Thursday June 21, 2018 | 8 Tammuz 5778
(JTA) — High birthrates among the haredi Orthodox are responsible for a recent growth in the number of British Jews following decades of decline, a new study shows. The trend was featured in a report published Thursday by the Institute for Jewish Policy Research, or JPR, and the Board of Deputies of British Jews. According...
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(JTA) — Who is among the biggest cheerleaders for a policy that some people compared to the actions of Nazis and supporters said was an essential tool in securing America’s borders? That would be Stephen Miller, a Jewish senior adviser to President Trump. A New York Times article published Saturday called Miller “instrumental” to the...
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(JTA) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order that will end the separation of migrant families on the southern U.S. border. The order, signed Wednesday, will lead instead to families being detained together as adults are criminally prosecuted for crossing the border. More than 2,000 children have been separated from their parents since the...
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NEW YORK (JTA) — Michael Bloomberg will spend $80 million in an effort to help elect Democrats in the midterm elections. The Jewish media mogul and former New York City mayor said his goal is to gain Democratic control of the House of Representatives, The New York Times reported on Wednesday. “I’ve never thought that...
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NEW YORK (JTA) — Four in five Jewish New Yorkers said they were “very” or “somewhat” bothered by vandalism or property damage targeting their religion, according to a recent survey on harassment of minority groups. The report, summarizing the findings of a survey by the New York City Commission on Human Rights and Strength in...
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WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Republican Jewish Coalition is set to spend more than $500,000 to target a Democratic congressional candidate in a Philadelphia-area district whose charity has given to anti-Israel groups. Scott Wallace hopes to unseat the Republican incumbent, Brian Fitzpatrick, as the Democrats try to retake the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives...
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