US & Canada
A Jewish woman makes a stand at one of Alabama’s last abortion clinics
By JOSEFIN DOLSTEN (JTA) — Early on Friday mornings, Diane Weil leaves her house in Montgomery, Alabama, with an umbrella....
After Poway synagogue shooting, ADL director calls for government to take action against white supremacists
By BEN SALES (JTA) — The head of the Anti-Defamation League said Saturday’s synagogue shooting should serve as a “wake-up...
Pittsburgh and Parkland survivors help each other turn their grief into action
By MIKE ELK PITTSBURGH (JTA) — For many in this city’s Jewish community, after suffering through a long winter following...
A JTA reporter encounters anti-Semitism on the streets of New York
By SAM SOKOL NEW YORK (JTA) — Evidently I’m a “f***ing Jew bastard.” Earlier this month I had just arrived...
Why Orthodox communities are at the center of a measles outbreak
By BEN SALES (JTA) — Rabbi Mordechai Shain isn’t sure about vaccines. Almost all of the 400 kids in the...
Michael Steinhardt accused of sexual harassment
JTA Staff Report (JTA) — Michael Steinhardt, the megadonor who helped found Birthright Israel and supports a wide range of...
Susan Cantor completed the 1992 Iditarod
By EMILY BURACK (JTA) — Blair Braverman wasn’t the first Jewish woman to finish the Iditarod sled dog race, as...
Trump says Jews are fleeing the Dems. Are they?
President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House, March 10. (Photo: Al Drago/Getty Images) By RON...
5 Jewish things to know about Beto O’Rourke
Beto O'Rourke attends the Running with Beto premiere at the SXSW Conference and Festivals at Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas,...
Here’s how AIPAC really operates
by RON KAMPEAS WASHINGTON (JTA) — U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar started a firestorm by saying on Twitter that AIPAC pays...
