Kim Schrier led a crowded Democratic field after the Aug. 7 primary vote in a Seattle-area swing district where liberal voter enthusiasm appeared to be high, in another sign of a so-called “blue wave” in the November midterm elections. Schrier, who is Jewish, was running in second in the “jungle primary” to Republican Dino Rossi,…
Elissa Slotkin and Andy Levin won primaries for Congressional seats in Michigan as Democrats gear up for a push to retake control of the House of Representatives in November. Slotkin, a former CIA and Defense Department analyst who lives on a farm in the 8th District in southeast Michigan, handily won the Democratic primary and…
Brown University issued a statement Friday condemning an anti-Semitic incident that took place on campus last month, Jewish Journal reported. Two people not affiliated with the university displayed “a vulgar and highly offensive anti-Semitic sign, and attempting to engage members of our community in discussion” on July 31, according to a notice from Shontay Delalue,…
(JTA) — Poland has obtained a World War II-era archive that documents efforts by Polish diplomats to get Jews out of Europe by issuing fake passports from Latin American countries. The Eiss archive shows that 330 people survived the Holocaust due to the efforts of the Polish diplomats based in Switzerland, and another 387 were…
(JTA) — A Palestinian man who assaulted a Jewish man wearing a kippah on a train in Switzerland was sentenced to four months in prison for assault, but was not convicted of a hate crime. The assault occurred in February aboard a train near Lausanne, the German-language 20 Minuten news website reported Monday. It had not…
A self-proclaimed “Holocaust revisionist” is running for mayor of Hilton Head, South Carolina, and says his views won’t impact his policies as mayor, The Island Packet reported Tuesday. Michael Santomauro has no previous experience in government, according to The Island Packet. He worked as the editorial director of U.S. operations for the Theses and Dissertations…
Patrick Little, the neo-Nazi who claims Jews conspired to stop him from winning a U.S. Senate race in California, says he plans to establish a “regional capital” in northern Idaho, the Spokesman-Review of Spokane, Washington reported. His publicity tactic is familiar — anti-Semitic robocalls. Residents in Sandpoint, Idaho, said they received automated phone messages from…
Updated 4:25 p.m. A man in Preble, New York will not remove the Nazi flag flying in front of his home, saying that it is in response to a neighbor hacking his WiFi, Spectrum News reports. Jody Fish told Spectrum News that “no one is doing anything” about the neighbor’s alleged hacking, so he raised…
Updated, August 8, 1:10 p.m. A new proposal led by White House senior advisor Stephen Miller, expected within the next few weeks, would limit citizenship for legal immigrants, NBC News reported. According to drafts examined and other descriptions, legal migrants who have used welfare and other publicly-funded programs may be “hindered” from obtaining citizenship, NBC…
Ady Barkan is a progressive activist who recently released an advertisement endorsing Danny O’Connor, a Democrat running for Congress in Ohio’s 12th District, called “This dying father has a message for Ohio voters”, CNN reported. Barkan’s PAC purchased $100,000 worth of airtime to broadcast it. Barkan was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, an incurable neurodegenerative…
With the sound of the shofar, the runners will set off, racing through the heart of Israel. In a way, the Bible Marathon, which this year lands on Sept. 28, retells an event from the Book of Samuel, Breaking Israel News reported Tuesday. In the story, shortly after the Jews entered the Land of Israel,…
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