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March 18, 2016
4:50 am

Mufid Elfgeeh is escorted under heavy guard into the Federal Building for a hearing in Rochester, New York, December 17, 2015. (Jamie Germano/Democrat & Chronicle via AP, File)

NY pizzeria owner who recruited for IS gets 22.5 years

Yemen-born Mufid Elfgeeh, 32, set up Facebook, WhatsApp accounts that helped people travel to Syria to fight for jihadist group

By GINO FANELLI

March 18, 2016
4:38 am

Australian Senator James Paterson. (Facebook screen capture)

Australia’s youngest-ever senator calls to recognize capital Jerusalem

James Paterson, 28, takes pro-Israel stance in maiden speech to parliament

By JTA

March 18, 2016
3:50 am

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, speaks at a campaign rally at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Tuesday, March 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

Sanders says he has a ‘path toward victory’ against Clinton

Acknowledging he has ‘a hill to climb’ to close Clinton’s lead, the Vermont senator hopes to do so in upcoming primaries in West, Northeast

By Ken Thomas

March 18, 2016
3:07 am

Illustrative photo of swastika graffiti (Flash90)

Anti-Semitic graffiti found at Boston-area school

Incident follows spate of similar reports, comes in the aftermath of anti-Jewish chants at basketball game

By JTA

March 18, 2016
2:58 am

Orthodox Jews in Lakewood, New Jersey (YouTube screen capture)

Town neighboring Lakewood, NJ, wary of Orthodox Jewish influx

Mayor says his use of the word ‘invasion’ about door-to-door solicitation urging residents to sell their homes is ‘not anti-Semitic’

By JTA

March 18, 2016
2:37 am

US House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) speaks during his weekly briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, November 19, 2015. (AFP/Brendan Smialowski)

Republican leader says contested convention likely

House Speaker Paul Ryan, who will oversee the party’s July confab, promises to be ‘neutral and dispassionate’ amid bruising primary contest

By AFP

March 18, 2016
2:31 am

In this March 10, 2016, file photo, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Conservatives plot Trump demise as he eyes Arizona win

Republican establishment fearful as controversial front-runner pulls away from the conservative Cruz after Tuesday’s vote

By Steve Peoples and Nicholas Riccardi

March 18, 2016
2:19 am

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, speaks at Center for American Progress Action Fund, in Washington, Thursday, March 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Senate Dem leader accuses GOP of ‘moral cowardice’ on Trump

Harry Reid slams Republican leaders, saying their tepid response to the controversial frontrunner ‘enabled’ his rise

By MARY CLARE JALONICK

March 18, 2016
1:59 am

Frank Sinatra Jr. performing at a private residence in Beverly Hills, California, Oct. 9, 2010. (Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Night Vision/via JTA)

How Frank Sinatra Jr. got a Jewish middle name

‘I want to make a pilgrimage to Israel, visit the Western Wall,’ said famous crooner’s singer son, who died Wednesday

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

March 18, 2016
1:49 am

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, speaks at a campaign rally at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Tuesday, March 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

Sanders concedes Missouri primary to Clinton

Democratic frontrunner led in Midwestern state by just 1,531 votes, giving her all five states in Tuesday vote

By Ken Thomas

March 18, 2016
1:14 am

Nora Ephron, the subject of a new documentary made by her son, behind the camera in an undated photo. (Courtesy of HBO)

Nora Ephron’s feats and foibles examined in film by her son

Writer, director of iconic movies such as ‘When Harry Met Sally’, who died in 2012, stepped in front of the camera in this subtle, loving documentary

By Curt Schleier

March 17, 2016
11:37 pm

A screenshot from The Daily Show (screen capture: Comedy Central)

Daily Show tackles anti-Semitism at Trump rallies

‘Hate crimes against Jews are so normal we don’t even talk about them anymore,’ says comedian Adam Lowitt. ‘It’s like the nudity in Games of Thrones’

By JTA

March 17, 2016
11:30 pm

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses a press conference following his victory in the Florida state primary in West Palm Beach, Florida, on March 15, 2016. (AFP/Rhona Wise)

For Trump, the White House is a long-held ambition

Real estate mogul has been flirting with the presidency since 1988, when he joked that Oprah Winfrey could be his running mate

By Ivan Couronne

March 17, 2016
10:50 pm

Republican presidential candidate John Kasich speaks at the First in the Nation Republican Leadership Summit April 18, 2015 in Nashua, New Hampshire. (Darren McCollester/Getty Images via JTA)

Republican candidate Kasich confirms AIPAC appearance

Trump, Cruz, Clinton also scheduled to speak at three-day pro-Israel conference

By JTA

March 17, 2016
10:23 pm

Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbyn addressing the TUC Conference at The Brighton Centre in Brighton, England, on September 15, 2015. (Mary Turner/Getty Images via JTA)

British Jewish leader: Jews can’t trust Labour Party

President of the Board of Deputies cites allegations of anti-Semitism, anti-Israel ties in Jeremy Corbyn-led opposition

By JTA and Times of Israel staff

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