Palestinians officially reject economic summit
by Marcy Oster JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization made it official: They will not be attending the Trump administration’s…
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Opinion: What Jewish law really says about abortion
by Ephraim Sherman (JTA) – Alabama and Georgia have passed laws recently that limit or forbid abortions in unprecedented ways, joining a growing number of states that…
Who are the Sacklers, the family at the center of the opioid crisis?
by Ben Sales NEW YORK (JTA) — In the 1930s, Mortimer and Raymond Sackler both traveled to Scotland for medical school because, they said, American…
What did Rashida Tlaib say about the Holocaust? It’s probably not what you think.
by Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — Republican lawmakers like Rep. Lee Zeldin were criticized, deservedly, for distorting Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s comments about the Holocaust by suggesting…
US turns to Israeli know-how for medical cannabis research
by Maya Mirsky SAN FRANCISCO (J. The Jewish News of Northern California via JTA) — When Israeli plant scientist Nirit Bernstein got a call five years ago from…