WASHINGTON -- Jewish leaders delivered a letter to the White House urging action to allow food to reach hundreds of thousands of people facing starvation in Sudan's border regions. Ruth Messinger, the president of the American Jewish World Service, and...
Dennis Ross, the former top Obama administration Middle East strategist, is rejoining the Jewish People Policy Institute as its co-chairman. Ross, who left the White House last month, will serve as co-chairman of the board of directors and professional...
WASHINGTON—The Obama administration said an Iranian lawmaker had mischaracterized its letter warning against blocking the Strait of Iran and reiterating its commitment to dialogue. Ali Mothari, was quoted by The Associated Press Wednesday as saying...
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration heralded progress in Israeli-Palestinian talks held under Jordanian auspices. "We believe that those talks offer the parties a real opportunity to make meaningful progress towards peace," White House spokesman Jay...
President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed Iran and Middle East peace in a phone conversation, . "They reviewed the recent meetings between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators in Amman and the President reaffirmed his commitment...
By Ron Kampeas, JTA, WASHINGTON
• Published January 11, 2012
President Barack Obama on Monday announced that Jack Lew, his director of the Office of Budget and Management-a Cabinet-level position-would replace William Daley as White House chief of staff. Lew, 56, was chosen for his long years in government and...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published November 9, 2011
Many of us think Lou Grant when we hear the name Ed Asner; after all, he played the legendary editor for 12 years on two iconic TV shows. But on Saturday at Lindenwood University, the seven-time Emmy-winning actor takes on another legendary figure, that...
By Adam Kredo, JTA/ Washington Jewish Week, Washington
• Published August 17, 2011
Jerusalem: To be or not to be part of Israel. That's the question that White House administrations have tiptoed around for decades.The State Department neither recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's official capital nor views the eastern part of the city -...
WASHINGTON - Jonathan Pollard was not allowed to attend his father's funeral despite appeals from Israeli officials and supporters who shut down the White House switchboard.U.S. authorities would not release Pollard, who is jailed for spying for Israel,...
