Joe Lieberman’s rabbi on the senator who was ‘one of us’
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by LKeene
9h ago
When Rabbi Daniel Cohen was writing his book about courage, he couldn’t think of a better subject for a chapter than his congregant, Sen. Joseph Lieberman. Lieberman, who died Wednesday at 82, eventually wrote the foreword for the book, What Will They Say About You When You’re Gone? And Cohen, the spiritual leader of Congregation Agudath Sholom in Stamford, Connecticut, will be answering the question posed by his book’s title when he officiates the senator’s funeral. Related Joseph Lieberman, centrist senator and first Jew on a major presidential ticket, dies at 82 In his eulogy, Cohen will ..read more
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‘Until a ceasefire’: Nonstop protest rocks the Israeli Embassy — and the neighborhood beyond
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by LMarkoe
9h ago
The protesters point their megaphones toward the Israeli embassy every morning, and blast the sound of a siren so loud it can be heard a block away. Sometimes they also yell into microphones: “Wicked!” “Racist!” and “Shame on you!”  On Wednesday, at least one protester wore earplugs. Outside the embassy’s main entrance, the protesters have dug in. They’ve stockpiled audio equipment, body cams and snacks on tables and in labeled plastic bins. Each night a new shift of protesters arrives. They silence the sirens, and sit in lawn chairs near a makeshift memorial of candles and flowers dedica ..read more
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Major U.S. Jewish groups object to federal security funding cuts
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by LKeene
11h ago
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Seven major Jewish organizations that lobbied for federal security grants have decried $30.5 million in cuts to the program. The cut from last year’s $305 million budgeted for the nonprofit security grant program, run through the Department of Homeland Security, comes as reports of antisemitic attacks and threats have risen during the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. Related Jewish nonprofits look to feds, states to help pay for security. But there’s not enough grant money to go around. “These funds are not just grants; they are lifelines that have fortified vital institutions a ..read more
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Hulu’s ‘We Were the Lucky Ones’ uncovers a Jewish family’s buried past under the Nazis 
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by BCohen
11h ago
(JTA) — Georgia Hunter was 15 when she discovered that her grandfather was Jewish. The revelation took place a year after his death, while Hunter was interviewing her grandmother for a school project. “A high school English teacher said, ‘Go out and interview a relative to learn a bit about your roots and in turn about yourselves,’” Hunter told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. “I sat with my grandmother Caroline and I will never forget that hour I spent with her, sitting in her home and discovering that my grandfather was from this town called Radom, Poland, that he was one of five siblings, tha ..read more
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Joseph Lieberman, centrist senator and first Jew on a major presidential ticket, dies at 82
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by BCohen
13h ago
(JTA) – Joseph Lieberman, a longtime senator from Connecticut who as Al Gore’s running mate in 2000 became the first Jewish member of a major presidential ticket, died Wednesday. He was 82. A statement sent to former staffers and reportedly widely said Lieberman had suffered complications from a fall. A moderate — some would say conservative — Democrat turned independent, Lieberman was known for his attempts to build bridges in an increasingly polarized Washington, sometimes losing old friends and allies along the way. He also became one of the most visible role models for Jewish observance in ..read more
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Rutgers joins growing list of schools under GOP House investigation for antisemitism
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by BCohen
13h ago
(JTA) – A Republican-led House committee has launched its latest in a series of investigations into campus antisemitism, this time focusing on Rutgers University. The House Education and Workforce Committee, chaired by North Carolina GOP Rep. Virginia Foxx, issued a long list of document requests to the New Jersey state school’s leadership Wednesday. Rutgers, whose flagship campus is in New Brunswick, has one of the largest populations of Jewish students of any public school in the country, according to Hillel International.  Since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war on Oct. 7, Foxx has ..read more
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White House: Biden and Netanyahu are rescheduling DC talks on Rafah
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by BCohen
13h ago
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Biden administration says it is rescheduling a Washington visit by Israeli officials that was canceled by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, creating an international incident. Last week, President Joe Biden asked Netanyahu to send a delegation to Washington, D.C., to hear out American objections to Israel’s planned invasion of Rafah, the city on the Gaza-Egypt border that Israel says is the last redoubt of Hamas, the terrorist group that launched the war with an invasion on Oct. 7.Biden officials say a massive incursion into Rafah would be catastrophic because m ..read more
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Israeli-American Nobel Prize laureate Daniel Kahneman, who reframed economic decision-making, dies at 90
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by BCohen
13h ago
(JTA) — Daniel Kahneman, the Nobel Prize-winning Israeli psychologist who broke new ground in and found a large audience for his dissection of how humans make decisions, died Wednesday. He was 90 and had lived in New York City’s Greenwich Village for several years. Before he started his pioneering work in the 1970s, economists tended to plug people into equations just as they would other sets of numbers. Kahneman’s work with his fellow Israeli research partner Amos Tversky (who died from cancer in 1996) on concepts such as cognitive biases and prospect theory helped change that and effectively ..read more
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Columbia investigating ‘Resistance 101’ student event where speakers praised Hamas
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by BCohen
13h ago
(New York Jewish Week) — Columbia University is investigating a student event where speakers expressed support for Palestinian terror groups and encouraged students to back “armed resistance” against Israel. The event on Sunday, titled “Resistance 101,” was led by Columbia University Apartheid Divest, a coalition of student organizations. The two lead groups in the coalition are the school’s chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine and the anti-Zionist Jewish Voice for Peace, which have been suspended from campus for violating university protest policies. During the event, speakers repeat ..read more
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Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant emphasizes importance of US-Israel ties as Netanyahu criticizes Biden administration
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by BCohen
13h ago
WASHINGTON (JTA) — On Tuesday, shortly after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netayahu accused the United States of failing to defend Israel on the world stage, his defense minister was in Washington emphasizing the importance of the U.S.-Israeli alliance. “The visit to the United States comes at a crucial time for Israel,” Yoav Gallant said in a briefing to reporters on Tuesday afternoon. “I emphasized the value and importance of U.S.-Israel ties to the security of the State of Israel.” Gallant’s visit comes at one of the most delicate times for American-Israeli relations in recent memory. The ..read more
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