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The Times of Israel

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Writer: Zach Silberman

July 3, 2012
2:32 pm

Chief Justice John Roberts, an appointee of President George W. Bush, surprised many in voting to uphold President Obama's Affordable Care Act. (photo credit: United States Supreme Court/JTA)

Jewish groups largely applaud Obama health care ruling

Supporters cite Maimonides, noting the medieval scholar ‘placed health care first on his list of the 10 most important communal services that a city should offer its residents’

By Zach Silberman

June 24, 2012
2:31 pm

Holocaust survivor Michael Pupa standing next to his childhood photo in the "Attachments" exhibit at the National Archives in Washington, DC. (photo credit: Earl McDonald for the National Archives/JTA)

Michael Pupa finally reveals his harrowing Holocaust journey

After his immigration to the US as a 12-year-old orphan, Pupa had sealed off his past. Now, with his immigration documents on display, his descendants are learning their tragic family history

By Zach Silberman

June 6, 2012
9:16 am

Randy Altschuler, right, a Republican candidate in the race for New York's first congressional district, campaigning with Rep. Eric Cantor, the House Majority Leader and the only Republican Jewish lawmaker in Congress, during Altshuler's losing 2010 race against Rep. Tim Bishop. (photo credit: Courtesy Randy Altschuler for Congress/JTA)

GOP hopes NY rematch puts second Jewish Republican in the US House

The district’s Jewish population, at 6 percent in 2010, could still have an impact on this general election, particularly since last time the candidate was elected by a spread of under 600 votes

By Zach Silberman

April 12, 2012
1:40 am

A number of congresswomen, among them signatories to the letter, in Kalandia on a J Street sponsored trip in February. (photo credit: JTA/J Street)

74 US lawmakers sign J Street letter calling for 2-state accord

Democrats urge Obama to show support for solution to Middle East conflict

By Zach Silberman

February 29, 2012
12:16 am

State Treasurer Josh Mandel, a Republican candidate for the US Senate in Ohio, is shown during his service as a Marine in Iraq. (Photo credit: Citizens for Josh Mandel/JTA)

Jewish military veteran in key Senate race

A win for Josh Mandel, the current state treasurer of swing state Ohio, could be pivotal for Republican control

By Zach Silberman

February 21, 2012
11:04 pm

Republican Senators Lindsey Graham, right, and John McCain (photo credit: CC BY isafmedia/Flickr)

In Washington, debate rages over how to deal with Syria

Some politicians call for moves to stanch bloodshed, but Obama prefers diplomacy to intervention

By Zach Silberman