Rep. Jamie Raskin considers the coup attempt, Constitution and QAnon
By Eric Schucht
Among the elected leaders who were forced to hunker down for cover as a mob attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, was...
Sheldon Adelson, megadonor to Israel and Republicans, is dead at 87
By JTA Staff
Sheldon Adelson, the Jewish casino magnate whose philanthropy shaped American and Israeli politics, has died at 87.
Adelson, the chief executive of the...
A guide to the hate symbols and signs on display at the Capitol riots
By Laura E. Adkins and Emily Burack | JTA
The sweatshirt, spotted amid the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol, seemed designed to provoke fear.
“Camp...
Orthodox Jewish Trump supporters decry violence but not the movement that fueled the mob
Heshy Tischler, the pro-Trump provocateur of Orthodox Brooklyn, wasn’t at the U.S. capitol when a mob stormed it Wednesday — but not because he...
‘I don’t recognize our country today’: Jewish lawmakers under siege in Congress give their...
It’s been a day unlike any in modern American history: An armed mob broke through police into the U.S. Capitol building, vandalizing offices and...
This Jewish teen created a daily news digest, The Cramm, read by millions worldwide
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Unlike most teenagers, Olivia Seltzer doesn’t like to sleep in.
She wakes up most days at 5 a.m. to scan the internet and...
As needs of newly poor surge, emergency aid effort underway for frontline Jewish agencies
By Stewart Ain
The struggles of the newly poor come in all shapes and sizes: Jewish families across Maryland and Virginia turning to Jewish social...
Meet Mikael Dolsten, the Jewish immigrant leading Pfizer’s vaccine charge
When Mikael Dolsten, the head scientist at Pfizer, heard the news that the COVID-19 vaccine that he has been helping to develop for the...
How Jewish communities stand to benefit from the new stimulus
By Jesse Berman and Ron Kampeas | JTA
The new $900 billion pandemic relief includes another round of payroll protection, and the Jewish Federations of...
What Israel and Morocco will gain from reestablishing ties
By Abigail Klein Leichman | JNS
The Dec. 10 announcement of the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between Morocco and Israel marked the fourth time in...
