The top Jewish newsmakers of 5775
By Julie Wiener (JTA) — Whether you love them or hate them — or your feelings are purely pareve — these 13 Jews repeatedly made the…
Opinion
Iran deal will pass (or so says the math)
By Uriel Heilman (JTA) – Does the Iran deal have the votes or not? Though President Barack Obama is vacationing on Martha’s Vineyard and Congress…
Op-Ed: Lobby hard on Iran deal, but ditch the stereotypes
By Jonathan Greenblatt NEW YORK (JTA) — Congress and the American people are focused on what everyone agrees is a historic, serious and consequential foreign…
Does Israel give Jewish extremists a pass on violence against Arabs?
By Uriel Heilman (JTA) – There are some striking similarities between last week’s arson attack on a Palestinian home that killed an 18-month-old boy and…
Actor Jason Segel opens up about childhood as Jewish outsider
By Andrew Tobin (JTA) — Actor Jason Segel — best known as the star of “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and “How I Met Your Mother” — opened…