In Jerusalem, Ruth Bader Ginsburg celebrates her commitment to tikkun olam
By Sam Sokol JERUSALEM (JTA) — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg described how grateful she was for her Jewish heritage during a screening of…
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Retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s Jewish legacy
By Charles Dunst NEW YORK (JTA) — Not an hour after Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement as associate justice on the Supreme Court, the National…
Trump signs order ending family separation policy
(JTA) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order that will end the separation of migrant families on the southern U.S. border. The order, signed Wednesday,…
Detention facilities or ‘concentration camps’? A debate on names invokes the Nazis
By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) — Simmering beneath the heated debate over whether Holocaust references are appropriate in the debate over the Trump administration’s policy…
10 Writers Not Named Philip Roth Capturing the Female American Jewish Experience
By Emily Burack Philip Roth, a literary giant, passed away at age 85. As Charles McGrath wrote in his obituary in The New York Times, “he was…