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WASHINGTON (JTA) — Rabbi Barry Freundel was the rabbi of Kesher Israel in the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C. He was a man of power in his synagogue, and influence in the wider modern Orthodox world. But all of that went away when he was convicted in 2015 on voyeurism charges after spying on and filming... → Read More
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee considered whether massive cuts in aid to the Palestinians would help end terrorism or spur a breakdown that could compound the violence. The Foreign Relations Committee met Wednesday to discuss the Taylor Force Act, named for an American studying in Tel Aviv when he... → Read More
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum criticized a Louisiana congressman for filming inside a former gas chamber. Rep. Clay Higgins, a Republican, posted a five-minute video to YouTube on Saturday likening the threats facing the United States today to those posed by the Nazis. Higgins is on the U.S. House of Representatives Homeland... → Read More
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Speakers at a Washington function for an Israeli group that discourages abortion said the shooting attack on Republican Congress members the day before was a reminder of the sanctity of life. “As the world becomes more and more secular, we forget where we came from,” Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said at the... → Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. (JTA) — The Israeli Embassy marked LGBT Pride Month with a reception for Jewish and Israeli activists and leaders. About 100 people attended the event, which featured an address by Talleen Abu Hana, an Arab Christian from Nazareth who won the first Miss Trans Israel beauty pageant in 2016. The embassy also paid tribute to... → Read More
No representatives of the Trump administration spoke at the event marking the 50th anniversary of Jerusalem’s reunification. → Read More