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Son of Holocaust survivor flew Afghan refugees to U.S.

BY GABE FRIEDMAN (JTA) – Last week, Delta Airlines pilot Alexander Kahn flew hundreds of Afghan refugees from Germany to Dulles Airport outside Washington, D.C., as part of a U.S. government … more

9/6/21

Politico employees will not have to sign

(JTA) – Ben Smith hid a significant nugget deep within his latest New York Times story, on the billion-dollar sale of Politico: The magazine and news site’s new owners, German publishing … more

9/6/21

Bill includes $50M for energy efficiency at religious institutions

WASHINGTON (JTA) – The $1 trillion infrastructure funding bill that is seen as a rare bipartisan breakthrough includes funding for energy efficiency measures at religious institutions, a … more

8/8/21

GOP senators want to keep Trump mandate

WASHINGTON (JTA) – Seven Republican senators are backing a bill that would enshrine as law one of former President Donald Trump’s final orders – requiring products from the portion … more

8/8/21

Bialik hosts ‘Jeopardy!’

(JTA) – Jewish actress and neuroscientist Mayim Bialik began her two-week stint as a guest host on “Jeopardy!” Monday night, paying tribute to her “creative and academic … more

6/3/21

Stray bullet kills Jewish reporter for NPR affiliate in Kansas City

(JTA) – Aviva Okeson-Haberman had come home after apartment hunting in Lawrence, Kansas, where the reporter for the Kansas City NPR affiliate was about to start a new job covering social … more

RON KAMPEAS | 5/9/21

New peace institute

(JTA) – Jared Kushner has launched an institute to promote his major accomplishment when he advised his father-in-law, former President Donald Trump: the normalization agreements between Israel … more

5/9/21

Walter Mondale was a liberal icon who championed Israel

(JTA) – Walter Mondale, the former vice president who represented a time in American history when being pro-Israel and progressive were often synonymous … more

RON KAMPEAS | 4/21/21

Mansour Abbas, head of Israel's Islamic Raam party, speaks during a press conference in the northern city of Nazareth, April 1, 2021.

Mansour Abbas could hold the key to Israel’s next government

JTA – Following yet another Israeli election, voters are getting to know an unlikely kingmaker: Mansour Abbas, an Arab-Israeli lawmaker who might be the one to break Israel’s two-year … more

BEN SALES | 4/9/21

Yale to offer beginner Yiddish courses to fulfill language requirements

JTA – Yale will launch beginner Yiddish classes in the fall that will allow students to fulfill their language requirements, according to the Yale Daily News.Yiddish studies now offered at the … more

4/9/21