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Elias Rosenfeld, a sophomore at Brandeis University, speaking at a rally at Boston’s Faneuil Hall hours after President Trump announced he was rescinding DACA protections for some 800,000 young people, Sept. 5.

A Jewish ‘Dreamer’ is scared, but refuses to despair

BOSTON (JTA) – At 15, Elias Rosenfeld became a “Dreamer.” At the time, the Venezuela native was attending Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School in Miami, where he had … more

PENNY SCHWARTZ | 9/7/17

Clinton says Sanders attacks led to Trump victory

JTA – Hillary Clinton blamed attacks against her by Bernie Sanders during the Democratic primary for president on her eventual loss in the general election to Donald Trump. In excerpts … more

9/7/17

Rabbi Shira Stern of Marlboro, New Jersey, is a disaster spiritual care provider for the American Red Cross.

Rabbi leads a team of spiritual first responders in storm-tossed Texas

JTA – It was a day before Hurricane Harvey was due to make landfall, and Rabbi Shira Stern knew she was headed for Texas. As a director of Disaster Spiritual Care for the American … more

Andrew Silow-Carroll | 9/7/17

Tablet hires Chicago march reporter

JTA – Tablet magazine has hired a journalist who was relieved of her reporting duties at a Chicago newspaper after breaking the story of three Jewish women who were ejected from a lesbian … more

8/10/17

Carl Reiner, 95, dishes his secrets to longevity

(JTA) — The first thing Carl Reiner does every morning is pick up the paper and read the obituary section to check if he’s named there. “If I’m not, … more

Curt Schleier | 6/9/17

Senate marks 50 years of Jerusalem’s reunification

WASHINGTON (JTA) — The U.S. Senate approved a non-binding resolution marking the 50th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem. The bill, sponsored by Sens. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., … more

6/9/17

Ex-Marine receives AJC Moral Courage Award 25 years later

JTA – The American Jewish Committee presented its Moral Courage Award to B.G. Willison, an American citizen who rescued Lea Kovensky, a survivor of the 1992 bombing of the Israeli Embassy in … more

6/9/17

How the Six-Day War changed American Jews

NEW YORK (JTA) – On the morning of June 5, 1967, as Arab armies and Israel clashed following weeks of tension, Rabbi Irving “Yitz” Greenberg sat anxiously amid his congregants at … more

BEN SALES | 5/25/17

Repair the World to help One America bridge divisions

JTA – The One America Movement, a faith- and community-based initiative to bridge growing divisions in U.S. society through community service and dialogue, is launching in cities across the … more

5/11/17

President Donald Trump greeting clergy members, including Rabbi Marvin Hier, right, in the Rose Garden at the White House, May 4.

Trump executive order allows campaigning from the pulpit

JTA – Jewish groups largely came out against a new executive order allowing clergy to endorse or oppose candidates from the pulpit, fearing that it will erode the separation between church and … more

BEN SALES | 5/11/17