Eric Fingerhut (JTA)
By Eric Fingerhut (JTA)
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Breaking News Iran Taps AMIA Bombing Suspect for Defense Post
By nominating a suspect in the bombing of an Argentine Jewish center to be his defense minister, the president of Iran has given a boost to the campaign for tougher sanctions against his country. At least that’s the hope of Jewish groups leading the charge to stop Tehran’s suspected pursuit of nuclear weapons. Even if…
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Breaking News Jewish Groups Seek Out Obama as Speaker
Now that President Obama has held his first meeting with Jewish leaders, the speculation can begin: Which Jewish organization will be the first to land the president as a speaker? Obama has several options if he wants to speak to a Jewish audience this fall. Already he has received invitations from a partisan organization (the…
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Breaking News J Street Conference Reveals Growing Coordination on the Left
Left-wing advocates of a two-state solution and a greater U.S. role in the peace process are joining forces in support of what they hope will be a groundbreaking conference this October in Washington. The conference, set for Oct. 25-28, is being dubbed as J Street’s first national convention, but 11 other groups have signed on…
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Breaking News Jewish Groups Siding with Obama on Health Care Reform
As the health care reform debate heats up, Jewish organizations are siding with the Obama administration on several key points, including the creation of a government-run public insurance option and pushing for measures that would help the rapidly aging Jewish community. Obama says he backs a public option as vital to expanding access to health…
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Breaking News Court Rules in Favor of Franken; Coleman Concedes
Al Franken has won the Minnesota Senate race after eight months of recounts and legal challenges. In a unanimous, unsigned decision, the Minnesota Supreme Court on Tuessday ruled that Jewish Democrat Franken “received the highest number of votes legally cast” and is entitled “to receive the certificate of election as United States senator from the…
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Breaking News Security Guard Killed in Holocaust Museum Shooting
An 88-year-old white supremacist shot and killed a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on Wednesday before being shot by two other museum security guards. Stephen Tyrone Johns, who was on the security staff of the museum for six years, died after being taken to George Washington Hospital in Washington. The shooter, identified…
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Breaking News Two Men Shot at U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in D.C.
Two men, including a security guard, were shot Wednesday at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington. A man with a shotgun entered the museum shortly before 1 p.m. and opened fire on a security guard near the metal detectors at the facility’s entrance, according to media reports. The security guards returned fire and the…
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Breaking News Synagogue Bomb Plots Highlight Threat From Small Groups
The arrest of four men accused of plotting to attack two Bronx synagogues underscores the threat to Jewish targets by individuals or small groups, several experts said. From the shooting at a Los Angeles Jewish community center 10 years ago through the attack on the Seattle Jewish federation building in 2006, to the individual targeting…
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