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“I wanted to be a journalist to spread the truth,” Mother Marla said of her time at the Washington Post. “But I just felt like this was against my faith.”

It was during her time in Pennsylvania she began deepening her awareness and affection for her Lebanese heritage as a Maronite Catholic.

Trump and Nixon had a shared experience. They both sought to change Washington, and Washington responded by trying to destroy them. 

  (JTA) — For more than a week, Herbert Block’s phone has been buzzing nonstop with messages from people he doesn’t know who want to give him money.  He doesn’t mind the unsolicited callers, all of whom are asking the same thing: How can they donate to Israel right now?  “People from all parts of […]

Leaders say the level and intensity of incoming cash for Israel since Oct. 7 is highest in 50 years, as close ties between Jews in both countries make themselves seen once again

WASHINGTON (JTA) — For more than a week, Herbert Block’s phone has been buzzing nonstop with messages from people he doesn’t know who want to give him money.

WASHINGTON (JTA) — For more than a week, Herbert Block’s phone has been buzzing nonstop with messages from people he doesn’t know who want to give him money.

18,000 delegates converged on Washington, D.C. for the annual AIPAC Policy Conference in March 2020, at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, with nary a face mask or social-distancing rule in sight.

Even in a year when media layoffs seem a daily part of the news, the firing of three Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonists in a single day was a gut punch.

Even during a year of sobering economic news for media companies, the layoffs of three Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonists on a single day hit like a gut punch. The firings of the cartoonists employed by the McClatchy newspaper chain last week were a stark reminder of how an influential art form is dying, part of…