In a short Q&A session before the Jewish Federations of North America, Ginsburg said the most immediate impact of last week’s election on the Supreme Court is that it will get a new ninth member. (Nov. 14, 2016)

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who once called Mr. Trump a “faker” who “has no consistency about him,” said on Monday what she likely wanted to avoid: Mr. Trump will make the Supreme Court whole again. (Nov. 14, 2016)

Leaders of the North American Jewish community on Monday agreed to write a letter to PM Benjamin Netanyahu on the issue of the unimplemented government decision to create an egalitarian prayer space at the southern end of the Western Wall. (Nov. 14, 2016)

Board of trustees of the Jewish Federations of North America votes to send a letter to Israeli prime minister underscoring the 'urgency' of creating an egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall. (Nov. 14, 2016)

Prime Minister Netanyahu said he hoped President Obama would not back any new U.N. initiatives on Palestinian-Israeli peace in the final weeks of his term. (Nov. 15, 2016)

“I very much hope President Obama will continue the policy he enunciated,” PM Netanyahu said Tuesday in a video address ending the annual Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly, which was held in Washington, D.C this year. (Nov. 16, 2016)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America held in Washington, D.C. Tuesday that “quiet diplomacy between Jews” is what’s needed to resolve the Western Wall issue. (Nov. 15, 2016)

For Stephen H. Hoffman, president of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland, and Gary L. Gross, the board chair of the Federation, the takeaways from Day One of the 2016 Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly were about the same. (Nov. 14, 2016)

History was made last week in Philadelphia in the controversial area of Jewish intermarriage. At the National Museum of American Jewish History, representatives of prominent organizations discussed the results of their latest studies on the topic – but the historical aspect was not what the experts said, but who was listening. (Nov. 1, 2016)

As a moderator introduced Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Washington on Monday for her first post-election speaking engagement, he said something that caused the sympathetic audience to whoop and holler. "May you live a thousand years!" (Nov. 14, 2016)

PM Benjamin Netanyahu said he is looking forward to working with the President-elect on many issues in the region. “I look forward to working with President-elect Trump to further the twin interests of peace and security,” he said. “I, for one, find great encouragement in the fact that there’s this continuity of friendship.” (Nov. 15, 2016)

It was hard to miss the Pittsburgh contingent at the JFNA General Assembly Sunday night, waving their Terrible Towels and cheering with robust hometown enthusiasm as the chairs of the 2016 conclave, Cindy and David Shapira, took the podium at the opening plenary session. (Nov. 14, 2016)