National News

Schools Extend A Reassuring Hand

12/18/2012 | Julie Wiener | Associate Editor

When reports began surfacing on Friday morning about a school shooting in Newton, Conn., Carmel Academy in Greenwich, quickly sent out an e-mail to its parents, letting them know “we were aware of what was going on and that you don’t have to worry, your kids are safe,” said Nora Anderson, head of school.

Hagel At Pentagon Could Spell More U.S.-Israel Tension

12/18/2012 | Stewart Ain | Staff Writer

Even before their expected appointments to key cabinet posts in the next Obama administration, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Nebraska) are getting reviews from pro-Israel analysts — generally positive for Kerry and decidedly mixed for Hagel.

“John Kerry is safe, a centrist, loyal and confirmable [as secretary of state],” said Aaron David Miller, a vice-president for current initiatives at the Woodrow Wilson Center and a former adviser on the Middle East to Democratic and Republican administrations.

By 2043, U.S. Will Be A 'Plurality Nation'

12/17/2012 | Helen Chernikoff | Staff Writer

Jews think of themselves as a minority, but in about thirty years, everybody will be a minority – or nobody will be, according to the first Census Bureau projections based on the 2010 census, which predict that no single ethnic or racial group will constitute a majority of the country by 2043.

Sen. Daniel Inouye, Strong Israel Supporter, Dies At 88

12/17/2012

Daniel Inouye, the longtime Hawaii senator described by pro-Israel groups as one of Israel's best friends in the Senate, has died.

Inouye, 88, and a decorated World War II hero, died Monday of respiratory complications at Walter Reid National Military Medical Center, the Washington Post reported.

Jewish 6-year-old Youngest Of Newtown Shooting Victims

12/16/2012 | JTA

A Jewish child was identified as the youngest of the 26 victims killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting massacre in Newtown, Conn.

First grade student Noah Pozner, the youngest of the victims murdered on Friday, had just turned 6 years old Nov. 20; he will be laid to rest on Sunday.

Israeli news site Ynet reported that Pozner's twin sister is also a student at Sandy Hook but survived the shooting.

Jewish Groups See Major Shift In Priority Of Gun Control

12/15/2012 | Adam Dickter | Assistant Managing Editor

For the first time in his more than two decades at the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, Ethan Felson has been seeing an issue presented, and a consensus reached, in a matter of hours, not days.