Michael Cohen, President Trump’s longtime personal lawyer, is struggling to go about his life as usual in the month since a dozen federal agents raided his home, office, and hotel room, Vanity Fair reported. Cohen, who is under investigation over his $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels in exchange for her silence about an…
(JTA) — The Holocaust denier known as the “Nazi Grandma” was arrested by German police days after she failed to appear at the prison where she was to start a two-year term for Holocaust denial. Ursula Haverbeck, 89, had been ordered to appear on April 23 at the prison in the town of Bielefeld after…
A Jewish candidate for Congress from Ohio said Monday that one of his campaign signs had been spray painted with a swastika, WBNS reported. Lawrence Cohen is one of 10 candidates vying for the Republican nomination in Ohio’s 12th district. He works as an accountant and has worked with the IRS. Cohen told the Forward…
Updated 9:50 p.m. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced his resignation on Monday, hours after The New Yorker published allegations by four former romantic partners accusing him of physical abuse. The women said that Schneiderman repeatedly hit them, often while intoxicated and sometimes as part of violent sexual roleplay to which they did not…
Prime Minister of Israel ?? and his wife ❤️ host the Prime Minister of Japan ?? Great honor to cook for you! Not obvious for me #unforgettable night ❤️?? A post shared by segevmoshe (@segevmoshe) on May 2, 2018 at 1:04pm PDT (JTA) — After a day of high-level meetings in Israel on May 2…
(JTA) — Women’s March leader Tamika Mallory said in a tweet that President Donald Trump’s so-called Muslim ban and plan for a wall on the border with Mexico were inspired directly by the policies of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Mallory, who returned over the weekend from a trip to Israel sponsored by the New…
A video of a man taunting a small Hasidic boy over his appearance went viral on Sunday, with the original clip viewed over 1 million times and copies of it seen at least a million more. The 13-second video shows a man coming across a three- or four-year-old boy in the street, looking upset and…
(JTA) — Sen. John McCain is using his new book and a documentary to publicly express his regret at not choosing former Senate colleague Joseph Lieberman as his running mate in the 2008 presidential election, The New York Times reported. McCain wrote in the book, which the newspaper said it obtained independently of the Arizona…
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has resigned after being accused of physical abuse by four women with whom he had relationships. Schneiderman issued a statement late Monday saying he could no longer continue as the state’s top lawman after the damaging accusations surfaced. The four ex-girlfriends told the New Yorker that Schneiderman, a liberal…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Trump said he would announce his decision on whether and how to stay in the Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday. “I will be announcing my decision on the Iran deal tomorrow from the White House at 2:00 pm,” Trump said Monday afternoon on Twitter. Trump has signaled that he would like…
An Indianapolis man avoided for decades reading the letter his mother wrote moments before she entered an Auschwitz gas chamber — but now it is displayed in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Frank Grunwald, 85, survived the Holocaust. His mother Vilma and his disabled brother had a different fate. Moments before…
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