(JTA) — Improved ties with Israel proves that the United States is more “beloved” around the world than under the previous administration, a White House spokesman said. He also said that Israel was “virtually” thought of as an enemy of the United States under the Obama administration. Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley told reporters aboard…
(JTA) – Claude Lanzmann, one of the world’s foremost makers of documentary films about the Holocaust, has died. Lanzmann, a French Jew who directed the canonical 1985 film “Shoah,” died at the age of 92 in Paris on Thursday, Le Monde reported. Although he is best known for the 9-hour-long documentary bearing the Hebrew-language name…
(JTA) — A letter written by Albert Einstein on the day he renounced his German citizenship, after realizing he could not return due to the rise of the Nazis, was sold. The letter written on board the S.S. Belgenland and dated March 28, 1933, sold for $30,250 at the Nate D. Sanders Auction House in…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A ban on all Israeli lawmakers visiting the Temple Mount was lifted. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said in a letter to Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein that all lawmakers, including government ministers, will be permitted to visit the Temple Mount once every three months. The decision comes a week after Likud…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Several earthquakes, including one measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale, jolted the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel on Wednesday morning. Most of the earthquakes, known as a swarm, were small and unnoticeable. But at least one measured in at 4.1 at about 4:50 a.m., according to the Geophysical Institute of Israel….
Alan Dershowitz took to Twitter on Tuesday to insist he wasn’t “whining” about being shunned by old friends in Martha’s Vineyard, who don’t agree with his pro-Trump ideology. (1/2) I’m reveling not whining. I’m proud of taking an unpopular, principled position that gets me shunned by partisan zealots. It’s not about me. I couldn’t care…
The Rhode Island Democratic Party endorsed a candidate who appears to have once been a vocal supporter of Donald Trump and alt-right figures, rather than backing the progressive incumbent, Slate reported Monday. Challenger Michael Earnheart describes himself on his Facebook page as a “moderate” and responded to questions about his political positions with statements of…
(JTA) — Like many Israelis visiting Europe, Lior Brooks is keenly aware of his compatriots’ reputation abroad for rudeness. The boorish stereotype is so well known that it has its own term there – “the ugly Israeli” – and been the subject of many an awareness-raising campaign. There’s even an entire nonprofit, Good Will Ambassadors,…
Adam Sandler looking sharp, crashing weddings in his VCU Hoops gear! Via: https://t.co/T4zNKTA8Pv#LetsGoVCU pic.twitter.com/HIW3QBo3Ts — VCU Basketball (@VCU_Hoops) June 28, 2018 (JTA) — Adam Sandler wasn’t in “Wedding Crashers,” but he plays the part well. Alexandra Steinberg and Kevin Goldstein were in the middle of their wedding day photo shoot at a downtown Montreal hotel…
Curious as to why Twitter continues to verify white supremacists, Seth Rogen went straight to the source — the social network’s founder, Jack Dorsey. The actor sent Dorsey a direct message, which Rogan asserted on Wednesday led to a fruitless exchange. I’ve been DMing with @jack about his bizarre need to verify white supremacists on…
The Department of Justice recently recovered and pieced together records found in a shredder belonging to President Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen, but the findings aren’t as juicy as people speculated. BuzzFeed News obtained the documents, which are a combination of documents that prosecutors already had, handwritten notes about his taxi business, insurance papers and…
