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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 346

Barney Frank

Signs of support for Hillary Clinton and protest signs are seen on the fourth and final day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 28, 2016. (AFP/Robyn Beck)
July 29, 2016, 4:57 am
Jewish Democrats pressed to get out the vote for Clinton
Jews in swing states, Jewish millennials will be focus of efforts that include a new super PAC and community outreach
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
Clockwise from top left: Fran Drescher (Wikimedia Commons), Larry Kramer (Courtesy of HBO), Rabbi Steven Greenberg in 2014 (Wikimedia Commons), Jazz Jennings (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Trevor Project)
June 28, 2016, 9:19 am
9 Jewish LGBTQ activists you should know
From Stonewall to the US Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage, Jews have been at the forefront of the fight for equal rights. Here are some of the most influential voices still making a difference
By Gabe Friedman
Anti-Israel protesters disrupt an event with the Jerusalem Open House at the LGBTQ Task Force's Creating Change Conference in Chicago, Friday, January 22, 2016. (YouTube screenshot)
January 28, 2016, 8:03 am
90 LGBT activists condemn ‘anti-Semitic’ protest
Signatories on letter say disruption of National LGBTQ Task Force conference was ‘dangerous’ and ‘deeply disturbing’
By JTA
Former longtime congressman Barney Frank, shown at his office in Washington, is the subject of a new documentary. (Michael Chandler)
October 22, 2015, 12:17 pm
Barney Frank on being Barney, not Bernie
New documentary chronicles the former Massachusetts congressman’s 40-year career in public office, 2016 presidential race
By Curt Schleier
Former US congressman Barney Frank addressed congregants at Boston's Temple Israel on October 16, 2015. (Elan Kawesch/The Times of Israel)
October 22, 2015, 3:14 am
Barney’s ‘Frank’ military talk propels a herculean crusade
After decades in Congress, a retired Barney Frank is coming to a congregation near you to lobby for massive US defense spending cuts
By Matt Lebovic
An Israeli soldier salutes fallen soldiers during a ceremony held on the Mount of Olives in preparation for Memorial Day, May 4, 2014. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 23, 2014, 10:19 pm
Brothers push for Israeli-style moment of silence for US Veterans Day
Proposed legislation passes House of Representatives, a result of siblings’ four-year quest to honor US fallen as Israel does its own
By Matt Lebovic
Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate Evan Falchuk of the United Independent Party speaking with voters at the Independence Day Celebration in Lowell, July 2013. (photo credit: Courtesy United Independent Party/JTA)
August 4, 2013, 4:37 am
In Massachusetts, a ‘tikkun olam’ gubernatorial race
In a state where Jews make up four percent of the population, eyebrows will not be raised if the next governor is Jewish
By Ron Kampeas
Senator Joseph Lieberman in Washington. (photo credit: AP/Susan Walsh)
July 25, 2013, 11:59 pm
US Jews lend support to peace talks in new letter
140 prominent figures, including former conservative politicians, laud Netanyahu for readiness ‘to make painful compromises’
By Lazar Berman
From left, Anthony Weiner, Eliot Spitzer and Bob Filner, three Jewish politicians seeking to move on after misdeeds. (photo credit: United States Congress/Getty Images/City of San Diego/via JTA)
July 25, 2013, 3:50 am
The shanda factor: What makes Jewish sex scandals different?
Arrogance, insularity and just plain loneliness bring politicians to gamble their careers and take the walk of shame
By Ron Kampeas
January 11, 2013, 8:02 pm
Reform rabbi in Massachusetts considers Senate run
Jonah Pesner is conducting ‘exploratory conversations’ about attempting to take over John Kerry’s seat
Rep. Gary Ackerman (Courtesy of the Israel Policy Forum via JTA)
December 14, 2012, 11:32 pm
New US Congress will be missing some of its longtime pro-Israel pillars
Retirements and defeats mean a new group of supporters will take the reins on Middle East issues
By Ron Kampeas
US House of Representatives Majority Leader Eric Cantor (CC BY/Gage Skidmore/Flickr/File)
November 7, 2012, 7:14 pm
Who’s who among Jews in the next US Congress
Representation drops by two in the Senate and five in the House following defeats and retirements
By JTA
US Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., left, and Jim Ready posing at their wedding reception Saturday July 7, 2012. Frank married his longtime partner in a ceremony officiated by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick in Newton, Mass. Saturday. (photo credit: AP Photo/Fotique, Jaime E. Connolly)
July 8, 2012, 2:25 pm
US Rep. Barney Frank marries longtime partner
Ceremony officiated by the governor of Massachusetts, which in 2004 became the first American state to offer same-sex marriage
Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) and The Weekly Standard Editor Bill Kristol (right)
May 4, 2012, 11:54 pm
Barney Frank and Bill Kristol woo Jewish voters at DC debate
Who’s better for Israel, Obama or Romney? American Jewish Committee hosts feisty face-off
By Ari Ben Goldberg
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