Matthew Whitaker, who was appointed to acting attorney general on Wednesday by President Trump, said during a 2014 debate that judges should have a Christian worldview, the Washington Post reported. Whitaker, who was running for U.S. Senate at the time, also added that he would be concerned by a judge with a “secular worldview,” according…
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is “up and working” and making jokes after being hospitalized with rib fractures, her nephew said on Thursday at the premiere of a new movie about her early career fighting for women’s equality. Daniel Stiepleman, who wrote the script for the film “On the…
Neo-Nazi Arthur Jones lost his longshot bid for an Illinois congressional seat on Tuesday. But he still received more than 56,000 votes. Jones, a former American Nazi Party leader, ran as a Republican candidate in the heavily-Democratic Third District outside Chicago. He was able to make the ballot because he was the only person to…
(JTA) — A federal court ruled that President Trump cannot end a program favored by multiple Jewish groups that protects undocumented immigrants brought to the USA as children. A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit on Thursday concurred with a federal district judge’s decision from January that Trump lacked the…
(JTA) — The home of a Jewish family in Las Vegas was tagged with anti-Semitic graffiti in what she said was an anti-Semitic incident. Sara Attia, a mother of three, said she called police after finding a swastika and the phrase “Heil Hitler” drawn on the door of her apartment Monday, the Las Vegas Review…
A Republican congressional candidate who said in a sermon that Jews and Muslims should convert to Christianity to create peace in Israel won his race for North Carolina’s 9th House District. Mark Harris narrowly beat Democrat Dan McCready 49.4%-48.8% in the midterm election on Tuesday. Harris expressed the importance of conversion for Israel and shared…
Sen. Bernie Sanders said racism was the reason Democrats lost several significant House and Senate races, The Daily Beast reported. He said the progressive candidates he endorsed and campaigned for, like Andrew Gillum in Florida and Stacey Abrams in Georgia, were hurt by “racist” attacks and tradition. “I think you know there are a lot…
It hasn’t been confirmed if billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson will attended this year’s the White House Hanukkah party, but if he receives an invitation, he likely will request two latkes. Adelson recalled in a 2012 interview with Politico that he told Mitt Romney, then-Republican presidential nominee, that he really didn’t need much — just…
A rabbi paid tribute on social media to a congregant who he said survived Wednesday night’s bloodbath in a country music dance hall in Thousand Oaks, California. “Our congregant kid was in that country western dance bar… He’s okay… I’m not. I’ve had enough,” Rabbi Paul Kipnes posted on Instagram. His congregant, Benjamin Ginsburg, 23,…
A man suspected of pulling wigs off the heads of Orthodox Jewish women in North Hollywood, California, was arrested Wednesday, the Los Angeles Times reported. Police believe the women were targeted because they’re Jewish. The man was not immediately identified. He is accused of three instances of battery, the Times reported. An 80-year-old woman said…
Perhaps guests of this year’s White House Hanukkah party will receive a Make America Great Again Dreidel Set. Invitations have begun to arrive for the White House’s annual holiday reception. Jewish Insider obtained a copy of the invitation, which was sent to the administration’s top Jewish supporters. The party will be at 3 p.m. December…
סאָװעטיש־ייִדיש איז געװען אַ ראַדיקאַלער עקספּערימענט, װאָס פֿאַרנעמט אַ װיכטיקן פּלאַץ אױף דער װעלטמאַפּע פֿון ייִדישער קולטור
