WASHINGTON — Eliot Engel, a Democrat who reviles President Donald Trump, and Lee Zeldin, a Republican who eagerly embraces the president, happen to have plenty in common.They are Jewish congressman from New York known for their pro-Israel leadership,...
By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA
• Published December 13, 2018
AMSTERDAM — The last time that a stranger directed an anti-Semitic insult at me, I was carrying supplies for my son’s birthday party.It was on a Sunday afternoon on Dam Square. Carrying Star of David party decorations in a see-through bag, I paused...
Our sense of security was shaken in late October on that horrible Shabbat morning when a gunman walked into the Tree of Life Congregation in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh and took 11 precious lives.While our sense of security was damaged,...
Armed security at synagoguesOver the past few years Jews and Jewish institutions around the world have been the target of violence as manifested by anti-Semitic terrorist and criminal activity.Shootings and terrorist bombs have resulted in a plethora...
Jewish institutions must react to the flaws in the security industry exposed by the mass shooting in Orlando, the top Jewish community security official said.Paul Goldenberg, who directs the Secure Community Network, said Omar Mateen’s employment by...
By Elise Jarvis, JTA
• Published February 22, 2012
By Elise Jarvis JTA NEW YORK—The recent attacks against Israeli diplomats abroad, which are suspected to have been carried out by Iran or its proxies, and the recent series of high-profile anti-Semitic incidents in the United States have raised...
