JTA
By JTA
-
Fast Forward Dallas Commissioner Compares Trump And Hitler In New Ad
(JTA) — An elected official in Dallas sent a political mailer comparing President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler. Area Jewish groups condemned Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price for the mailing, saying that using the example of Hitler for anything besides education or the Holocaust is “highly inappropriate and offensive,” the Dallas Morning News reported….
-
Fast Forward Home Of West Bank Gunman’s Family To Be Demolished
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The home of the Palestinian man who killed two Israeli co-workers at a factory in the Barkan industrial zone in the West Bank is slated to be demolished. The Israel Defense Forces notified the family of Ashraf Walid Saliman Na’alwa, 23, on Sunday night that the family home will be demolished, a…
-
Fast Forward Anti-Semitic And Racist KKK Fliers Dropped In New Jersey Community
(JTA) — Anti-Semitic and racist fliers supporting the Ku Klux Klan were distributed in the New Jersey community of Cherry Hill. The fliers were placed in Ziplock bags and weighed down with rice. Some featured a picture of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. Others used the image of a black man on trial before a Jewish…
-
Fast Forward Michael Cohen Is Now A Registered Democrat
NEW YORK (JTA) — Michael Cohen, the former lawyer to President Donald Trump who pleaded guilty to criminal charges, has changed his party registration back to Democrat, according to a report. Cohen made the change from the Republican Party on Thursday, Axios reported, citing “a knowledgeable source.” Last year, he had changed to Republican when…
-
Fast Forward Chelsea Soccer Club To Take Anti-Semitic Chanters On Tour Auschwitz
(JTA) — Chelsea, the British soccer club, is planning to send fans who are caught chanting anti-Semitic songs on a tour of the former death camp of Auschwitz instead of punishing them. The team’s owner, Roman Abramovich, who is Jewish, has spearheaded a new initiative to combat anti-Semitism, according to the report about he plan…
-
Fast Forward Suspected Palestinian Terrorist Nabbed Near Nablus
(JTA) — Israeli security services apprehended a man they said stabbed a soldier and caused the injury of a bystander in the West Bank. The suspect in Wednesday’s stabbing is a 19-year-old Palestinian resident of the Jamain village in the West Bank, the Israel Broadcasting Corp. reported Thursday. He was captured near Nablus. He allegedly…
-
Fast Forward Kippahs May Be Banned In Quebec Workplaces
MONTREAL (JTA) — Quebec’s incoming government wants to ban some public servants from wearing religious symbols to work, spurring concerns from Jewish groups. The proposed ban by the Coalition Avenir Québec government is ostensibly to make Quebec public institutions more secular and “neutral” religiously. It would bar police, prison guards, public school teachers and some…
-
Fast Forward Pompeo: Trump Admin Will Leverage Aid To Syria To Remove Iranian Troops
WASHINGTON (JTA) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the Trump administration’s goal is to remove Iran and its proxies from Syria, and it will use assistance to Syria as an incentive to do so. That formula is likely to disappoint Israel, where security and government officials have held out for a more forceful…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Special Report This school is fighting antisemitism all wrong. Why is it working?
- 2
Opinion I know exactly why leftists aren’t celebrating this ceasefire
- 3
Opinion Hamas made a remarkable offer — because Trump laid a remarkable trap
- 4
Books A bespectacled, Jewish hypochondriac with literary pretensions and a creepy fascination with his stepson’s girlfriend — Guess who?
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward ‘The world needs more Trumps’: US president receives a hero’s welcome in Israeli parliament
-
News Trump heralds ‘the historic dawn of a new Middle East’ in speech to Israeli parliament after hostages returned
-
Books Why was my Jewish identity so apologetic and humiliating?, Obama speechwriter asks in new book
-
Fast Forward All 20 living hostages back in Israel, 2 years after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
