The Poway shooting exposes the fractured state of our communal discourse
by Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — Here’s what we know about the shooter who took the life of a worshipper at a San-Diego area Chabad and…
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Lori Gilbert-Kaye, 60, killed in Poway attack, said to have shielded rabbi from bullets
by Gabrielle Birkner, Marcy Oster POWAY, California (JTA) — Lori Gilbert-Kaye, who was killed in the attack at a Chabad synagogue near San Diego on…
Passover’s message about celebrating interfaith families
by Edmund Case NEWTONVILLE, Mass. (JTA) – The enduring lesson of Passover is the obligation that appears 36 times in the Torah, more than any…
Is America serious about tracking domestic terror? A Homeland Security decision raises doubts.
by Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) — At first, it reads like a grim joke: Less than six months after the worst attack on Jews in…
Is the ‘Veep’ character Sherman Tanz an anti-Semitic caricature?
by Stephen Silver (JTA) — HBO’s acclaimed political sitcom “Veep” returns for its seventh and final season on Sunday at a time when anti-Semitic tropes…