Likud leads, but rise of Yesh Atid, Jewish Home bode bumpy road ahead for Netanyahu
Jewish Journal
January 22, 2013
His party shrunk, his opponents grew and his challengers multiplied.
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Video of American gymnast Aly Raisman’s parents goes viral
Jewish Journal
July 31, 2012
A clip from NBC showing Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman’s parents\’ reaction to her uneven bar routine has garnered more than 25,000 hits on YouTube.
GOP sweep makes one Jew a star, unseats and disempowers many others
Jewish Journal
November 3, 2010
A historic Republican sweep of the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday has propelled Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), the minority whip, to the verge of becoming the highest-ranking Jewish lawmaker in U.S. political history.
Maccabiah Results: Team USA Wins 82 Medals in the First Full Week of Competition
JewishJournal.com
July 21, 2009
Tel Aviv, Israel, July, 21 – Team USA has won 25 Gold, 26 Silver and 31 Bronze Medals in the first full week of competition at the 18th Maccabiah Games. Competition began on Sunday, July 12 and in addition to the medal count, both Jason Lezak and Andrea Murez broke Maccabiah Records in their first day of competition on July 19.
Report: Defeated Ahmadinejad rival arrested in Iran
Jewish Journal
June 13, 2009
Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi was reportedly arrested Saturday following the reformist\’s defeat at the polls by hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Supporters of Mousavi, the main challenger to Ahmadinejad, responded to the election with the most serious unrest in Tehran in a decade and charged that the result was the work of a dictatorship.
Congressional Results: Two new Jews, but no rabbi
Jewish Journal
November 5, 2008
The 111th U.S. Congress is slated to have 13 Jewish senators and 31 members of the House of Representatives, with with the two first-time victories of Democrats Jared Polis of Colorado and John Adler of New Jersey.\n\n
Polls: Obama making gains with Jewish voters
Jewish Journal
October 24, 2008
Two new polls suggest that after months of hovering around 60 percent, Obama appears to be within striking distance of the 75-80 percent of the Jewish vote won by the three previous Democratic nominees for president.
Googling Anti-Semitism
Joe Eskenazi
March 18, 2004
Online searchers punching the word "Jew" into the Google search engine may be surprised at the results they get.
Harvard Campaign Against Hate
Rachel Fish
October 2, 2003
Feeling frustrated about Arab anti-Semitism? Upset by people\’s insensitivity toward Jewish concerns? Think you\’re powerless to influence your school or community? Think again.
A group of Harvard students spoke out against hate speech in the Middle East, and, thanks to the support of the community, achieved results. I helped organize the group, and our efforts resulted in shutting down an Arab League think tank that distributes hate speech against Americans and Jews.
It all started last year when I was a student at Harvard Divinity School.
Fed Campaign Ends on High Note
Jewish Journal Staff
September 4, 2003
In June, the Journal incorrectly reported the 2003 results as slightly down based on incomplete figures that did not reflect the final campaign push.
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