(JTA) — For the past decade, Jews have made up a third of justices on the U.S. Supreme Court. And while that streak appears likely to end when President Donald Trump nominates someone to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Friday, there are Jews on...
(JTA) — In its obituary of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, The Guardian wrote that the late Jewish Supreme Court justice “abandoned her religion.”That couldn’t be more wrong.While Ginsburg, who died Friday at age 87 after 27 years on the high court’s bench,...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — As she made history during her illustrious life, Ruth Bader Ginsburg will do so upon her passing: She will become the first Jew to lie in state at the Capitol building, and the first woman, Jewish or non.The former Supreme Court justice...
(JTA) — As Jews in the United States prepared to light candles to welcome Rosh Hashanah, they were hit with the last terrible news of a terrible year: the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. At 87, and with a lifetime of accomplishments...
(JTA) — “Schitt’s Creek,” the show co-created by the father-and-son duo Eugene and Dan Levy, swept the Emmy Awards on Sunday night.The beloved series won every comedy category for its sixth and final season, and the younger Levy alone won four...
(JTA) — For Mandy Patinkin, blowing the shofar on TV was his way to help Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s dying wish be heard.Ginsburg had told her family shortly before she passed away on Friday that it was “fervent wish” that she not be replaced until...
(JTA) — New York state will honor the life and legacy of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with a statue in her birthplace of Brooklyn.Gov. Andrew Cuomo made the announcement on Saturday, less than a day after Ginsburg diedfrom complications...
WASHINGTON (JTA) – Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the first Jewish woman to serve on the Supreme Court and a tireless advocate for gender equality, has died at 87.A fierce jurist known for her outsized presence and outspokenness, Ginsburg died from “complications...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Gabby Giffords, the Jewish congresswoman was shot by an assailant in the head in 2011 and who became a leader in the gun control movement, opened the third night of the Democratic convention with an appeal to elect Joe Biden president.“We...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — It has already begun. Leaks about “allies” warning Joe Biden about naming Kamala Harris as his running mate because she “had no remorse” for the gall of actually competing in the primaries. Or comments that Harris “rubs...
(JTA) — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will remain hospitalized through the end of the week after undergoing a minimally invasive nonsurgical procedure on Wednesday.The procedure, to revise a bile duct stent, took place Wednesday at Memorial...
WASHINGTON — American Jewish groups — with the notable exception of the Republican Jewish Coalition — were largely satisfied with the U.S. Supreme Court’s vote to uphold President Obama’s landmark Affordable Care Act in a 5-4 vote. Nancy Kaufman,...
