Update 1:30 p.m. A local chapter of the British Labour Party voted against a resolution condemning last week’s massacre at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, with leaders reportedly saying that there was too much focus on “anti-Semitism this, anti-Semitism that.” Steve Cooke, the secretary of the Norton West party group in England’s County Durham, wrote on…
(JTA) — Crowds of Iranians called for “Death to Israel” and “Down to U.S.” in a rally to mark the 39th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. The rally in the capital of Tehran comes as the United States restored all sanctions that had been lifted on Iran during the era of the Iran…
(JTA) — Rose Mallinger, the oldest victim of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, was remembered as a loving and sharp-witted woman who was a fixture in the Jewish community. Hundreds of people attended Mallinger’s funeral on Friday at the Rodef Shalom synagogue. Mallinger, 97, had been a member for more than 60 years at Tree of…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called senior Trump administration officials to express support for Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman after the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, The Washington Post reported on Thursday. The newspaper quoted “people familiar with the calls” as saying that Netanyahu and Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi defended bin Salman,…
A Republican congressional candidate in a competitive race in North Carolina said in a sermon that there would be no peace in Israel unless Jews and Muslims converted to Christianity, CNN reported Friday. Mark Harris, who served as a Baptist pastor in Charlotte until resigning last year to run for office, recounted in 2011 his…
President Trump said Republicans have suffered ahead of the midterm elections in the wake of the recent mail-bomb threat and the mass shooting in a Pittsburgh synagogue, which left 11 dead, the Washington Post reported. Continuing on his ongoing rally tour, Trump ended his speech in Columbia, Missouri, by encouraging people to vote. He touted…
President Trump repeatedly used racist language before he became president, his former attorney and fixer Michael Cohen told Vanity Fair. Cohen said he’s heard the president make several racist comments over the years. He brought up the time he mentioned to Trump that the crowd at one of his 2016 campaign rallies was largely white….
(JTA) — Six days ago, on Shabbat, Rabbi Jonathan Perlman was hiding in a pitch-black storage closet as one of his congregants was shot dead in front of him. The time since has been filled with funerals, counseling congregants and figuring out how to move forward as a community, a city — and a rabbi….
Two Ivy League universities got called out about their statements addressing the mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue, as they failed to mention the tragedy was an act of anti-Semitism. The leaders of Columbia University and Dartmouth College shared vague statements with their students earlier this week regarding the shooting, where 11 people were killed…
(JTA) — New York City’s Health Department is warning of an outbreak of measles in Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jewish community, and calling on parents to have their children vaccinated. The department said Friday that there are 11 new cases of measles in the Orthodox enclave, bringing to 17 the number of children who have been recently…
(JTA) — The Jewish owner of a gun shop in Colorado has offered to give rabbis semi-automatic rifles for free following the murder of 11 worshippers at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. Mel Bernstein, who owns Dragon Arms near Colorado Springs, made the offer in an item aired Wednesday on KOAA-TV’s News5. “Lets say…
