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NEW YORK —  Stephen M. Greenberg, Chairman, and Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, on Tuesday welcomed the letter signed by all one hundred U.S. Senators calling on the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice and on the FBI to intensify their efforts to protect the

BALTIMORE — Kate Taney Billingsley grew up struggling with her family history. Her ancestor Roger B. Taney was the U.S. Supreme Court chief justice who wrote the Dred Scott decision, issued March 6, 1857, that ruled Congress could not regulate slavery and that blacks could not be considered U.S. citizens. She grew up hearing relatives

PHILADELPHIA — On Saturday morning, as reporters scrambled to find sources for President Donald Trump’s allegation that his predecessor had wiretapped Trump Tower during the election, it seemed all roads were leading to Mark Levin of Cheltenham. “It began,” The New York Times reported Sunday, “as a conspiratorial rant on conservative talk radio.” Levin, a

‘We have your back,‘ pledges Pennsylvania sheriff, as non-Jews slam countrywide anti-Semitism By Sue Surkes Signs, flowers and food delivered to the Asheville, North Carolina JCC by members of local churches on March 2, 2017, after the local community center received a bomb threat earlier in the week. (Courtesy/Tami Gross) Meetings, vigils and demonstrations were

The White House condemned the latest wave of bomb threats against Jewish institutions in the US Tuesday. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer began the daily White House press briefing by speaking of the anti-Semitic threats. “There has been an additional wave of threats to Jewish community centers and Anti-Defamation League offices. According to some