Joe Biden won’t budge on this make-or-break Iran deal issue By Ron Kampeas, JTA May 16, 2022 An extraordinary debate took place recently in the Senate about whether the United States should remove the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps from its list of designated foreign terrorist organizations. On the one side was Antony Blinken, the U.S. secretary of state, arguing that Iran was not taking the necessary steps to remove one of its… Read More
U.S. All about the antisemitic ideology behind the Buffalo shooting The man charged with killing 10 people at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket Saturday allegedly was motivated by a conspiracy theory that has spurred recent… By Philissa Cramer, Ron Kampeas, JTA May 16, 2022
Religion Some Conservative rabbis are flouting the intermarriage ban Dario Feiguin, a rabbi for nearly 40 years, recently officiated at his first interfaith wedding — a practice forbidden by the Conservative movement that… By Debra Nussbaum Cohen, Forward May 13, 2022
Politics Deborah Lipstadt's first talk after confirmation: 'Take antisemitism seriously' Antisemitism is often not taken seriously until it becomes deadly, said Deborah Lipstadt, the Holocaust scholar whose nomination to be the State… By Ron Kampeas, JTA May 13, 2022
Analysis How should Jewish communities respond to the overdose epidemic? The U.S. recorded more than 100,000 deaths from drug overdoses in 2021 — more than any previous year, in a sobering milestone for an epidemic that has… By Rudy Malcolm, Forward May 12, 2022
U.S. Lawsuit: sexual assault of 15-year-old mishandled at NY Camp Ramah A rabbi who pledged to improve safeguards against abuse at a Jewish summer camp he ran is the subject of a lawsuit alleging that he dramatically… By Jackie Hajdenberg, JTA May 10, 2022
U.S. Summer camp for trans kids run by Jewish camp vets sold out in weeks Shira Berkowitz was building a career in Jewish camping when a summer camp told them not to return. “It got around that I was that was queer, and that… By Jackie Hajdenberg, JTA May 10, 2022
Sports Jewish golfer Max Homa, Cal alum, enters top 30 after tourney win Jewish golfer and UC Berkeley graduate Max Homa won his fourth PGA Tour event Sunday, which moved him up to No. 29 in the world rankings — his first time… By Gabe Fisher May 9, 2022
Politics Jewish former head of Christians United for Israel running for Congress David Brog, a former executive for the largest pro-Israel evangelical group, is seeking to return to Capitol Hill, close to 20 years after serving on… By Jacob Kornbluh, Forward May 9, 2022