(JTA) — The newly passed New York State budget includes $15 million for STEM instruction in nonpublic schools, which had been heavily lobbied for by supporters of Jewish day schools. The increase in the 2018-2019 budget for the fiscal year 2019, which was passed on Saturday and took effect on Sunday, April 1, is a…
Young Jewish activists affiliated with the leftist group IfNotNow locked themselves to the doors of the office building where Israel’s Boston consulate is located on Tuesday morning to protest last week’s killing of protesters in Gaza, the group said in a statement. Eight activists physically locked themselves to each other and to the doors of…
(JTA) — Bruce Springsteen’s longtime guitarist Nils Lofgren found himself in a pickle on Friday night: Just hours before a sold-out solo show in Dallas, he discovered that his four vintage guitars had been stolen. Lofgren, who has also toured with Neil Young and Ringo Starr, tweeted that he was “devastated” by the robbery, but…
Updated 6:45 p.m. Only hours after the Israeli government reached an agreement with the United Nations over its plan to deport thousands of African asylum-seekers while allowing thousands more to stay, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Facebook that the plan was being suspended. Netanyahu wrote that he would be meeting on Tuesday morning with…
As scrutiny over their businesses deepens, the Kushner family starting to see the price of Jared’s push for fame and influence at the White House, the New York Times reported. Jared’s sister is reportedly stressed by the investigation into whether she used White House influence to woo investors. Jared and his brother Josh are at…
(JTA) — Actress Cynthia Nixon’s primary campaign against incumbent Andrew Cuomo for the Democratic nomination raises the possibility of a faceoff over Israel and the Palestinians. Nixon, who has been described as an impassioned liberal who would lead from the left, is challenging Cuomo’s progressive bona fides. Jewish voters might find it appealing that she…
A chapter of Canada’s third-largest political party sent out a Passover greeting using a photo of a family baking challah – a food that cannot be eaten during the holiday. The Manitoba caucus of the left-wing New Democratic Party sent out Facebook and Twitter statuses wishing its followers a happy Passover in English and transliterated…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — When the smoke from the rifles of Israeli sharpshooters and the firebombs thrown by Gaza Palestinians cleared in the wake of the Palestinian March of Return, there were at least 15 Palestinians dead and hundreds of protesters injured. Israel, meanwhile, had a huge PR mess. Israeli troops “overreacted” Friday in confronting thousands…
A Fox News report last week on the lawsuit between porn star Stormy Daniels and President Trump cited an unlikely source as a legal expert — Kyle Bristow, the lawyer who represented white supremacist leader Richard Spencer’s recent college tour. After Daniels appeared on “60 Minutes” discussing her relationship with Trump and the nondisclosure agreement…
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said Israelis are entitled to live peacefully on their own land in an interview published on Monday in The Atlantic, another public sign of ties between Riyadh and Jerusalem appearing to grow closer. Asked if he believes the Jewish people have a right to a nation-state in at…
Actor Seth Rogen said on Monday that the porn star Stormy Daniels had told him “around 10 years ago” about her alleged affair with Donald Trump. Rogen said in his interview on “Ellen” that Daniels had shared her story when she made cameo appearances in his films “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” and “Knocked Up.” “At the…
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