Tom Tugend, JTA correspondent and veteran of three wars, dies at 97 By Jacob Gurvis, Ron Kampeas, JTA Dec 8, 2022 It was the kind of story that Tom Tugend loved to tell, except he lived it. He left Berlin, aged 13, on Adolf Hitler’s birthday, in 1939, driven out by the ideology reflected in the swastikas on the banners fluttering in the streets. Six years later, he was back in Germany as an American soldier… Read More
California Israel has water expertise aplenty to offer California, says S.F.-based consul Citing Israel’s extraordinary success in meeting its agricultural and household water needs, Marco Sermoneta told a recent gathering of water industry… By Ryan Torok Dec 6, 2022
Politics Blinken: US judges Israeli government on its policies, not its politicians The Biden administration will base its relationship to Israel’s incoming government on the actions it takes, not the people installed in positions of… By Ron Kampeas, JTA Dec 5, 2022
Israel Foxman: If Smotrich and Ben-Gvir get their way, Israel will lose me Abe Foxman, the past Anti-Defamation League leader who long has said that nothing could separate him from support for Israel, now says the leaders of an… By Ron Kampeas, JTA Dec 2, 2022
Sports How local soccer phenom Josh Cohen became Israeli player of the year All eyes may be on the World Cup underway in Qatar, but a Jewish soccer goalie from Mountain View representing Israel recently competed in one of the… By Gabe Fisher Dec 2, 2022
Israel Teenager killed, 22 injured in Jerusalem bus stop bombings Two bombs rocked bus stops at crowded entrances to Jerusalem early Wednesday morning, killing a teenager and sending about 20 people to the hospital, some… By Philissa Cramer, JTA Nov 23, 2022
Bay Area Civil rights claim accuses Berkeley Law of discrimination against Jews Two attorneys handling antisemitism and anti-Israel activism issues, one based in Florida and one in Tel Aviv, have filed a civil rights claim against… By Gabe Stutman Nov 21, 2022
Politics How a pro-Israel super PAC helped a moderate Dem win Speier's seat The United Democracy Project, a political action committee affiliated with AIPAC, spent more than $580,000 to support Democrat Kevin Mullin in his… By Lillian Ilsley-Greene Nov 18, 2022
Politics Nancy Pelosi’s Jewish journey Five days after Nancy Pelosi made history in 2007 as the first woman elected to be speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, she held an event at her… By Ron Kampeas, JTA Nov 18, 2022