Cutting the ribbon at the 2006 Back to School! Store at Central Reform Congregation are (from left) Anna Poger, committee co-chair, Spring Glover (wife of then-St. Louis Rams player La'Roi Glover), Paul Harris of KMOX, and Dana Gaby and Melissa Baris,...
(JTA) — The number of anti-Semitic hate crimes increased significantly in 2019, according to the FBI, in a year that saw three lethal attacks against Jews.Anti-Semitic incidents once again comprised the majority of hate crimes based on religion. In...
(JTA) — Mike Pompeo became the first U.S. secretary of state to visit an Israeli settlement in the West Bank on Thursday.At a news conference in Jerusalem with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Pompeo also said that the Trump administration...
Deni Avdija, shown as a member of the Maccabi Tel Aviv team in 2019, on being such a high NBA choice: "I'm still thinking it's a dream." (Seffi Magriso/Euroleague Basketball via Getty Images)
(JTA) — Deni Avdija, the 19-year-old Israeli basketball phenom, was taken by the Washington Wizards with the ninth overall pick of the NBA Draft on Wednesday night – the earliest an Israeli has been picked in league history.Avdija, a lanky 6-9 forward...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Trump White House is throwing an in-person Hanukkah party, one of a series of recent events the administration has held despite coronavirus concerns.The reception will be held Dec. 9 in the afternoon, a day before the holiday’s...
(JTA) — The Palestinian Authority has resumed security and financial ties with Israel, in part because its leaders believe a Biden presidency will bring Palestinians back into the peacemaking fold.Israel will now resume funneling taxes to the Palestinian...
(JTA) — The statement by the University of Illinois pledging to fight anti-Semitism and co-signed by several Jewish organizations left out one crucial piece of information: The federal government had just opened an investigation of the school for anti-Semitic...
"Every year there are new documentaries," said “Valley of Tears” co-creator Amit Cohen. "But nothing has the same visceral effect that this show has." (Courtesy of HBO Max)
In this screenshot from the livestream of the 2020 Republican National Convention, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addresses the virtual convention in a prerecorded video from Jerusalem, Aug. 25, 2020. (The Committee on Arrangements for the 2020 Republican...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Douglas Macgregor, a top adviser to President Donald Trump’s new acting defense secretary, routinely blames “the Israeli lobby” and “neocons” for pushing the United States into wars.Trump last week in the wake of his loss...
(JTA) — Israel’s government has signed an agreement with the Pfizer pharmaceutical company to acquire 8 million doses of its vaccine.“This is a great day for the State of Israel and a great day on the way to our victory over the coronavirus,”...
