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(JTA) — Jewish groups expressed disappointment that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld, for now, President Trump’s ban on travelers from six countries with Muslim majorities and two others. On Monday, the court issued an unsigned order to lower courts to rehear arguments on the ban, and said the ban may be fully enforced until the…
Susan Ahyed’s long fight for justice, culminating in an Supreme Court victory last week, began with a rather morbid thought. A former New Yorker, Ahyed had been attending an old friend’s funeral in her hometown of Netanya in early 2011, when she suddenly noticed the signs pointing women in one direction and men in the…
WASHINGTON — As congressional Republicans press a series of legislative initiatives aimed at mobilizing religious conservative voters, Jewish organizations are fighting two of the measures that they say would further erode the wall separating church and state. The first measure being opposed by Jewish organizations would ease the limitations on sectarian prayers by military chaplains….
