JTA
By JTA
-
Fast Forward South Carolina Is First State To Adopt Uniform Definition Of Anti-Semitism
(JTA) — South Carolina became the first state to adopt a uniform definition of anti-Semitism, but it is only on the books for the next year. The definition is contained in a proviso to the annual state budget bill, which was signed into law on July 6. Under the measure, universities must take the definition…
-
Fast Forward Women Tourists Barred From Israeli Cable Car After Haredis Refuse To Share Ride
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Three female tourists were barred from riding a cable car down the Manara Cliff in northern Israel because a group of haredi Orthodox men would not ride with them. The three women and their male tour guide waited a short time for the next car, Israel’s Channel 10 news reported. “There was…
-
Fast Forward Israeli Lawmaker Ends 25-Day Hunger Strike To Raise Tobacco Tax
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli lawmaker ended a 25-day hunger strike staged to convince the Knesset to pass a tax on loose tobacco equal to the tax on cigarettes. Yehudah Glick announced on Saturday night on Twitter and Facebook that he would end the hunger strike “in order to avoid harming my health and following…
-
Fast Forward Anne Frank’s Family Was Not Rejected By U.S. — Their Visa Request Was Never Processed
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Contrary to widely-held beliefs, Anne Frank and her family were never denied an entry visa to the United States, a new study by the museum for the Jewish diarist confirmed. The museum in Amsterdam known as the Anne Frank House published Friday its report on the immigration attempts of the family of…
-
Fast Forward Dutch Activist Says He Was Beaten While Protesting Jeremy Corbyn Visit
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — A Dutch anti-discrimination activist said he was assaulted while protesting a visit to the Netherlands by the leader of Britain’s Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn. The chairman of the CiJo group said he received several blows to his neck after he and two activists from the group unfurled a banner reading “Labour: For…
-
Fast Forward Moscow Opens Its First Kosher Sushi Restaurant
(JTA) — Moscow saw the opening of its first kosher sushi restaurant. The news site Jewish.ru reported on Tuesday of the opening in Moscow by the Kosher Gourmet kosher food supermarket of the new restaurant, Kosher Pirate. Located halfway between the Marina Roscha Synagogue and the nearby Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in northern Moscow,…
-
Fast Forward Wristwatch Of Executed Israeli Spy Eli Cohen Retrieved From Syria
(JTA) – Half a century after the execution in Syria of the Israeli spy Eli Cohen, Israel’s intelligence services retrieved his wristwatch and returned it to his family, they said. The wristwatch was retrieved in a recent “special Mossad operation,” a statement by the Prime Minister’s Office Thursday said. During the annual memorial ceremony for Eli Cohen,…
-
Fast Forward South African Pro-Israel Leader Gunned Down In Johannesburg
(JTA) — An outspoken Jewish advocate of Israel was gunned down at his workplace in South Africa by unidentified assailants, who left behind his car, wallet and cellular phone. Sergio Kowensky, the chairman of the Likud South Africa Jewish group, was gunned down Tuesday in a southern suburb of Johannesburg at his air-conditioning firm, according…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Film & TV Bonhoeffer biopic tells of a pastor turned would-be Hitler assassin — but is the story true?
- 2
News Texas schools want to add Queen Esther to the curriculum. Here’s why Jews (and many Christians) are opposed.
- 3
News What Mike Huckabee’s ‘Kids Guide to Israel’ says about his views
- 4
Culture At 95, Shaindel Schreiber is still dispensing babka and advice on the Lower East Side
In Case You Missed It
-
Opinion We can be thankful this year — and Jewish wisdom can help
-
Fast Forward France says it won’t arrest Netanyahu, despite ICC warrant against him
-
Opinion What Trump’s appointment of a Soros protege tells us about the right’s real priorities
-
News Deportations, lawsuits, increased scrutiny: How the Trump administration could handle campus antisemitism
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
