Tracking Nazis in your neighborhood has never been easier. A new, continuously updating website called FashMaps provides a real-time look at neo-Nazis spread across the U.S. and the world. Its creators scour neo-Nazi message boards and websites like the Daily Stormer in order to identify white supremacists and Nazi activists and track their locations, Haaretz…
Steve Wynn resigned as CEO of Wynn Resorts, his Las Vegas casino empire, amid multiple newspaper reports that he sexually harassed employees and led a sexually exploitative workplace culture, the New York Times reported. “In the last couple of weeks, I have found myself the focus of an avalanche of negative publicity,” Wynn said in…
The Illinois Republican Party is exploring “all options” in its effort to thwart Arthur Jones, an anti-Semitic white supremacist and Holocaust denier who is running unopposed in the Republican primary for a Chicago-area congressional seat. “Going forward, the Illinois Republican Party will explore all options to oppose Mr. Jones’ candidacy — whether that be supporting…
Sebastian Gorka, the former aide to President Trump whose ties to a Nazi-linked group the Forward exposed last year, has joined the far-right Canadian news outlet The Rebel, LobeLog reported. The Rebel, often referred to as “Breitbart North,” has been accused of publishing anti-Semitic content. The website last year published a video titled “Ten Things…
There aren’t many 99-year-olds who tweet every day. But then again, Lester Wolff is unique in more ways than one. Wolff is the oldest living former member of Congress — and he shows no signs of slowing down. Wolff, a New York City native, was first elected to Congress in 1964, and served for several…
Prominent Haredi Orthodox rabbis have issued a ruling forbidding the use of smartwatches, the Israeli newspaper Kikar Hashabbat reported. “The severity of the destruction brought about by smartphones is already known…and the great rabbis of our generation have already warned us about the magnitude of the issue,” the rabbis wrote in their ruling, according to…
The Institute of Southern Jewish Life announced Tuesday that Aaron Rozovsky will be the organization’s next director of rabbinical services, traveling through the American South to serve as rabbi in small Jewish communities. “His passion for serving under-served Jewish communities, his past experience and his vision for this role all make him an ideal rabbi…
(JTA) — A leaked document alleges that the Palestinian Authority has been wiretapping its residents with the backing of the CIA. The document was shared on the messaging service WhatsApp by an anonymous employee of the Palestinian wiretapping agency last month, according to The Associated Press. It says the agency was set up jointly by three…
(JTA) – Polish President Andrzej Duda signed and finalized a law limiting rhetoric about the Holocaust, leading to a rebuke from U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. The United States is “disappointed,” Tillerson said Tuesday, following Duda’s final approval of a law introduced on Jan. 26 in the Polish parliament. It prescribes up to six…
Renowned shoe designer and entrepreneur Stuart Weitzman announced Tuesday that he and his family are donating $1 million to the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia. In recognition of this gift, the Museum’s “First Families” gallery, which explores the lives of early Jewish settlers in colonial America, will be named in honor of…
A secret 2008 recording of a conversation between a scandal-plagued governor and a future candidate for that same office is roiling Illinois politics. The recording between then-governor Rod Blagojevich and major Democratic donor J.B. Pritzker, now running for his party’s nomination for governor, features a discussion of who Blagojevich should appoint to the U.S. Senate…
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