Likud leads, but rise of Yesh Atid, Jewish Home bode bumpy road ahead for Netanyahu

Published on January 22, 2013

His party shrunk, his opponents grew and his challengers multiplied.

Video of American gymnast Aly Raisman’s parents goes viral

Published on July 31, 2012

A clip from NBC showing Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman’s parents' reaction to her uneven bar routine has garnered more than 25,000 hits on YouTube.

Without a Randomized Study Your Results May Vary

By Albert Fuchs, M.D.
Published on May 4, 2012

GOP sweep makes one Jew a star, unseats and disempowers many others

Published on November 3, 2010

A historic Republican sweep of the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday has propelled Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), the minority whip, to the verge of becoming the highest-ranking Jewish lawmaker in U.S. political history.

Maccabiah Results: Team USA Wins 82 Medals in the First Full Week of Competition

By JewishJournal.com
Published on July 21, 2009

Tel Aviv, Israel, July, 21 – Team USA has won 25 Gold, 26 Silver and 31 Bronze Medals in the first full week of competition at the 18th Maccabiah Games. Competition began on Sunday, July 12 and in addition to the medal count, both Jason Lezak and Andrea Murez broke Maccabiah Records in their first day of competition on July 19.

Report: Defeated Ahmadinejad rival arrested in Iran

Published on June 13, 2009

Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi was reportedly arrested Saturday following the reformist's defeat at the polls by hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Supporters of Mousavi, the main challenger to Ahmadinejad, responded to the election with the most serious unrest in Tehran in a decade and charged that the result was the work of a dictatorship.

Congressional Results: Two new Jews, but no rabbi

Published on November 5, 2008

The 111th U.S. Congress is slated to have 13 Jewish senators and 31 members of the House of Representatives, with with the two first-time victories of Democrats Jared Polis of Colorado and John Adler of New Jersey.

Polls: Obama making gains with Jewish voters

Published on October 24, 2008

Two new polls suggest that after months of hovering around 60 percent, Obama appears to be within striking distance of the 75-80 percent of the Jewish vote won by the three previous Democratic nominees for president.

Jew, not a Jew, again

By The Web Guy
Published on August 12, 2008

Nobody knows anything

By Pol Observer
Published on March 3, 2008

Googling Anti-Semitism

By Joe Eskenazi
Published on March 18, 2004

Online searchers punching the word "Jew" into the Google search engine may be surprised at the results they get.

Harvard Campaign Against Hate

By Rachel Fish
Published on October 2, 2003

Feeling frustrated about Arab anti-Semitism? Upset by people's insensitivity toward Jewish concerns? Think you're powerless to influence your school or community? Think again.

A group of Harvard students spoke out against hate speech in the Middle East, and, thanks to the support of the community, achieved results. I helped organize the group, and our efforts resulted in shutting down an Arab League think tank that distributes hate speech against Americans and Jews.

It all started last year when I was a student at Harvard Divinity School.

Fed Campaign Ends on High Note

By Jewish Journal Staff
Published on September 4, 2003

In June, the Journal incorrectly reported the 2003 results as slightly down based on incomplete figures that did not reflect the final campaign push.

Recall Tarnishes Golden State’s Shine

By Bob Hertzberg
Published on July 10, 2003

California has always been a land of hope and opportunity.

Holocaust Writing Contest Winners Announced

By Journal Staff
Published on May 1, 2003

Themes for this year's submissions to the fourth Holocaust writing contest by Chapman University's Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education ranged from defiant public protesters in Berlin to the instigators of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising to hate mongers from Hitler to Osama bin Laden.

GOP Sweep Boosts Bush

By James D. Besser
Published on November 7, 2002

It was a stellar night for the Republicans across the nation, and Tuesday's dramatic election results, with the GOP snatching back control of the Senate and tightening its grip on the House, will be a big boost for the foreign policy agenda of the Bush administration.

But with a razor-thin majority in the Senate, where the filibuster rules, the Republican leadership will not exactly have a blank check on the domestic front -- good news for liberal Jewish groups.