By Dan Klein, JTA, NEW YORK
• Published January 11, 2012
It is a strange irony: Jews have been successful in the television business-but Jewish TV, not so much. It's not for lack of trying. Right now, no fewer than three Jewish-focused national cable channels are trying to carve out a viable niche within the...
By Ron Kampeas, JTA, WASHINGTON
• Published January 3, 2012
The Iowa Republican caucus is shaping up as a close three-way race between Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul. Each of the candidates were within dozens of votes of each other as votes were counted Tuesday night, splitting about 75 percent of the...
By Ron Kampeas, JTA, WASHINGTON
• Published December 28, 2011
Ron Paul's unlikely rise in the Republican presidential race has Jewish conservatives on edge. The Texas congressman had been regarded as a fringe figure whose views, especially on foreign policy-including his opposition to the U.S.-Israel alliance-put...
By Adam Kredo, JTA, WASHINGTON
• Published December 14, 2011
Iran's nuclear program appears to be racing ahead. The Middle East peace process is in shambles. And a series of recent flare-ups have highlighted ongoing tensions between the Obama administration and elements of the pro-Israel community. It was against...
