Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker would use intimidation tactics in his former job, letting angry investors know that the company has a security team trained in Krav Maga, Vanity Fair reported. Whitaker, who was appointed attorney general by President Trump this week after firing Jeff Sessions, worked in 2014 on the advisory board of World…
(JTA) — Miriam Adelson, the wife of billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, has been named one of seven recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The recipients were announced on Friday, and are the first to be honored by President Donald Trump. The announcement called Miriam Adelson “a committed doctor, philanthropist and humanitarian” who has…
BUENOS AIRES (JTA) – Jewish institutions in Argentina have launched a campaign against British singer Roger Waters, the former Pink Floyd frontman. Waters’ Us +Them tour has been traveling around Latin America for the last month. Waters participated in an event of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel in Buenos Aires on Friday,…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli soldier was killed and another injured during the Israel Defense Forces special forces operation deep inside the Gaza Strip. The operation was exposed on Sunday night leading to clashes between Israeli soldiers and Hamas fighters in Gaza, and the firing of 17 rockets from Gaza on southern Israel. Three of…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — At least six Palestinians were killed during an exchange of fire between Israeli forces and Hamas fighters in Gaza. One of the dead Palestinians was identified as Nur Barake, a deputy commander of an elite unit of Iz al-Din al-Qassam, the military wing of Hamas. A second Hamas commander was said killed…
Despite fires raging in the distance, a Southern California rabbi ran into his synagogue to rescue its Torahs. Temple Adat Elohim, a Reform synagogue in Thousand Oaks, sits in the path of two fires, Hill and Woolsey. Rabbi Barry Diamond and President Sandy Greenstein made it to the synagogue before mandatory evacuations to save the…
(JTA)— A vigil held by pro-Israel activists in London for Jews murdered in Arab countries was dispersed violently by men shouting about killing Jews in Arabic. The event Wednesday by the Israel Advocacy Movement was held on Speaker’s Corner in London’s Hyde Park, which is known for its culture of free speech and passionate street preachers…
(JTA) — New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who resigned hours after The New Yorker published a report detailing allegations against him by four women who said that he physically abused them, will not face criminal charges due to “legal impediments.” Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas, the special prosecutor overseeing the investigation, told CNN on Thursday that…
Actress Debra Messing stands in solidarity with fellow actress and activist Alyssa Milano, who said she won’t speak at the next Women’s March if leaders Tamika Mallory and Linda Sarsour continue to support Louis Farrakhan. Messing retweeted on Thursday an article from Advocate, which detailed Milano’s decision not to participate in the march. I stand…
A Republican Jewish candidate who said “diversity is a bunch of crap” lost his race for New Jersey’s 2nd Congressional District seat — and he blames the “distraction” of refuting claims that he’s racist, NJ.com reported. Seth Grossman, who lost the support of the GOP when it was revealed that he shared articles from white…
(JTA) — Ayanna Pressley is the first black woman that Massachusetts elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. In the media coverage of this wild and woolly election, her bio gets her lumped in with other women of color, all Democrats, who made history this cycle: Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota,…
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