How to understand the Kavanaugh allegations, according to rabbis
By Josefin Dolsten NEW YORK (JTA) — Last week Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and answers questions…
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‘It made me want to cry’: Ramaz students and administrators react to report on sexual abuse at elite Jewish school
By Ben Sales NEW YORK (JTA) — When he was attending the Ramaz School in the early 2000s, David Ellenberg heard whispers that Albert Goetz,…
Op/Ed: Too few Jews, Pew! Where are the ‘secular maximalists’? The Sunday brunchers?
By Andrew Silow-Carroll NEW YORK (JTA) — The Pew Research Center’s new typology of religion puts Americans into seven broad categories ranging from Sunday Stalwarts (“active in…
Josh Shapiro, the ‘bar mitzvah boy’ leading the charge against Catholic clergy abuse in Pennsylvania
By Ben Sales (JTA) — The first days of November 2016 were a tense time for America, for Pennsylvania and for Josh Shapiro, a Democrat…
John McCain, senator who made human rights and Israel central to his foreign policy, dies at 81
By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) — Sen. John McCain, who made human rights and Israel centerpieces of his advocacy for a robust U.S. influence across…