JTA
By JTA
-
Fast Forward Jewish Groups Condemn Trump’s Pardon Of Sheriff Joe Arpaio
(JTA) — Jewish groups condemned President Trump’s pardon of former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio. The White House announced the Arpaio’s pardon on Friday night. Arpaio, 85, was sheriff of Maricopa County in Arizona for 24 years, losing a reelection bid in November 2016. He was found guilty in a Justice Department investigation for racially profiling…
-
Fast Forward 8-Year-Old Israeli Girl Finds ‘2,000-Year-Old Shekel Coin’
Update, 3:00 p.m.: It was later determined that the coin is actually a souvenir from the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, and is not 2,000 years old. (JTA) — An 8-year-old Israeli girl found a rare coin from the Second Temple period. The half-shekel coin dates from a time when it was used to pay a…
-
Fast Forward ‘Adopt-A Nazi’ Fundraiser Surpasses $150K Goal
(JTA) — The Adopt-a-Nazi (Not Really) fundraiser, a response to a far-right “free speech” rally that had been scheduled for San Francisco, reached its $150,000 goal and has upped it. The campaign, by San Francisco attorney Cody Harris and the Jewish Bar Association of San Francisco, asks visitors to donate a small amount of money…
-
Fast Forward Swastika Drawn On NYC Church That Shares Space With Synagogue
(JTA) — A swastika was drawn on a church in New York City that has shared space with a nearby synagogue. The swastika was found at the bottom of the doorway of the Methodist Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew on Manhattan’s Upper West Side on Wednesday, according to the West Side Rag. The…
-
Fast Forward 8-Year-Old Girl’s ‘Ancient’ Coin Is Actually Israel Museum Souvenir
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A coin that was believed to be a rare artifact from the Second Temple period found by an 8-year-old girl in a West Bank settlement is actually a souvenir from the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. Israeli and international media, including the Forward, reported on the find of a half-shekel coin by 8-year-old…
-
Fast Forward 120 People Named Herzl Pose For Photo In Israel
(JTA) — Ahead of the 120th anniversary of the First Zionist Congress that Theodor Herzl organized in Switzerland, 120 men and women named after him gathered in Herzliya to celebrate his legacy. On August 29, 1897 Herzl, a journalist who was born in what is today Hungary, convened in the city of Basel some 200…
-
Fast Forward Netanyahu: Body Searches Of Women At Western Wall ‘Unacceptable’
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Body searches of female worshipers at the entrance to the Western Wall are “unacceptable,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. Netanyahu asked Minister of Public Security Gilad Erdan to look into accusations that at least four female rabbinical students were subject to body searches while attempting to enter the Western Wall Plaza,…
-
Fast Forward Jay Thomas, ‘Cheers’ Actor Who Often Played Jewish Characters, Dies At 69
(JTA) — Jay Thomas, a well-known actor who said he was often mistakenly thought to be Jewish because he successfully portrayed Jewish characters, has died at 69. Thomas, an actor and radio personality whose work on the television series “Murphy Brown” won him two Emmy Awards in the early 1990s, died of cancer on Thursday at his…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
News How Jewish can you be in a Boca country club? Wrapping tefillin got a family suspended, lawsuit says
- 2
News An Alabama millionaire offered Jews $50,000 to move to his town. 16 years later, what’s left?
- 3
Opinion Mike Huckabee’s stunning, terrifying new gift to the Israeli right
- 4
Opinion Trump is forcing liberal Zionists to confront an extraordinarily inconvenient truth
In Case You Missed It
-
News A groundbreaking agreement for LGBTQ Orthodox Jews collapsed after 50 days. What happened?
-
Fast Forward As US appears increasingly likely to enter Iran conflict, tensions roil MAGA movement
-
Opinion My brother-in-law’s kibbutz weathered Oct. 7. Then came the Iranian missile strikes
-
Opinion I thought the Dyke March should be open to Zionists. So my fellow New York organizers kicked me out
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
