Elie Wiesel gave the Holocaust a face and the world a conscience
By Sarah Wildman WASHINGTON (JTA) — Elie Wiesel, the Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate who became a leading icon of Holocaust remembrance and a global…
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Dozens killed and hundreds injured in Instanbul airport terror attack
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli President Reuven Rivlin sent a letter of condolence to his Turkish counterpart in the aftermath of the terror attack at an…
Blog: Why not Al Franken? Some think the senator and former comic could be Hillary’s VP
By Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — Last week Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) said that if Hillary Clinton asked him to be her running mate, he’d take…
Brexit splits UK from Europe and Labour from its party leader
By Cnaan Liphshiz JTA) — Only a week ago, Jeremy Corbyn seemed to have survived his biggest public relations debacle as the leader of Britain’s…
Israel, Turkey sign reconciliation deal
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The foreign ministries of Israel and Turkey simultaneously signed a reconciliation agreement on June 28, 2016, six years after relations were cut…