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After Pittsburgh, some synagogues are more comfortable with guns in the pews

JTA – On an average Saturday morning at the Orthodox Ohel Tefillah synagogue on Chicago’s North Side, about 10 percent of the men carry a handgun. That number may … more

BEN SALES | 9/4/19

Central Falls lawmaker to work for AIPAC

PROVIDENCE – Central Falls Rep. Shelby Maldonado is relocating to New York City to become the Hispanic outreach director of the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). She has resigned the District 56 seat in the House of Representatives, which she has held since January 2015, effective immediately, according to a statement issued by the House. A second-year student at Roger Williams University School of Law, Maldonado intends to transfer to a New York law school. more

BY JEWISH RHODE ISLAND STAFF | 12/17/19

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

I don’t want to see another cop car in my synagogue parking lot

CHICAGO (JTA) – When I turned on my phone after spending a recent Shabbat relaxing with my family on vacation, it beeped with a string of messages, each more stressful than the last. … more

ELENA GORMLEY | 9/4/19

How Tuesday’s rally in DC is trying to pitch a broad pro-Israel tent

WASHINGTON (JTA) — When it sends a contingent to the mass pro-Israel rally in Washington, D.C. next week, Americans for Peace Now will be standing alongside a group led by someone it accused of … more

Ron Kampeas | 11/10/23

David Kertzer wins Pulitzer

BOSTON (JTA) – Historian David Kertzer won a Pulitzer Prize for his biography detailing how Benito Mussolini’s secret relationship with Pope Pius XI influenced the Italian dictator’s persecution of his country’s Jews. Kertzer, a … more

4/23/15

Jacob Neusner, influential scholar of rabbinic Judaism, dies

JTA – Jacob Neusner, one of the most influential voices in American Jewish intellectual life in the past half-century, has died. Neusner, one of the most published authors in … more

10/13/16

Beatrice Marks has lived in Florida for 70 years and isn’t fazed by the arrival of Hurricane Irma.

Bubbie lives in the path of Hurricane Irma. Now what?

JTA – Beatrice Marks’ one-story home might flood this week. But she laughs off the threat. “It doesn’t faze me one bit. Not anymore,” said Marks, 86, whose … more

BEN SALES | 9/7/17

Boston rabbi suggests congregants bring guns to synagogue for protection

BOSTON (JTA) – A rabbi here has asked congregants to consider bringing guns to religious services as a form of protection in response to recent shootings at synagogues across the country. … more

PENNY SCHWARTZ | 9/4/19

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 10: Judge Brett Kavanaugh leaves the room following a meeting and press availability with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R-IA) at the U.S. Capitol July 10, 2018 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump nominated Kavanaugh to succeed retiring Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy.

How Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh could affect issues that matter to Jews

JTA – President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh, a Republican establishment favorite who has worked in the George W. Bush administration, has triggered reactions from … more

JOSEFIN DOLSTEN | 7/10/18