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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 372

Lyndon Johnson

Former US President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally in support of Doug Mastriano for Governor of Pennsylvania and Mehmet Oz for US Senate at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on September 3, 2022. (Ed JONES / AFP)
September 4, 2022, 5:09 pm
Keeping America’s secrets: Trump’s unprecedented disregard of post-Watergate norms
Dramas over safeguarding US government documents have cropped up over the years, but FBI search of Mar-a-Lago has exposed indifference to rules on scale some thought inconceivable
By AAMER MADHANI
In this Wednesday, Sept. 14, 1976 file photo, Ramsey Clark, Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, center, speaks at Lincoln Center in New York. Ramsey Clark, the attorney general in the Johnson administration who became an outspoken activist for unpopular causes and a harsh critic of U.S. policy, has died, Friday, April 9, 2021. He was 93. (AP Photo/Dave Pickoff, File)
April 11, 2021, 5:01 am
Ramsey Clark, US ex-attorney general and Saddam Hussein’s lawyer, dies at 93
An advocate for Soviet and Syrian Jews, antiwar activist outraged many Jews over other clients, including Nazi prison camp guard, PLO
By AP
Ellis Island in 1905. (Wikimedia Commons)
October 3, 2020, 3:49 pm
Jewish Americans changed their names, but not at Ellis Island
Evidence suggests Jews, members of other white ethnic groups changed their own names after arriving in America, dispelling popular trope of insensitive Ellis Island clerks
By Kirsten Fermaglich
Federal Judge Jack Weinstein speaks with reporters after visiting the Louis Armstrong housing projects in Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, New York, March 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
February 13, 2020, 7:06 pm
Longest-serving US federal judge Jack Weinstein retires at 98
Jewish jurist, who was appointed by LBJ, served on the bench for nearly 53 years; was known for favoring lighter sentences, rehabilitation
By AP
US president Lyndon Johnson (2R) and Gen. William C. Westmoreland (R), commander of US forces in Vietnam, on December 25, 1967. (AP Photo/File)
From the WebOctober 7, 2018, 7:47 pm
Top US general sought nuclear option in Vietnam, documents reveal
William C. Westmoreland activated secret plans to move warheads for possible use against Communist forces, but was overruled by president, the NY Times reports
Former IRS commissioner Sheldon Cohen. (YouTube screenshot via JTA)
September 7, 2018, 9:42 am
Sheldon Cohen, commissioner who computerized IRS, dies at 91
A lifelong Washingtonian, Cohen was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson after helping him with his personal business affairs
By JTA
Illustrative photo of the United States House of Representatives (screen capture: YouTube)
December 16, 2017, 12:19 am
Amendment banning politicking by houses of worship survives repeal bid
Legislation, named after Lyndon Johnson, removes tax-exempt status from religious organizations that directly participate in political activity
By JTA
In this June 23, 1967 file photo provided by the White House, Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin, left, and President Lyndon Johnson meet with each other during their hastily arranged U.S./USSR summit at Glassboro State College in Glassboro, N.J. Now called Rowan University, the school on Saturday June 24, 2017, is commemorating the 50th anniversary of when they hosted the Glassboro summit during the Cold War and soon after the Six-Day War between Israel and Arab states. (White House photo via AP, File)
June 24, 2017, 7:26 pm
NJ college recalls hosting US-Russia summit after Six Day War
Following the ’67 fighting, Soviet premier Alexi Kosygin and Lyndon Johnson hurriedly arranged a meeting to ensure conflict did not escalate into world war
By Shawn Marsh
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