Rod Rosenstein, in defending the independence of Robert S. Mueller’s investigation, could be threatening the independence of the Department of Justice, the New York Times reported. Rosenstein, the deputy director of DOJ, has walked a fine line over the past two weeks. There have been ample rumors coming out of the White House that Donald…
(JTA) — In a phone call last year with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Donald Trump asked him whether or not he genuinely wants peace, according to a new report. Trump asked the question in the wake of news reports that Netanyahu had planned to build new settlement housing to placate members of his…
(JTA) — An identifiably Jewish man was beaten and choked while walking home from Shabbat services in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. It is the second such attack in two weeks. The Jewish man was walking home from prayer services at about 1:30 on Saturday afternoon. He told the CrownHights.info news website that he…
Temple University in Philadelphia suspended the school’s chapter of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity amid an investigation into two alleged sexual assaults at their off-campus house. University police said Friday that they had received “multiple credible reports” of alleged crimes at AEPi events, including sexual assaults, underage drinking and drug use. One alleged victim told…
(JTA) — Washington, D.C., councilman Trayon White said a $500 donation to the Nation of Islam was meant to show his appreciation for local black men who have helped him to reach and help local youth. White, already under fire for saying on Facebook that rich Jews control the weather and for leaving an organized tour…
Clare Bronfman, the daughter of the late Jewish philanthropist Edgar Bronfman, is now in charge of the alleged sex slavery cult Nxivm after its leaders were arrested, the New York Post reported Saturday. Bronfman, who along with her sister Sara has reportedly poured millions of dollars into the group, moved their headquarters from Mexico to…
Updated 6:20 p.m. More than 2,000 alumni of Barnard College, including members of the Board of Trustees, have signed a petition urging the school administration to reject the results of a student referendum calling on them to divest from eight companies that do business in Israel. The elite women’s college, one of the most heavily…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party condemned Israeli-American actress Natalie Portman on Saturday for refusing to accept the $2 million Genesis Prize because of her opposition to him and his government. “Such hypocrisy!” the party said in a statement on Saturday, according to the Times of Israel. “Natalie Portman speaks about democracy but she…
(JTA) — A rabbi living in the southern Swedish city of Malmo said that two teenagers who last year came to the local synagogue to threaten Jews apologized for their actions. Moshe David HaCohen revealed the incident to the media for the first time in an interview aired Wednesday by Sveriges Radio. The high school students,…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s military is investigating the death of a Palestinian teen killed during protests on the Gaza-Israel border. Mohammed Ayoub, 15, was killed Friday during the fourth week of protests along Gaza’s border with Israel, part of the so-called “Great March of Return.” His shooting about 100 meters from the border was captured…
A southern California man has been charged with hate crimes after prosecutors say he had “kill lists” of prominent members of the Jewish community in his home. Nicholas Wesley Rose, 26, pleaded not guilty on Thursday to making criminal threats and violating civil rights, with hate crime enhancements. A family member had called the police…
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