US & Canada
Rahm Emanuel will leave a city — and Jewish community — divided about his legacy as mayor
By BEN SALES (JTA) — As Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel prepares to exit City Hall after eight years in office,...
Lawrence Bacow, Harvard’s Jewish president, wants to restore faith in higher education
By Penny Schwartz CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (JTA) — Harvard University Jewish students take note: You may want to be on your...
The White House buries the era of even-handedness. Will that bring Palestinians to the table?
By RON KAMPEAS WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Donald Trump wants to forge an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, but he and his...
Victims of mikva-peeping rabbi reach $14.25 million settlement with his synagogue
By BEN SALES (JTA) — Four years after Rabbi Barry Freundel was arrested for secretly videotaping Jewish women as they...
John McCain’s parting shot is a warning about the ‘alt-right’
By RON KAMPEAS WASHINGTON (JTA) — John McCain's farewell message was seven short paragraphs packed with the qualities that made...
Judaism inspired Colorado woman to run for office
By JOSEFIN DOLSTEN (JTA) — Dafna Michaelson Jenet traces her political career back to conversations around the Shabbat table as...
Mike Rothman vows to protect consumers
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR When Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson announced her run for governor and U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison filed...
Progressive Democrats take aim at Israeli policies
(Editor's note: This story came in after the July 13 edition of the Jewish World went to press. Since it...
Rep. Frank Hornstein, Rabbi Arielle Rosenberg travel to the southern border to support asylum seekers
by MAX SPARBER Community News Editor Frank Hornstein, DFL-Mpls, had a strong reaction to the news that children of asylum...
Commentary magazine sees a new split in the black-Jewish alliance
By CHARLES DUNST NEW YORK (JTA) — Commentary, the conservative Jewish magazine, weighed in on black-Jewish relations in its June...
