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Darren Beattie speaks at the At the Wall Symposium on July 28, 2019. (Screen capture/YouTube)
January 17, 2022, 10:29 am
Biden fires Trump appointee from commission that monitors Holocaust sites
Darren Beattie, a former Trump speechwriter, was a controversial appointee due to his ties to the white supremacist-linked H.L. Mencken Club
By Ron Kampeas
The Democratic Majority for Israel called out Nancy Kaufman, seen in January 2019, then retracted its tweet while acknowledging its error following a maelstrom of outraged calls by liberal Jewish groups. (Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images)
May 6, 2021, 2:46 am
Democratic melee as US pro-Israel group picks fight with longtime Jewish leader
Democratic Majority for Israel calls well-known progressive Nancy Kaufman an ‘enabler of antisemitism,’ before retracting after hailstorm of criticism from more liberal groups
By Ron Kampeas
People participating in the 2018 Women’s March in New York City, Jan. 20, 2018. (John Lamparski/Getty Images via JTA)
January 16, 2019, 4:26 am
A guide to who’s marching as anti-Semitism controversy roils Women’s March
Many local chapters no longer willing to be affiliated with national group over claims it has not done enough to disavow anti-Semitism
By Josefin Dolsten
Recently arrived migrant families speak with volunteers at the Catholic Charities Humanitarian Respite Center on June 21, 2018 in McAllen, Texas. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/via JTA)
August 23, 2018, 3:41 am
US Jewish groups visit ‘heartbreaking’ border detention centers
Meeting unaccompanied migrant children, US and Mexican officials, Jewish leaders vow to push for ‘humane and compassionate immigration policies’
By Josefin Dolsten
A sign of the polarization of American Jewry: J Street activists deliver a petition to the US Senate opposing the nomination of David Friedman as ambassador to Israel, February 28, 2017. (J Street/JTA)
March 2, 2017, 3:54 am
In the age of Trump, a quandary for US Jewish leaders: Access or resistance
Given the president’s hostility towards the media, a controversial refugee ban, and a spike in anti-Semitism, community leaders divided on whether to engage or oppose the new administration
By Ron Kampeas
Supporters of National Council of Jewish Women and other Jewish organizations come together on the National Mall for the Women’s March on Washington, January 21, 2017. (Ron Sachs via JTA)
January 22, 2017, 4:01 am
Thousands of Jewish protesters join 500,000-strong Women’s March
At massive anti-Trump rally, Jewish women’s and progressive groups seek ‘to march together as Jews’
By JTA and Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
File: Inaugural preparations on the West Front of Capitol Hill in Washington, looking at the National Mall and Washington Monument, November 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
December 30, 2016, 10:41 am
NCJW: Women’s March on Washington sends a message
National Council of Jewish Women to tell new administration ‘rights of women, families and communities must be protected’
By JTA
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men look out over the southern end of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on December 17, 2015. (Esther Rubyan/FLASH90)
February 1, 2016, 11:48 pm
Palestinians cry foul over planned mixed-gender Western Wall section
Waqf says expansion of Jewish prayer area below Temple Mount breaks status quo; US Orthodox group claims plan ‘profanes’ site
By ToI Staff and JTA
The US Capitol and Pennsylvania Avenue,file (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
October 10, 2014, 7:54 am
What a GOP Senate would mean for Jewish communal agenda
Republican control of House could impact social welfare spending, foreign policy, health care, and immigration reform
By Ron Kampeas
Many victims of sex trafficking say they don't choose the life and cannot extricate themselves from it. (Shutterstock via JTA)
August 16, 2013, 7:02 pm
Jewish groups ramp up response to sex trafficking
Community organizations join growing global movement to fight exploitation
By Josh Lipowsky
May 14, 2013, 12:41 pm
Jewish groups join call for ban on religious profiling
Two progressive Jewish organizations in the US join interfaith call for the Senate to fix ‘glaring loophole’ in immigration law
Rabbi Gilad Kariv, the head of the Reform movement in Israel, performs a Reform Jewish wedding ceremony in front of the Knesset, on March 18, 2013. To the left of the couple stands Labor party MK and secretary-general Hilik Bar. (photo credit: Flash90)
April 9, 2013, 6:37 am
US women’s group urges Israeli civil weddings
National Council of Jewish Women decries Orthodox monopoly on marriage and divorce, urges Jewish pressure to effect change
By Haviv Rettig Gur
File: Americans rally in support of Israel, Chicago, November 2013. (photo credit: Courtesy JUF Chicago/JTA)
November 22, 2012, 5:35 am
American Jewish groups welcome ceasefire
‘The people of Israel deserve to live in peace, not fear, and the violence Hamas militants have wrought upon Israeli civilians is inexcusable and unforgettable,’ says Conservative rabbinic group
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Chief Justice John Roberts. (United States Supreme Court/JTA)
July 3, 2012, 2:32 pm
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
The Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, June 25, 2012. (photo credit: AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
June 26, 2012, 5:20 pm
Give me your tired, your poor — but not from Mexico, please
Jewish groups see progress in a new Supreme Court immigration ruling, but have concerns about potential for racial profiling
By JTA
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