WASHINGTON (JTA) — Members of a bipartisan U.S. House of Representatives task force on anti-Semitism condemned attacks on survivors of the Florida high school shooting in February, including anti-Semitic images and comparisons of the students to Nazis. “It is shameful for anyone to attack students – especially survivors of gun violence – with anti-Semitic slurs…
Ex-President Jimmy Carter says his push for Middle East Peace played an important role in turning the evangelical voting bloc into the arms of the Republican Party. Carter told the Associated Press, that he, “took a position of wanting to see balance between Israel and the Palestinians.” Carter wasn’t able to bring about a final…
Trump’s Lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, is set to appear before a judge Friday in an effort to stop prosecutors from viewing files taken in a raid on his office and hotel room, according to the New York Times. On Monday, the FBI seized files from Cohen’s home and office in connection with the investigation by…
(JTA) — A Jewish man was killed in his apartment in Paris, where the victim’s twin brother found his lifeless body bound and with a plastic bag covering his face. The brother of Jeremy Dahan called a locksmith to open the door of the apartment in the city’s 12th District, near the eastern suburb of…
Ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day, the not-for-profit established by Anne Frank’s father announced it would send all its grant money to Israel via the New Israel Fund, the Times of Israel reported. The move was seen as a retort to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who earlier this month blamed the NIF for destroying the…
Palestinian authorities are reporting that Israeli fire wounded at least 30 protesters, one critically, in the latest round of protests on Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip. Thousands of protesters amassed at the border for the third Friday in a row. The Palestinians are demanding the right to march to lands in Israel they claim…
Charlie Rose, the disgraced talk show host, is living out a shameful “exile” after being revealed as a serial sexual harasser and groper, the Hollywood Reporter reported. Rose spends his time at his $6 million beachfront mansion on Long Island, playing tennis in his private tennis court, occasionally dining out alone at local restaurants. “He’s…
Rod Rosenstein recently met with Donald Trump at the White House, stoking fears that the president might fire him, POLITICO reported. Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, is overseeing Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller’s investigation into criminal activity by members of Trump’s campaign team. The meeting, according to a source, concerned a matter that traditionally would…
(JTA) — Over a fifth of millennials in the United States have not heard of or are unsure if they have heard of the Holocaust, a study found. The survey, which was commissioned by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (also known as the Claims Conference), found that many Americans were unaware of…
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said in an appearance on Fox News Channel that the F.B.I.’s raid of the offices of Trump lawyer Michael Cohen was akin to the Gestapo, the Nazi regime’s secret police. “We’re supposed to have the rule of law, it ain’t the rule of law when they kick in your door…
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, who is still in contact with allies and employees of President Trump, is proposing a plan to save the presidency from the probe into Russian election interference by firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. Rosenstein oversees special counsel Robert Mueller and signed off…
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