Following the birth of his fist grandchild, New York Sen. Chuck Schumer told Jewish Insider that he sees himself as more of a “grandpa” than a “zayde,” which is Yiddish for “grandfather.” “In the Old Country, they would have called me ‘zayde,’ but here I want to be called ‘grandpa,’” the Democratic Senate minority leader…
President Trump said in an interview with the New York Post on Wednesday that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein belongs behind bars because, “He should have never picked a special counsel.” Until recently, Rosenstein directly oversaw the work of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating whether Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election. Earlier…
Two allies of President Trump knew that a conspiracy theory about murdered Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich was not true — yet they perpetuated it anyway, Slate reported. Both Roger Stone, a longtime Trump political advisor, and Jerome Corsi, like Trump a major proponent of the conspiracy theory that former president Barack Obama was…
(JTA) — Arson investigators in Houston are trying to determine what started a fire in an area Orthodox Jewish synagogue. The fire started on Wednesday evening at the Torah Vachesed synagogue, while dozens of members were inside for a study session, the Houston Chronicle reported. Police deputies who were in the area entered the synagogue…
Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former lawyer, pleaded guilty Thursday morning to making false statements to Congress about his attempts at a Trump Tower deal in Moscow during the 2016 presidential campaign, the New York Times reported. He wasn’t scheduled to appear in the Manhattan courtroom, where he confessed to the new criminal charge. It was…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A group of Jewish-American citizens have sued Airbnb in U.S. federal court over the announcement that it will remove the listings of homes in Jewish settlement. The 18 plaintiffs filed the civil rights lawsuit in the United States District Court in Delaware alleging that the internet hospitality company has enacted a new…
A Columbia University professor’s office was vandalized with two swastikas and an anti-Semitic slur, CNN reported. Elizabeth Midlarsky, who is Jewish, has published articles on the Holocaust. The NYPD launched an investigation into what appears to be a hate crime. “I opened the outer door and almost passed out,” she told CNN, about the moment…
(JTA) — A 300-pound menorah was stolen from the entrance of a Boston-area synagogue and found hours later dumped about a mile away. The six-foot-tall menorah that had been on display at the entrance to Temple Emeth in Brookline, Massachusetts since 1948 was ripped from its base sometime on Tuesday night. It was discovered by…
(JTA) — The office of a Jewish professor at Columbia University was spray painted with anti-Semitic graffiti. Swastikas were spray painted on two walls of the office of Elizabeth Midlarsky, professor of psychology and education, at Columbia Teachers College. The word “YID” also was spray painted on a wall of the office of the professor,…
With unlimited funds, a top-tier legal team and a circle of powerful friends, a Palm Beach multimillionaire financier was able to get off nearly scot free after being accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls, the Miami Herald reported. The Herald’s first story in a three-part series on hedge fund manager Jeffrey Epstein revealed…
The Mexican government said Tuesday that it will award Jared Kushner with the Order of the Aztec Eagle, the highest honor the country gives to foreigners, “for his significant contributions in achieving the renegotiation of the new (trade) agreement between Mexico, the United States and Canada,” AP reported. Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser,…
