(JTA) — Legislation that would require Holocaust and genocide education in Connecticut high schools starting with the coming school year unanimously passed the state legislature. The Connecticut House of Representatives on Monday voted 147-0 in favor of the bill. It had unanimously passed the Senate on April 24. The bill will now go to Democratic…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Trump said on Tuesday he was reimposing economic sanctions on Iran and pulling the United States out of an international agreement aimed at stopping Tehran from obtaining a nuclear bomb. The decision is likely to raise the risk of conflict in the Middle East, upset America’s European allies and disrupt global…
A former Christian chaplain in the U.S. Air Force claims that he faced discrimination after converting to Orthodox Judaism, Air Force Times reported Tuesday. Capt. Jeff Montanari, who was ordained by the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, was assigned in 2010 to the March Air Reserve Base in California, where he was dedicated to…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A traffic island located next to the new American embassy in Jerusalem will be named in honor of the United States and President Trump. The area will be called “United States Square – in honor of President Donald Trump,” Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat announced on Tuesday. “President Trump has decided to recognize…
The Women’s March chapter in Connecticut issued a public warning to a leader of the national group, Tamika Mallory, about her perceived acceptance of anti-Semitism. Upon returning from her recent visit to Israel, Mallory tweeted: “Donald Trump’s #muslimban + #deportationplan are all lines of out the #Netanyahu book of oppression.” “As you tweet about your…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Nearly 250 Jewish clergy have signed a petition opposing President Trump’s nominee to lead the CIA, citing her role in the George W. Bush-era torture of prisoners. “Given (Gina) Haspel’s role in the CIA’s now-defunct torture program, a vote to confirm her is incompatible with any kind of meaningful commitment to the…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Paraguay is moving its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. Israel’s Foreign Ministry made the announcement in a statement issued on Monday. Reuters also verified the move with a Paraguay government spokesman. Paraguay will be the third country to move its embassy to Jerusalem. The United States will dedicate its temporary Jerusalem embassy…
Michael Cohen, President Trump’s longtime personal lawyer, is struggling to go about his life as usual in the month since a dozen federal agents raided his home, office, and hotel room, Vanity Fair reported. Cohen, who is under investigation over his $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels in exchange for her silence about an…
(JTA) — The Holocaust denier known as the “Nazi Grandma” was arrested by German police days after she failed to appear at the prison where she was to start a two-year term for Holocaust denial. Ursula Haverbeck, 89, had been ordered to appear on April 23 at the prison in the town of Bielefeld after…
A Jewish candidate for Congress from Ohio said Monday that one of his campaign signs had been spray painted with a swastika, WBNS reported. Lawrence Cohen is one of 10 candidates vying for the Republican nomination in Ohio’s 12th district. He works as an accountant and has worked with the IRS. Cohen told the Forward…
Updated 9:50 p.m. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced his resignation on Monday, hours after The New Yorker published allegations by four former romantic partners accusing him of physical abuse. The women said that Schneiderman repeatedly hit them, often while intoxicated and sometimes as part of violent sexual roleplay to which they did not…
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