The corruption scandals plaguing Benjamin Netanyahu and his family, explained
By Ben Sales (JTA) — He has a firm grip on the government, but a mounting political scandal might bring him down. Officials from his…
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11 former White House Jewish liaisons: Trump doesn’t understand anti-Semitism
(JTA) — As Jewish liaisons to four different presidents, we had the responsibility inside the White House to give voice to the perspectives and priorities…
op/ed: American president just asked us to be fair to white supremacists
By Andrew Silow-Carroll NEW YORK (JTA) — There was a moment in his “neo-Nazi, neo-Shmazi” news conference where you might have found yourself thinking, maybe…
The Rabbinical Council of America Challenges Charlottesville Moral Equivalency
The Rabbinical Council of America, the leading organization of orthodox rabbis in North America, condemns any suggestion of moral equivalency between the White Supremacists and…
Charlottesville’s Jewish mayor is an expert on demagogues, and now on anti-Semitism
By Ron Kampeas CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (JTA) — Michael Signer, the Jewish mayor of Charlottesville, has one thing in common with the white supremacists who descended…