Hans Asperger, the Austrian pediatrician who pioneered research into autism and after whom Asperger syndrome is named, “actively cooperated” with a Nazi program under which disabled children were killed, an academic paper published on Thursday says. The article by medical historian Herwig Czech published in the journal Molecular Autism says that Asperger referred severely disabled…
Starbucks turned to long-time leader Howard Schultz on Wednesday to make the case that the coffee chain accused of racial profiling is committed to offering a “safe space” to customers despite the arrest of two black men in one of its Philadelphia cafes. Closing 8,000 company-owned cafes on the afternoon of May 29 “to do…
Michael Cohen’s $130,000 payoff to porn star Stormy Daniels to quiet her story about an alleged affair with President Trump may have constituted tax fraud if he didn’t report the payment to the Internal Revenue Service, a former IRS investigator wrote in The Daily Beast on Wednesday. Martin Sheil, who retired as a branch chief…
Sen. Bernie Sanders has found an unexpected ally in his fight to strengthen Social Security spending: Cardi B, the stripper-turned-rapper behind “Bodak Yellow,” one of the biggest hits of last year. Cardi B, born Belcalis Almanzar, is a self-proclaimed history buff who says she can name all the presidents in order. In a recent interview…
(JTA) — There’s an unsettling debate underway in Britain about whether the right or the left is more anti-Semitic, and videos of Jewish members of Parliament reading out some of the anti-Semitic invective they’ve suffered have gone viral. J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series, decided to weigh in on Wednesday, defining anti-Semitism…
Trump “fixer” Michael Cohen owned a stake in a Brooklyn social club formerly used as a meeting place for leaders of the Russian Mafia, Rolling Stone reported last week. The El Caribe Country Club, owned by Cohen’s uncle Morton Levine, was a well-known mob hangout. According to Talking Points Memo, the leaders of the Russian…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Palestinian man was arrested trying to enter Israel through a West Bank checkpoint with a truck carrying “powerful” explosives. On Wednesday, security guards found the explosives embedded in the truck’s air conditioning system during a routine check of its roof. The vehicle, which was attempting to enter Israel at a northern…
Billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson met with top Republicans on the sidelines of an Israeli American Council event to talk about preserving a Republican majority in the House, Jewish Insider reported. Adelson has said that he sees the Israeli American Council, to which he is the top donor, as a hardline alternative to AIPAC. Before…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Yisrael Helprin was named for the Jewish state because they were born on the same day 70 years ago. Before he was born, his parents had intended to name him after his two grandfathers, but then decided it was more important to commemorate the birth of Israel through their son. He grew…
(JTA) — A Jewish cemetery near Paris was desecrated by a person who vandalized eight headstones, a watchdog on anti-Semitism said. The incident earlier this week resulted in light damage to the headstones at the cemetery in Seine Saint Denis north of the French capital, according to a statement Wednesday by Sammy Ghozlan, president of…
(JTA) — A far-right Polish nationalist group has filed a complaint with the country’s High Court, accusing Israeli President Reuven Rivlin of violating a law that makes it illegal to suggest that Poles or the country were complicit in Nazi crimes during the Holocaust. The group, the National Movement, accuses Rivlin of breaking the recently…
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