Updated 1:20 p.m. A Jewish Democratic challenger for a key Michigan congressional district received a major boost when a Republican-aligned super PAC reportedly abandoned her GOP opponent to focus on more winnable contests. Elissa Slotkin is now a favorite to oust Rep. Mike Bishop in Michigan’s 8th district after the Congressional Leadership Fund announced it…
(JTA) — Anti-Semitic graffiti was discovered in a bathroom at a local high school near Indianapolis. Swastikas were discovered drawn on mirrors and a counter in a boy’s bathroom at Pike High School on Thursday, the Indianapolis Star reported. A similar incident occurred the next day in a restroom. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and…
(JTA) – Israeli actress Gal Gadot will star in 20th Century Fox’s “Death on the Nile.” The adaptation of the Agatha Christie novel featuring detective Hercules Poirot will be directed by Kenneth Branagh, Deadline first reported. Fox already has set a December 20, 2019, release date for the film based on the 1937 novel. Gadot…
(JTA) — Two unidentified men in Berlin hit a Dutch national and then kicked him after asking him if he was Jewish, a German newspaper reported. The incident happened Saturday morning in the Spandauer Vorstadt area in Berlin, Der Tagesspiegel reported. The 31-year-old alleged victim, who is not Jewish and living in Berlin, asked the…
(Reuters) – When a Democrat with Palestinian-Mexican ancestry who had never before run for office was elected to challenge a Republican incumbent in a staunchly conservative southern California congressional district, few gave him much of a chance. But five-term U.S. Representative Duncan Hunter, who has been criminally charged with misusing campaign funds, is concerned enough…
(JTA) — A synagogue in Raleigh, North Carolina, cancelled some weekend activities after synagogue workers and board members received threatening letters. Raleigh police and the FBI are investigating the threats against Temple Beth Or, local NBC affiliate WRAL reported. The synagogue cancelled Sunday school and an end of the summer party last weekend after the…
(JTA) — Hate messages again were spray painted in front of the New Jersey home of a supporter of a Jewish candidate for Congress. It is the third time that the Hampton Township home of Adam Stolarsky and Colleen Murch has been vandalized since they hung a campaign sign earlier this month for the reelection…
(JTA) — The world’s biggest soccer club honored activist Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi. The European champions Real Madrid welcomed the teen at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium on Saturday before the Madrid derby against Atletico Madrid. The team presented her with a Real Madrid jersey with her first name printed on the back. She was accompanied…
(JTA) — A federal appeals court in San Francisco has ordered a new trial in a civil lawsuit against the British rock band Led Zeppelin, which accuses it of stealing the famous anthem used in “Stairway to Heaven” from another rock band. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the late Randy Wolfe, aka Randy…
Israeli soldiers shot dead seven Palestinians, including two boys, who were among thousands of people who thronged to the fortified Gaza Strip border on Friday as part of weekly protests launched half a year ago, Gaza health officials said. Israel’s military said its troops resorted to live fire, and an air strike, after explosive devices…
Jared Kushner was allegedly “paranoid” about former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie — so he had him fired, The Daily Beast reported from an excerpt of a new tell-all book. In “The Fifth Risk,” bestselling author Michael Lewis dives into President Trump’s messy presidential transition and how it has shaped his time in office. The…
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