GOODLIN & DANIEL B. JEYDEL
• Published March 28, 2019
Before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu takes the stage at the AIPAC policy conference next week, he will have received a letter from hundreds of concerned millennial Jewish Zionists from across North America.As millennials on the frontlines of Israel...
By Jonathan S. Tobin, JNS
• Published March 28, 2019
It was a day for Israelis to cheer the unprecedented degree of closeness between their nation and its sole superpower ally. Using his favorite form of communication, U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted a clear intention to discard yet another longstanding...
BY LAURA E. ADKINS, JTA
• Published March 28, 2019
Gallup’s 2019 World Affairs Survey confirms something that’s held true for decades: Most American voters, whether Democrat or Republican, support and sympathize with Israel.Reading the report amid the national uproar over Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s...
President continues to undermine our democracy The Mueller Report will not change President Donald Trump’s fundamental threats to American democracy and our children.The president’s irresponsible attacks on our basic institutions undermine our children’s...
