(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…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — In March, Saudi Arabia was on the brink of a new age of modernity. At the epicenter of the transformation were Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and top adviser. But allegations this week that bin Salman — or MBS, as he is known — ordered the…
“Saturday Night Live” creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels allegedly told the cast to tone down criticism of President Trump back when he was a candidate, The Hill reported Friday. Michaels suggested they “make him likable” and don’t “vilify him,” former SNL actor Taran Killam revealed on an episode of the “I Was There Too”…
A California teacher was suspended after revealing that Stephen Miller ate glue in her third grade class, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday. Nikki Fiske, a teacher in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, has been placed on “home assignment” as the district decides what to do following her first-person account of 8-year-old Miller published…
Israeli forces killed seven Palestinians on Friday in protests along Gaza’s border, Gaza health officials said. Israel said its troops had shot and killed a group who broke through the fence with a bomb and attacked an army post. The Palestinian deaths bring to around 200 the number of Gazans killed since the border protests…
The homepage of BrettKavanaugh bears text reading “We Believe Survivors” superimposed over an image of the Supreme Court. The owner of the URL? Gabe Roth, the founder of a grassroots organization that advocates for transparency in the federal court system, bought it years ago. “During the run up to the 2016 election, I thought it…
Despite evidence that a journalist was killed in one of Saudi Arabia’s diplomatic facilities, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Friday that he still plans to attend an investment conference in the country this month, the Washington Post reported. Turkish officials said they believe that Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post journalist and critic of Saudi Arabia,…
An Israeli court on Friday upheld the barring of an American student from the country over her activities in support of an international boycott campaign by pro-Palestinian groups. Lara Alqasem, 22, flew to Israel last week on a student visa but was refused entry. While in airport detention, she filed an appeal with Tel Aviv…
Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson is giving millions more to Republican committees to ensure the party wins control of the House and Senate in the upcoming midterm elections, Politico reported. The Jewish billionaire donated to two GOP super PACs connected to congressional Republicans, Senate Leadership Fund and Congressional Leadership Fund, according to two people familiar with…
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…
(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…
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