Why I still hate the Iran deal
David Suissa
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The divisive debate over the Iran nuclear deal, which consumed so much of our energy last year, feels like a distant memory.
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Merrick Garland’s Jewish family: Matzah, prayer shawls and Democratic Party politics
Jared Sichel
March 16, 2016
Judge Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama’s nominee to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by the sudden death last month of Justice Antonin Scalia, is a renowned jurist on the U.S. Court of Appeals for Washington, D.C., Circuit, a Harvard Law graduate and a Jew.
VIDEO: Trump surrogate says Bernie Sanders should ‘meet Jesus’
Jewish Journal
March 14, 2016
A surrogate for Donald Trump said Bernie Sanders was an atheist who needed a “come to Jesus” meeting.
West L.A. synagogue found vandalized, being investigated as hate crime
Ryan Torok
March 9, 2016
The West Los Angeles congregation Adat Shalom discovered the word \”Nazi\” spray painted in two places on its exterior walls on Wednesday.
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March 1, 2016
Donald Trump will set the cause of Republican Jews back 75 years.\n
‘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.
Full-page ad in L.A. Times calls Israel apartheid state; Variety previously rejected it
Jewish Journal
February 24, 2016
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