US & Canada
Hebrew language classes in public schools are rare — but they’re on the rise in Chicago’s suburbs
By BEN SALES DEERFIELD, Ill. (JTA) — Nathan Rosen’s favorite day in Hebrew class is culture day. Every Friday, the...
Jersey City’s Jewish mayor didn’t wait to call the kosher store shooting an anti-Semitic attack. Here’s why.
By JOSEFIN DOLSTEN (JTA) — Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop was one of the first New Jersey officials to describe...
A Guatemalan asylum seeker is being sheltered in a Washington state synagogue
By BEN SALES (JTA) — In a few weeks, the congregants at Temple Beth Hatfiloh in Olympia, Wash., will gather...
What does John Bolton’s departure mean for Israel?
By RON KAMPEAS WASHINGTON (JTA) — Benjamin Netanyahu had quite a Tuesday. One week before Israelis go to the polls...
Bret Stephens leaves Twitter after user compares him to bedbugs
By GABE FRIEDMAN (JTA) — Bret Stephens has left Twitter abruptly, apparently motivated by a spat with a George Washington...
For this prominent Jewish Republican, Trump’s ‘disloyalty’ jab is a bridge too far
By RON KAMPEAS WASHINGTON (JTA) — Of the many Jews unsettled by President Donald Trump’s claim that voting for Democrats...
AIPAC joins prominent lawmakers in criticizing Israel’s decision to ban Tlaib and Omar
By JOSEFIN DOLSTEN (JTA) — Israel’s decision on Aug. 15 to ban Reps. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.,...
9/11-style response needed to fight white supremacists, Jewish security officials say
By RON KAMPEAS WASHINGTON (JTA) — After a white supremacist gunman murdered 22 people in El Paso, Tex., Jewish groups...
‘We’ve lost a part of ourselves’: El Paso’s diverse Jewish community grapples with a mass shooting
By JOSEFIN DOLSTEN (JTA) — Joseph Charter used to feel safe in El Paso. But after Aug 3., when a...
Despite DC controversy, other Dyke Marches welcome Jewish Pride flags
By JOSEFIN DOLSTEN NEW YORK (JTA) — A lesbian advocacy organization in Washington, D.C., drew wide criticism last week for banning...
