
David Ian Klein covers breaking news and international Jewish communities for the Forward. You can reach him at [email protected] and on Twitter @davidianklein.
David Ian Klein covers breaking news and international Jewish communities for the Forward. You can reach him at [email protected] and on Twitter @davidianklein.
In the early hours of Wednesday morning, FBI agents in Los Angeles arrested UCLA student Christian Secor, the Capital rioter who was pictured sitting in then-Vice President’s Mike Pence’s chair during the January 6 attack. Pictured below is self-described Groyper, Christian Secor, who also goes by “Scuffed Elliot Rodger.” Here you can see him on…
A week after 90-year-old Aaron Epstein took out a quarter-page newspaper ad to complain about AT&T’s low internet speeds in his area, the the media conglomerate rushed to provide him with a high-speed internet connection. Earlier this month, Epstein’s ad in both the Manhattan and Dallas editions of the Wall Street Journal lambasted the company…
Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled it had no jurisdiction in a case between Germany and the descendants of German Jewish art dealers who claim that their families were forced to sell their property, well below value, to the German government under Nazi rule. The sale in question happened in 1935, two years…
Through an executive order on Sunday, President Biden reestablished the White House’s Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. The office, which was originally created during the Bush administration, is designed to help the government partner with smaller scale neighborhood and community nonprofit organizations. “The American people are key drivers of fundamental change in our country,…
Jewish communities in several Arab countries lining the Persian Gulf – including the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Saudi Arabia – have established an umbrella organization and religious court to help oversee Jewish life in the region. We are the Association of Gulf Jewish Communities, and today marks our Twitter debut! We…
After 131 years, Quaker Oats announced this week that it will replace Aunt Jemima’s familiar name and face on all of its products with the logo for “Pearl Milling Company,” a homage to the St. Louis company which first invented the product. Aunt Jemima became one of the world’s most prominent racist stereotypes thanks, in…
Aleph Farms, a startup based out of the Israeli city of Rehovot, has unveiled the world’s first 3D printed rib-eye steak. Today, we’re excited to share our proof-of-concept of the world’s first cultivated ribeye steak. Made possible by our incredible team using 3D bioprinting technology, we now have the ability to cultivate any type of…
Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial is set to begin on Tuesday and his lawyer – David Schoen, a modern Orthodox Jew – has withdrawn a request to pause the trial for Shabbat. The decision by Schoen is a quick reversal from his request last week that the trial be suspended from sunset on Friday to…
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