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Anchorage, Alaska mayor Ethan Berkowitz after voting on election day. (Courtesy City of Anchorage)
April 13, 2018, 11:56 pm
Moose and salmon all in a day’s work for reelected Jewish Alaskan mayor
Ethan Berkowitz is actually the third member of the Tribe to hold his post, but in a city that has the most diverse neighborhood in the US, maybe that shouldn't come as a surprise
By Gregory Gutterman Scruggs
Rachel Laser is the new executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. (Rick Reinhard/via JTA)
March 13, 2018, 2:46 am
First woman — and Jew — to head US group for separation of church and state
Rachel Laser's Jewish identity has always seen her fight for social justice, but her battle to separate government and religion can pit her against some of her own coreligionists
By Josefin Dolsten
AIPAC president Mort Fridman, March 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)
March 5, 2018, 12:41 am
AIPAC launches conference with appeal to progressives
Lobby's new President Mort Fridman urges bipartisan support for Israel, warns of 'very real forces trying to pull you out... of this movement'
By Ron Kampeas
Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney stands near cows during a tour of Gibson's Green Acres Dairy Friday, Feb. 16, 2018, in Ogden, Utah. The 2012 Republican presidential candidate plans to bid for the seat being vacated by retiring seven-term Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
February 17, 2018, 1:05 am
Romney launches political comeback with run for Utah Senate seat
One of the fiercest Trump critics in the Republican party, the former presidential candidate announces candidacy with pledge to welcome immigrants
By Michelle L. Price and Bill Barrow
Reps. Steve Cohen, left, and David Kustoff knew each other long before they entered politics. (Ron Kampeas/JTA)
February 12, 2018, 3:22 am
Memphis bipartisan duo crosses the aisle in Congress, and in synagogue
Despite a shared alma mater, love of their teams, and shared faith, Steve Cohen, a liberal Democrat, and David Kustoff, a conservative Republican, are polar opposites in Washington
By Ron Kampeas
Elaine Luria at the Norfolk, Virginia shop she owns called the Mermaid Factory. (Courtesy of the Luria campaign/via JTA)
February 10, 2018, 2:54 am
Navy commander who organized seder on aircraft carrier is running for Congress
Military vet, mom, and mermaid store owner is armed with a plan to retake Virginia's second district
By Ron Kampeas
Screenshot of the Democratic Party’s official Twitter account calling for more minority women to enter politics. (Screenshot from Twitter, via JTA)
January 8, 2018, 9:29 pm
Democrats really want Jewish women to run for office
Party tweets call for more female minority representatives in politics -- and lists Jews twice
By JTA
In Weimar, Germany, Adolf Hitler participates in a Nazi party rally, 1930 (public domain)
January 8, 2018, 3:15 am
What did Germans know? Secret anti-Nazi diary gives voice to man on the street
Friedrich Kellner's account, starting from 1939, about the Nazi regime's atrocities and the unfolding destruction of European Jewry is being published in English for the first time
By Matt Lebovic
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, a Republican of Louisiana, rides his scooter to the chamber for the final vote on the GOP tax bill, at the Capitol in Washington, December 19, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
December 20, 2017, 11:15 am
US Senate moves tax legislation to brink of final passage
Republicans gleeful as Trump's historic and controversial $1.5 trillion package passes major hurdle, paving the way for final vote in House
By Stephen Ohlemacher and Marcy Gordon
Seth Rogen in 'The Night Before.' (YouTube screenshot)
December 12, 2017, 12:56 pm
Seth Rogen boycotts SiriusXM after Bannon return
The Jewish funnyman isn't laughing at the news of the Breitbart co-founder's new position as radio host on the service, and others are following suit
By Tracy Frydberg
Former US president Barack Obama speaks to a gathering of more than 50 mayors and other guests during the North American Climate Summit in Chicago on December 5, 2017. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP)
December 9, 2017, 8:05 pm
Obama warns Americans to protect democracy or risk following Nazi Germany
Pointing to Hitler's rise to power, former US president cautions against political complacency, without naming Trump
By Agencies
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaking as other Republican leaders in the Senate, from left to right, John Barrasso, Orrin Hatch, John Thune and John Cornyn, look on, November 28, 2017. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/via JTA)
December 8, 2017, 3:21 am
Why Jewish groups aren’t thrilled about the upcoming tax overhaul
According to B'nai B'rith, measures could encourage lawmakers to slash medical coverage entitlements like Medicare for older Americans and Medicaid for the poor
By Ron Kampeas
US President Donald Trump delivers a statement on Jerusalem from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, DC on December 6, 2017. (AFP/ Saul Loeb)
December 7, 2017, 3:20 pm
Trump’s embassy move is a Pyrrhic victory
The US president is divisive, self-serving, possibly corrupt, and everything he does in office is tainted
By Liran Kapoano
Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine speaking at the Miami Convention Center, December 2, 2015. (Mike Coppola/Getty Images/via JTA)
November 25, 2017, 5:03 am
Can a Miami Jewish liberal convince ‘deep south’ Florida to make him governor?
The last Jewish person to hold the state's highest office was elected in 1933; climate change activist Philip Levine says his real risk is in being a Democrat
By Amy Sherman
A participant of an Alt-Right organized free speech event holds his fist up on the Boston Common on November 18, 2017 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images/AFP)
November 19, 2017, 10:57 am
Far-right protesters drowned out by counter-rally in Boston
Three arrested as groups face off for second time on Boston Commons at 'free speech' demonstration adorned with pro-Trump paraphernalia
By TOI staff
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