(JTA) — A stabbing in Manhattan that initially left a Jewish man from Brooklyn clinging to life does not appear to be a hate crime. A 22-year-old FedEx worker stabbed Jack Gindi, 28, at least four times on Monday near the Empire State Building, leaving him in critical condition. He is currently listed in stable…
New York Assemblyman Dov Hikind announced Wednesday that he would retire after a controversial 36 years in office, Yiddish Nayes reported. Hikind, an outspoken supporter of Israel, began serving in the Assembly in 1983. His district now covers the heavily-Orthodox Brooklyn neighborhood of Borough Park. Although a Democrat, Hikind was known for frequently switching sides…
Tamika Mallory, the Women’s March co-president known for her refusal to condemn the anti-Semitic Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, received an award on Wednesday at Antioch College named after Coretta Scott King, the wife of Martin Luther King. Mallory had repeatedly praised Farrakhan on social media, as well as attended rallies sponsored by his…
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — The governor of Brazil’s Sao Paulo state apologized to the Jewish community for welcoming a Muslim clergyman accused of having ties with Hezbollah. Gov. Marcio Franca welcomed Sheikh Bilal Mohsen Wehbe as part of a group of members of the local Lebanese community during a visit to the state government…
A Palestinian journalist, shot by Israeli forces while covering a protest along the Gaza-Israel border nearly two weeks ago, died of his wounds on Wednesday, Palestinian health officials said. Ahmed Abu Hussein, 24, worked for Gaza’s Al-Shaab radio station and wore a protective vest marked “Press” at the protest on April 13, witnesses said. Photos…
Plans for twin-tower-style 66-story residential buildings in Jersey City, created by Jared Kushner when he was CEO of the Kushner Companies, are in danger of falling apart, Yeshiva World reported. The family real estate company threatened legal action against the New Jersey city, for allegedly ending negotiations without reason — or for the suspected reason…
The U.S. Treasury announced Tuesday it was easing sanctions on a major Russian aluminum firm — and said it would do away with the sanctions altogether if the firm cut ties with Russian Jewish oligarch Oleg Deripaska, POLITICO reported. The firm, Rusal, is the second-largest aluminum producer in the world. Deripaska, 50, is the company’s…
Rogue Brooklyn Senator Simcha Felder and the Republican Party have kept their hold on the New York state legislature even though Democrats won special elections on Tuesday. The Democrats are trying to take control of the state legislature and the Bronx and Westchester races they won might have made the difference, but then Felder, a…
Rahm Emanuel is facing one of the toughest battles in his nearly three-decade career in politics: his bid for a third term as mayor of Chicago, POLITICO reported. Emanuel has been pilloried for raising taxes and pursuing policies that some say have disadvantaged the city’s poorer residents. He still lives under a cloud of suspicion…
Sen. Simcha Felder may be on the political hot seat from now till November. The Brooklyn senator says he will stick with New York Republicans, even as Democrats won special elections that make him the sole vote keeping all branches of state government from being controlled by Democrats. “It’s my obligation to avoid a ……
(JTA) — The Zionist Organization of America is urging a survivor of the Parkland school shooting to change the title of his forthcoming book, saying that by using the term “Never Again,” author David Hogg “trivializes the horrors of the Holocaust.” Hogg, 18, who has emerged as one of the most vocal proponents of gun…
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