Why the Republican Party is dying
Jewish Journal
March 1, 2016
Last Sunday, 2016 Republican presidential nominee front-runner Donald Trump appeared on CNN with Jake Tapper.
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‘Son of Saul’ wins Oscar for Foreign Language Film
Tom Tugend
February 29, 2016
Jewish talent received a fair share of recognition and the Holocaust-themed “Son of Saul” beat entries from 80 countries to win the Oscar for best foreign-language film, but overall the Sunday evening Academy Awards show in Hollywood skipped the light touch and Jewish jokes in favor of some deep soul-searching.
Charedi lawmaker in Israel compares Reform movement to mentally ill person
Jewish Journal
February 24, 2016
A Charedi Orthodox lawmaker in Israel reportedly compared the Reform movement to a mentally ill person.
Where Jeb Bush’s Jewish backers go from here
Jewish Journal
February 22, 2016
Many of Jeb Bush’s supporters and longtime friends expressed their disappointment in the outcome that caused the former Florida governor to suspend his campaign on Saturday night.
Sharansky applauds ‘One Kotel for One People’
Ryan Torok
January 31, 2016
In the wake of the Israeli government’s historic announcement on Sunday, Jan. 31, that a new, expanded egalitarian prayer space would be opened up at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Natan Sharansky, chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, spoke to the press from Pasadena.
8 Hamas members missing in Gaza tunnel collapse
Jewish Journal
January 27, 2016
Eight members of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas have not been accounted for since an underground tunnel collapsed in Gaza.
Faced with new ISIS threat, Israel redeploys
Jewish Journal
January 21, 2016
“Jihadi John” the nom de guerre of Mohammed Emwazi, the executioner featured in the ghastly beheading videos of James Foley, Steven Sotloff, David Haines, Alan Henning, Peter Kassig, Haruna Yukawa and Kenji Goto is dead.
Shlomo Rechnitz, the man who reportedly gifted the winning Powerball ticket
Jared Sichel
January 14, 2016
One of three winners of the $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot was initially believed to have won with a ticket given to her as a gift by her employer—businessman and philanthropist Shlomo Rechnitz, according to Rechnitz spokesman Joshua Nass. The report is now in question.
Islamic State says Cairo attack was response to leader’s call to target Jews
Jewish Journal
January 8, 2016
Islamic State said on Friday its members had carried out an attack on Israeli tourists in Cairo in response to a call by the group\’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, to target Jews \”everywhere.\”
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