This is a developing story. Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens was indicted Thursday afternoon on charges of felony invasion of privacy. Greitens was being investigated after a woman with whom he had an affair in 2015 accused him of blackmailing her by taking photos of her while she was naked and bound with tape. The husband…
Accusing him of accepting “blood money” from the National Rifle Association, some 400 activists protested Tuesday outside New York Rep. Lee Zeldin’s office in Patchogue. The protesters argued that the Long Island Republican, one of only two Jewish Republicans in Congress, is “selling our lives to the NRA.” Zeldin received nearly $29,000 last year from…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An impression of what is believed to be the 2,700-year-old personal seal of the prophet Isaiah was uncovered in Jerusalem. Isaiah lived during the eighth century BCE and prophesized about the return of the Jews from the Babylonian exile. Israeli archaeologist Eilat Mazar of the Hebrew University reported on her discovery Thursday…
(JTA) — The college-aged kids of a Jewish congressman from Florida are raising money to end gun violence by selling hamantaschen. Gabby, Serena and Cole Deutch launched the Bake Action Against Gun Violence initiative on Sunday. Their father is Rep. Ted Deutch, a Florida Democrat who represents the district where 17 people were killed last week in…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A television news poll found that 50% of Israelis believe that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, beset by corruption accusations, should resign. Some 33% of respondents said he should remain in office, according to results of the Hadashot survey released Wednesday evening following the latest developments in the scandal known as Case 4000….
Local Chabad rabbis used a meeting Monday morning with Florida governor Rick Scott to advocate for a mandated daily “moment of silence” in public schools in the wake of the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, according to Chabad.org. Rabbis from Chabad outposts near Parkland, Florida, where a teenaged gunman killed 17 people at…
Sebastian Gorka, the former White House counterterrorism advisor whose ties to a Nazi-linked group the Forward exposed last year, pushed a reporter and allegedly told him to “f—- off” during an altercation at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday. HOLY SHIT. Just now at CPAC, @SebGorka just raised his hand and threatened to hit…
A pro-Israel student group at the University of California, Irvine has been cleared of harassment charges by the school after pro-Palestinian students claimed that they were subjected to intimidation by visiting Israeli reservists. The club, called Students Supporting Israel, was found not responsible for violating UC Irvine’s student conduct policies after the local chapter of…
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A Palestinian man died after a confrontation with Israeli troops in the West Bank on Thursday that the Palestinian Authority condemned as a “cold-blooded execution.” The Israeli military said the man had attempted to attack troops and that it was investigating the incident. In security camera footage posted on social media and…
(JTA) — The Israeli army said it provided intelligence that prevented a plot by the Islamic State to bomb an Australian flight in August. An unnamed senior army officer said Wednesday that the Military Intelligence Unit 8200 had thwarted the planned attack, according to The Times of Israel. “The unit provided exclusive intelligence that led to…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Two U.S. congressmen were questioned by police after they removed an olive branch from the Temple Mount compound. Reps. Scott Tipton of Colorado and David McKinley of West Virginia, both Republicans, visited the site holy to Muslims and Jews on Thursday morning. They are part of a weeklong fact-finding mission hosted by…
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