Updated, 5:00 p.m. The four Oshry sisters, each Instagram celebrities, have made significant efforts to conceal that their mother is Pamela Geller, known for her Islamophobia and hard-right ideology, The Daily Beast reported Wednesday. Geller, who has been condemned by the Southern Poverty Law Center for hate speech, was an organizer of the “Draw the…
A veteran Jewish political organizer has formed a new group to oppose President Trump and elect Democrats. The group, Changing the Conversation Together, is using a method called “deep canvassing,” in which volunteers aim to engage voters in longer conversations that build mutual understanding, empathy, and change minds. Studies have shown the efficacy of this…
The California Democratic Party adopted a resolution at their annual convention on Sunday to oppose federal bills intended to thwart the movement to boycott Israel. The party’s legislative committee also supported a proposed federal bill preventing the Israel Defense Forces from using U.S. tax dollars to detain Palestinian children, but did not make it into…
The mayor of Oakland, Libby Schaaf, said Tuesday that she was proud of warning the public about Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s plans to conduct a raid on undocumented immigrants in the Bay Area. Schaaf, who is Jewish, announced in front of TV cameras on Saturday that she had “multiple credible sources” claiming that ICE was…
The Trump administration’s proposal for an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal could include recognizing a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, the Saudi newspaper Asharq al-Awsat reported Wednesday. The report, citing “knowledgeable Arab diplomatic sources,” claimed that the United States was also proposing that the Old City of Jerusalem would be placed under “international protection.”…
Rabbi Lynne Landsberg, a prominent Reform rabbi and social justice activist, died Monday of cancer at the age of 66, the News Leader of Staunton, Virginia reported. Landsberg was an advocate for the disabled who became disabled herself after a 1999 car accident. She was the leader of two Reform congregations in Virginia and a…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Malcolm Hoenlein, the executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, is stepping aside after more than three decades of helming the umbrella foreign policy group for the U.S. Jewish community. He will remain with the conference in an as yet undetermined capacity. An email Monday from…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Supreme Court delayed by three months the scheduled demolition of homes in a West Bank outpost built completely or in part on Palestinian-owned land. The court on Wednesday agreed to a government request to postpone the demolition in the Netiv Haavot outpost while it prepares temporary housing for the 15 families…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Polish delegation arrived in Israel to come to an understanding between the two countries on the controversial Holocaust law. The delegation will meet on Thursday with a team headed by the Director-General of the Foreign Affairs Ministry Yuval Rotem. Both delegations are made up of historians, journalists, lawyers and diplomats, the…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A lawsuit filed against a venerated haredi Orthodox elementary school in Jerusalem alleges physical and sexual abuse within the institution. The lawsuit was filed last week in Jerusalem Magistrates Court against Talmud Torah Kaminetz by a former student who is now an adult. He was assisted in preparing and filing the lawsuit…
Anthony Scaramucci, who served a short but colorful reign as President Trump’s chief spokesman, is cultivating relationships in the Orthodox community as he plans a comeback, according to a McClatchy report. Scaramucci is scheduled to appear or be honored at upcoming events hosted by the National Council of Young Israel and JBiz Expo, both Orthodox…
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