(JTA) — Leaders of the student government at George Washington University cancelled a vote on a resolution calling for the school to divest from companies that do business with Israel, citing security concerns. The vote in the Student Association Senate on the pro-Palestinian resolution was cancelled about ten minutes before the meeting’s scheduled start on…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology has received a $50 million contribution. The donation from the Helen Diller Family Foundation will support the university’s new quantam center which will be named the Helen Diller Center for Quantum Science, Matter and Engineering. The foundation is based in the San Francisco Bay area. The foundation’s…
Michael Cohen, President Trump’s attorney who is under federal investigation, went to the country’s “worst law school,” Red State reported. Cohen is a 1991 graduate from Thomas M. Cooley Law School. Although Cooley has been accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA) since the mid-1970s, “that accreditation is on increasingly shaky ground,” Red State reported….
(JTA) — Michael Steinhardt, the co-founder and major funder of Birthright Israel, flashed his middle finger at protesters outside a gala dinner in honor of the 18th anniversary of the free trip to Israel for young Jewish men and women. More than 150 students from colleges in the New York and New England areas protested…
Michael Cohen revealed that his third legal client since 2017 is right-wing Fox News host Sean Hannity. The other two clients were President Trump and Elliott Broidy, both of whom involved hush money deals over illicit affairs. Cohen revealed Hannity’s name after U.S. Judge Kimba Wood ordered him to do so. Hannity ssid there was…
New York governor Andrew Cuomo has personally asked Democratic state senator Simcha Felder, who has caucused with Republicans, to reunite with the Democrats so the party can retake the majority, the New York Post reported. “The governor asked me to consider being part of the family,” Felder said, referring to the Democratic party. If Democrats…
Facebook is the latest platform to expel white supremacist Richard Spencer. The website has removed three pages that belonged to the white supremacist, the BBC reported. Spencer, who is known for popularizing the term “alt-right,” ran the Facebook page of his National Policy Institute think tank, another one promoting his AltRight.com news analysis website, and…
NEW YORK (JTA) — New York University said it opposes boycotts of student groups after 51 campus organizations pledged to boycott pro-Israel groups. “The University opposes any kind of boycott or official refusal by some student groups to interact with other student groups because of differing points of view. It is at odds with our…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., a pro-Israel stalwart in the Democratic Party, lashed out at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a J Street conference, breaking with a party tradition of avoiding heated confrontations with Israel’s leaders. Cardin in his speech Monday stood by his bill that would criminalize some forms of boycotting…
MONTREAL (JTA) — A separatist Quebec legislator backtracked after criticizing a fellow parliamentarian for wearing a kippah in the legislative chamber on Holocaust Remembrance Day. During a raucous session, Opposition leader Jean-François Lisée of the Parti-Québécois criticized David Birnbaum, the only Jewish legislator of the governing Liberal Party, for wearing the skullcap. Lisée said doing…
(JTA) — The Madoff Victim Fund began distributing $504 million in funds to victims of Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme. The funds, whose distribution began on Thursday, will be sent to over 21,000 Madoff victims around the world, according to a statement by the Justice Department. The distribution is the second in a series of payments that…
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