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Meet the 3 Jewish candidates on Trump’s Supreme Court justice shortlists

Ron Kampeas • Published September 21, 2020

(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...

How Judaism animated Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s life

Ben Sales • Published September 21, 2020

(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,...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be the first Jew and first woman to lie in state at the Capitol

Ron Kampeas • Published September 21, 2020

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...

What Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg taught us about the gift of time

Daniel B. Shapiro • Published September 21, 2020

(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...

‘Schitt’s Creek’ sweeps the 2020 Emmys and makes history

Emily Burack • Published September 21, 2020

(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...

Mandy Patinkin blows shofar in TV tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s dying wish

Marcy Oster • Published September 21, 2020

(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...

New York will erect statue in Brooklyn to honor RBG

Marcy Oster • Published September 21, 2020

(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...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, first Jewish woman to serve on Supreme Court, dies at 87

Sarah Wildman • Published September 18, 2020

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...

Jewish gun control activists take center stage at Democratic convention

Ron Kampeas • Published August 19, 2020

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...

Powerful Jewish women face vicious tropes — they’re being used against Biden’s VP choice, too

Meredith Jacobs • Published August 6, 2020

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...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg has a nonsurgical procedure and will stay in hospital through end of week

Marcy Oster • Published July 30, 2020

(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...

Jewish groups largely applaud health care ruling

By Zach Silberman, JTA • Published July 2, 2012

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,...

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