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Committee chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) speaks with reporters following a meeting of the Senate Finance Committee to vote on the nominations of cabinet nominees Tom Price and Steve Mnuchin, on Capitol Hill, February 1, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)
April 26, 2022, 5:42 am
Orrin Hatch wrote a Hanukkah song and wore a mezuzah around his neck for 4 decades
The longest-serving Republican senator, who died Saturday, used his Mormon faith to show himself a lifelong friend of Jews and Israel
By Andrew Lapin
US Senator Orrin Hatch, a Utah Republican, attends a news conference with Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on October 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
April 24, 2022, 5:59 am
Long-serving US Senator Orrin Hatch from Utah dies at age 88
Lawmaker who served in Senate for over 40 years was known for several bipartisan efforts; also allied with Trump, championed abortion limits and helped shape Supreme Court
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
President Donald Trump awards Miriam Adelson, the wife of Las Vegas Sands Corporation Chief Executive Sheldon Adelson and Republican mega donor the Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
November 16, 2018, 10:29 pm
Trump awards GOP megadonor Miriam Adelson the Presidential Medal of Freedom
President lauds philanthropist and wife of casino magnate Sheldon Adelson for supporting Jewish schools, Holocaust memorial organizations and Birthright
By Eric Cortellessa
Dr. Miriam Adelson, a major funder of the Israeli American Council, on a panel at its annual Washington conference, Nov. 5, 2015. (Ron Kampeas/JTA)
November 16, 2018, 11:47 am
Miriam Adelson says ‘deeply humbled’ by honor of Presidential Medal of Freedom
Donor’s wife to receive the award from Trump on Friday, as president of public interest group says it’s difficult to believe the decision was based on merit
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Sheldon Adelson and Miriam Adelson at the ceremony marking the establishment of a new Faculty of Medicine at Ariel University in the West Bank, on August 19, 2018. (Ben Dori/Flash90)
November 10, 2018, 8:52 pm
Trump to award Sheldon Adelson’s wife Miriam highest civilian honor
Six other upcoming recipients of Presidential Medal of Freedom include Elvis Presley, Babe Ruth, and Antonin Scalia
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of police tape at the JCC in Nashville, Tennessee, after the community center received a bomb threat on January 9, 2017. (Screenshot: The Tennessean)
October 4, 2018, 5:21 am
Trump signs law expanding hate crime protections to religious institutions
American Jewish Committee praises legislation, partly enacted in response to spate of JCC bomb threats
By JTA
From left to right: Gamal A. El Sadat, Gigi Gabr, Shafik Gabr, Mrs. Jehan Sadat, Ezra Friedlander, Isaac Dabah. (Lenchevsky Images)
August 30, 2018, 4:23 pm
Egypt’s Sadat one step away from posthumous US Congressional Gold Medal
Senate passes bill giving medal, the highest civilian award bestowed by Congress, to late leader for ‘changing the course of the Middle East even as it cost his life’
By Danielle Ziri
An illustrative photo of students at a Jewish day school. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images via JTA)
December 14, 2017, 11:16 am
Why Jewish day schools are breathing a little easier on the tax bill
Qualified tuition credit, saving teaching staff thousands of dollars in tuition for their own children, has been preserved
By Ron Kampeas
This file photo taken on September 26, 2016, shows then Republican nominee Donald Trump (R) standing with his son Donald Trump Jr. after the first presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. (AFP Photo/Jewel Samad)
July 11, 2017, 10:59 pm
Trump rises to son’s defense as Democrats ring alarms over email
Top lawmakers on Congressional intel committees say messages point to evidence of collusion between Trump campaign and Kremlin; Republicans downplay importance
By AP
President Donald Trump walks to the White House after arriving on Marine One, Sunday, March 19, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
April 9, 2017, 1:23 am
Trump notifies US Congress of Syria airstrikes, warns of further actions
Action was meant ‘to dissuade the Syrian regime from using or proliferating chemical weapons,’ US president tells lawmakers
By AFP
This file photo taken on November 17, 2016 shows Steven Mnuchin arriving at the Trump Tower for meetings with US President-elect Donald Trump, in New York. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AFP Photo)
February 14, 2017, 3:36 am
Senate confirms former banker Mnuchin as treasury secretary
Senators also approve physician David Shulkin as head of Department of Veterans Affairs
By Stephen Ohlemacher
Health and Human Services Secretary-designate, Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga. pauses while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee, Jan. 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
February 10, 2017, 3:31 pm
Trump’s health secretary pick narrowly confirmed for cabinet
GOP sees Tom Price as knowledgeable leader to undo Obamacare; Democrats say his plan to limit access to birth control is ‘arrogant’
By Alan Fram
Farooq Kathwari, (l) and Stanley Bergman, (R) co-chairing a meeting of the Muslim Jewish Advisory Council on Capitol Hill, Feb. 2, 2017. (Ronald Sachs/ via JTA)
February 2, 2017, 11:25 pm
Muslim, Jewish leaders raise Trump entry ban in congressional meetings
Lobbying day for the Muslim Jewish Advisory Council was planned before election, had meant to focus on expanding US hate crimes laws
By JTA
Hermitage director Mikhail Piotrovsky, left, with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. (Wikimedia commons/kremlin.ru)
December 16, 2016, 7:43 pm
Did Russia meddle in recent US art theft legislation?
New congressionally approved bills provide immunity from seizure of foreign works on loan in the States. As one critic alleges the Hermitage had undue influence, is it just a case of jumping on the anti-Russia bandwagon?
By Rich Tenorio
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