(JTA) — A far-right race baiter who works as a columnist for a respected weekly British current affairs magazine wrote a piece sympathizing with the Wehrmacht, the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany. In the column by Taki Theodoracopulos, a Greek writer who lives in London and New York, the author asks readers to feel…
(JTA) — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos visited two yeshiva high schools in New York this week, amid allegations that such schools fail to provide an appropriate secular education. “Secretary DeVos made these historic visits to better understand Jewish education, a unique and time-honored tradition, within the diversity of the American educational tapestry,” said Rabbi Abba…
BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — A history and citizenship teacher in a Catholic high school in a Buenos Aires neighborhood repeated anti-Semitic stereotypes and said Hitler did “good things” in a lesson caught on camera. Teacher Denise Yanet Evequoz told her students that Europe was “always anti-Semitic” and said that Hitler was demonized when the United States…
Correction, May 17, 2:20 p.m.: The story was edited to reflect that Cohen solicited Qatar Investments, a division of Qatar Investment Authority, and not the government itself. Michael Cohen, President Trump’s personal attorney, solicited a payment of at least $1 million from Qatar Investment Authority in late 2016, in exchange for access to and advice…
Despite a massive backlash from his viral racist rant, Aaron Schlossberg likely won’t be disbarred for the outburst. Lawyers facing complaints for incidents like the one involving Schlossberg, who went off on people speaking Spanish in a deli, generally result in reprimands, experts said. “Mr. Schlossberg could be disciplined for this conduct but it will…
(JTA) — The Dallas pastor who said all Jews will go to hell was chosen by U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman to deliver a prayer at the Jerusalem embassy dedication, the State Department said. Robert Jeffress, the pastor of a Southern Baptist megachurch, is a Fox News contributor, an outspoken supporter of President Donald…
On Wednesday, employees at a Manhattan deli took a video of a customer berating customers for not speaking English and threatening to call ICE on the deli’s Spanish-speaking employees. The man was quickly identified by a massive Twitter mob as Aaron Schlossberg, a Jewish, pro-Trump lawyer who ironically advertises his ability to speak Spanish on…
“Maybe you shouldn’t eat that sandwich,” the bigoted man harassing Latina women in a Midtown deli said. “Maybe you should take a break from the food.” This was after threatening to get the women deported, complaining about paying for their welfare and generally throwing an intolerant hissy fit because the women and others in the…
Back in March, Matthew Heimbach, a prominent figure in America’s white nationalist movement, was arrested at an Indiana trailer park for a violent outburst following his involvement in a dramatic, adulterous love triangle, leading to the breakup of his neo-Nazi group. The story doesn’t end there, Vice details. Heimbach, the leader of the Traditionalist Worker…
The rabbi who served in Newtown, Conn. during the deadly school shooting there in 2012 and is now running for Congress received just a single vote during the state’s Democratic convention on Monday. “When I was called to the Sandy Hook firehouse to counsel the families whose children and loved ones were murdered, I answered…
(JTA) — On CNN on Tuesday, Don Lemon asked an all-black panel to comment on how they felt about Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner receiving a blessing from Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, during their visit to Israel to dedicate the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem. Yosef is under criminal investigation for making a bizarre…
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