JTA
By JTA
-
Fast Forward Dershowitz Meets With Trump, Who Seeks His ‘Input’ As Legal Troubles Mount
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Alan Dershowitz, the famed constitutional lawyer, is dining with President Trump as the president faces new risk in a federal probe into his campaign. “Dershowitz has been at the White House for part of today as Trump seeks his input, and he’s supposed to have dinner with the president tonight, per White…
-
Fast Forward Zuckerberg: Facebook Will Predict Hate Speech Content Within Next Decade
WASHINGTON (JTA) — In congressional testimony, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg predicted that the popular social media application would have the tools to stop hate speech before it spreads within the next decade. Zuckerberg, speaking Tuesday to senators concerned in part about Facebook’s susceptibility to foreign powers who would use the service to meddle in American…
-
Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Graffiti Painted On Jewish Elementary School In Paris
(JTA) — A swastika and the phrase “dirty Jew” was painted on the entrance to a Jewish elementary school in Paris. The graffiti appeared Monday at the Gustave Leven school in the French capital’s 16th district, the French anti-Semitism watchdog National Bureau for Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism, or BNVCA, reported. The school is a part of…
-
Fast Forward Reform’s Rabbi Rick Jacobs Calls For Restraint On Gaza Border
(JTA) — The president of the largest Jewish movement in the United States called on Israel to “take all necessary and effective precautions” to prevent harm to civilians during the Gaza border protests. Rabbi Rick Jacobs of the Union for Reform Judaism said in a statement issued Monday that the “ongoing escalation on the Gazan…
-
Fast Forward Amar’e Stoudemire Is Converting To Judaism
(JTA) — Former NBA All-Star Amar’e Stoudemire has for years claimed to have “Hebrew roots,” studied Judaism and practiced its cultural customs. Now he is making the ties official by converting to the Jewish religion. Stoudemire, 35, told HBO sports reporter Jon Frankel at an event at Harvard University on Sunday that he is “in…
-
Fast Forward Brazil Rabbi Slammed For Public Support Of Lula
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — A Brazilian rabbi who supported an iconic ex-president convicted of corruption apologized after being slammed for acting as if he represented the Jewish community. Rabbi Alexandre Leone has been under fire since the release of videos and photos of him protesting on a sound truck in favor of ex-president Luis…
-
Fast Forward Liberal Jewish Groups Join Opposition To Bolton And Pompeo
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Liberal Jewish groups are speaking out against two of President Donald Trump’s top foreign policy picks, John Bolton and Mike Pompeo. Bolton began Monday as Trump’s national security adviser. Trump last month nominated Pompeo, his CIA chief, to be secretary of state. The American Jewish World Service and the National Council of…
-
Fast Forward Ronald Lauder Disavows Anti-Muslim Videos By Group He Gave $1.1 Million
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Ronald Lauder, a leading Jewish philanthropist, disavowed the anti-Muslim videos of a beneficiary organization, saying he had contributed because the group opposed the Iran nuclear deal. “Mr. Lauder donated to Secure America Now to support their work in opposition to the Iran nuclear deal,” a spokesman for the World Jewish Congress president…
Explore
Most Popular
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward Israeli woman en route to deliver her baby is killed in terror attack
-
Fast Forward Police raid homes of mohels in Antwerp, in investigation into possible illegal circumcisions
-
Fast Forward City moves to end license for organizers of community garden who required members to oppose Zionism
-
Fast Forward Chicago theater cancels screening of post-Oct. 7 documentary, citing community ‘safety and well-being’
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
