When Tel Aviv Terror Hits Close to Home

When Tel Aviv Terror Hits Close to Home

 

 

 

June 9, 2016
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JTA Daily Briefing

An attack on my Israeli neighborhood, 6,000 miles away 

Tel Aviv attack
Two weeks ago, I would’ve rushed across the street to report on Wednesday’s shooting in Tel Aviv. Now, I’m an ocean removed, writes JTA’s Ben Sales. Read more »

‘America First’: Trump doubles down on a term that makes many Jews queasy

In a speech Tuesday night, the GOP’s presumptive presidential nominee made clear he’s not about to abandon the slogan. Read more »

Liberman pledges response to Tel Aviv terror attack as Palestinian travel permits rescinded

Israel won’t be „settling for lip service,” new Defense Minister Avidgor Liberman said in the aftermath of the shooting at an outdoor mall that left four dead. Read more »

Who pays for Birthright? The free Israel trip by the numbers

The average Birthright trip costs $3,000, and 45,000 people went last year. Read more »

Breaking News

David Duke blames Trump U controversy on ‘Jewish manipulation of the media’

Italy’s Parliament approves bill criminalizing Holocaust denial

Austrian Jewish leaders deny normalization plan with far-right party

ADL offers $2,500 reward to find perpetrators of assault on Muslim man

JDate closes its Israel offices 

FROM THE JTA ARCHIVE: 1941

White House compares Lindbergh speech to Nazi propoganda

Speaking at a meeting of the America First group, aviator Charles Lindberghh charged the Jews with helping to lead the U.S. into World War II. Read more »

What We’re Reading

Trump’s Jewish son-in-law emerges as quiet force (AP) 

100 years of Jewish fashion design (N.Y. Times) 

A brief introduction to pro-Holocaust Twitter (The Atlantic) 

The story behind the ‘Coexist’ bumper sticker (Vox)

What the Stanford rape case can teach us (Rabbis Without Borders)