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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 572

Lee Harvey Oswald

Reuben Efron, back center, poses with his brother Irving Effron, below center and his mother and his uncle in an undated photo. (Courtesy Barry Effron/ via JTA)
August 23, 2023, 4:39 am
The CIA agent who tracked JFK’s assassin tried to recruit his nephew — to orthodoxy
Barry Effron says his religious uncle Reuben’s fluency in 6 languages and law office devoid of books raised his suspicions – and his sighting of a UFO in 1957 Russia confirmed them
By Ron Kampeas
Jack Ruby shooting Lee Harvey Oswald, who is being escorted by Dallas police detective Jim Leavelle (left), November 24, 1963 (Robert H. Jackson / Wikipedia)
April 12, 2023, 9:19 pm
Hillel Silverman, Dallas rabbi whose congregant killed JFK’s assassin, dies at 99
Silverman was spiritual leader of Shearith Israel from 1954 to 1964; Jack Ruby, a nightclub owner with links to the Mafia who shot Lee Harvey Oswald, was one of his congregants
By Steve North
Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby, who killed Lee Harvey Oswald, is shown with his pets. This undated photo was on the wall of Ruby's office. (AP Photo)
September 26, 2021, 6:44 am
Jack Ruby killed Lee Harvey Oswald on live TV, yet his trial was no slam dunk
In new book ‘Kennedy’s Avenger,’ Dan Abrams and David Fisher dig deep into the trial of the Jewish nightclub owner, who shot JFK’s assassin and sparked endless conspiracy theories
By Rich Tenorio
Part of a file from the CIA, dated Oct. 10, 1963, details "a reliable and sensitive source in Mexico" report of Lee Harvey Oswald's contact with the Soviet Union embassy in Mexico City, that was released for the first time on Friday, Nov. 3, 2017, by the National Archives. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
November 4, 2017, 10:21 am
JFK files say rumors of CIA link to Oswald ‘unfounded’
1975 memo notes authorities found no records of president’s assassin having any ties to the agency, as some have claimed
By Deb Riechmann and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
This file photo taken on October 24, 1962 shows US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy signing the order of naval blockade of Cuba at the White House in Washington, DC, during the Cuban missiles crisis. (AFP)
October 27, 2017, 5:23 pm
New JFK files reveal mafia plots, FBI warning on Oswald
Some documents remain classified for security reasons, but Trump gives agencies six months to make a case for keeping them secret
By Chris Lefkow
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