7 things to watch as Trump unveils his long-awaited Israeli-Palestinian peace plan
by Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) — Three years after he asked his adviser son-in-law Jared Kushner to make peace between Israel and the Palestinians, President…
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Oscars 2020 nominations: Scarlett Johansson enters elite company, Adam Sandler snubbed
by Gabe Friedman (JTA) — The 2020 Oscar nominations are out, and unsurprisingly, they’re already causing a firestorm on social media. The list, announced early…
25,000 march against anti-Semitism in New York City
by Ben Sales NEW YORK (JTA) — An estimated 25,000 people marched across the Brooklyn Bridge and held a rally on Sunday to protest rising…
Golden Globes 2020: Quentin Tarantino’s Hebrew and other Jewish moments
by Gabe Friedman (JTA) — As always, the Golden Globes was a coming together of some of Hollywood’s biggest Jewish talents. There weren’t many Jewish…
The Hasidic response to the Monsey attacks? Nuanced debate about what comes next.
by Yisroel B. MONSEY, N.Y. (JTA) — On December 28, I was invited to a Hanukkah party at a friend’s house. I drove through the…