Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she plans to spend 5 more years on Supreme Court
(JTA) — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she hopes to remain on the court for another five years….
A NJ college professor shares conspiracy theories and anti-Semitic tropes. Is that protected speech?
TEANECK, N.J. (The Jewish Standard via JTA) — A sociology professor at William Paterson University of New Jersey in Wayne has been…
Bernie Sanders, focusing on foreign policy, blasts Israel on Gaza
(JTA) — In his historic 2016 run for president, Bernie Sanders was faulted for not having much of a foreign…
Philip Roth won’t be having a Jewish funeral
NEW YORK (JTA) — Philip Roth forbade any Jewish rituals from being performed at his funeral. The prolific Jewish-American author,…
Elaine Holstein, last surviving parent of the four Kent State shooting victims, dies at 96
(JTA)– For nearly half a century, Elaine Holstein was periodically confronted with one of the most haunting images in modern…
Philip Roth, enfant terrible turned peerless chronicler of American Jewish life, is dead at 85
(JTA) — Philip Roth, whose notorious novels about the sex drives of American men gave way to some of the…
Bernie Sanders announces Senate reelection bid
(JTA) — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, who ran for president in 2016, announced that he is running for reelection…
Guatemala moves Israel embassy to Jerusalem, 2 days after US
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Guatemala inaugurated its embassy in Jerusalem, the second country to move its main diplomatic mission from Tel…