JTA
By JTA
-
Fast Forward Judge Tells SFSU Students To File New Complaint In Anti-Semitism Lawsuit
(JTA) — A federal judge said a lawsuit filed in June by former and current Jewish San Francisco State University students did not establish that the university tolerates and encourages anti-Semitic activity, and told the lawyers to try again. Judge William Orrick of the U.S. District Court in San Francisco said Wednesday that the lawsuit…
-
Fast Forward Elderly Jewish Woman Attacked In London; Assailant Yelled ‘Jew’ In Polish
(JTA) — A 70-year-old Jewish woman was hospitalized with a concussion after being attacked by an assailant who called her “Zyd,” Polish for “Jew.” The male attacker smashed her head into a brick wall while shouting “Zyd” during the attack on Saturday afternoon in London’s Stamford Hill neighborhood, which has a large Orthodox Jewish population,…
-
Fast Forward Long Island Orthodox High School Hit With Faxed Bomb Threat
(JTA) — An Orthodox Jewish high school on Long Island, New York, was evacuated after receiving a bomb threat. The bomb threat was faxed on Wednesday afternoon to the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway, school leaders said in a letter to the school community posted on its Facebook page. The message said…
-
Fast Forward British Secretary Of State Resigns Over Secret Meetings With Israeli Officials
(JTA) — A government minister in the United Kingdom resigned over secret meetings she had in Israel with government officials while on a family vacation there. Priti Patel, a lawmaker with the ruling Conservative Party, stepped down Wednesday after being called back earlier in the day from an official trip to Africa. In August, she…
-
Fast Forward Kiryas Joel Allowed To Secede From Upstate New York Town
(JTA) — The Hasidic community of Kiryas Joel reportedly will become the first haredi Orthodox town in the United States after voters in Monroe, New York, overwhelmingly backed a referendum on secession. On Tuesday, over 80 percent of Monroe voters backed the measure on Kiryas Joel, a village of over 20,000 Yiddish-speaking Jews associated with…
-
Fast Forward Holocaust Memorial Stones Stolen From Berlin Neighborhood
(JTA) — At least a dozen Holocaust memorial stones were stolen in Berlin ahead of the anniversary of the Kristallnacht pogrom. The “Stolpersteine,” or “stumbling stones,” are gold-colored, cobblestone-sized monuments embedded in sidewalks in Berlin and other cities in Germany and across Europe. On Monday, the memorials were dug up and stolen on several streets…
-
Fast Forward Racist Message Spelled Out In New Jersey Synagogue Skylights
(JTA) — A racist message was written in the skylight windows of a New Jersey synagogue using shingles torn off the building’s roof to form the letters. Rabbi Nathan Weiner of Congregation Beth Tikvah in Evesham Township, which is located in the southern part of the state about 25 miles from Philadelphia, said the word…
-
Fast Forward Heavily-Jewish Maryland Public Schools Will Stay Closed On High Holidays
(JTA) — Schools will remain closed on the High Holidays in Baltimore County, the home to several large Jewish communities, for the 2018-19 school year following an extended debate. The Baltimore County school board on Tuesday night voted 9-3 to approve the academic calendar for the next term with the district closing on the first…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Sports First Puka Nacua, now Mookie Betts: Why do sports stars keep getting antisemitic around a Jewish streamer?
- 2
Fast Forward After MIT professor’s killing, Jewish influencers spread unverified antisemitism claim
- 3
Politics This politician refused to say ‘Happy Hanukkah,’ then blamed ‘political correctness’ for the backlash
- 4
Culture We tried to fix Hallmark’s Hanukkah problem. Here’s the movie we made instead
In Case You Missed It
-
Yiddish אַ בריוועלע דער מאַמען (זכרונות)A letter to my mother (memoirs)
בעת דער מחבר איז געלעגן אין אַ סאָוועטישן מיליטערישן שפּיטאָל האָט זײַן מאַמע זיך פֿאַרמאָסטן קעגן דעם אַסימילירטן ייִדישן הויפּט־דאָקטער
-
Fast Forward 2 men found guilty in UK of plotting Islamic State-inspired antisemitic terror attack
-
Fast Forward Self-appointed chief rabbi of Saudi Arabia says he was denied entry at border
-
Fast Forward Coast Guard again retracts policy that would downgrade swastika as hate symbol, clearing path for new leader’s confirmation
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
