(JTA) — Citing Muslim extremism, two Cabinet ministers in Sweden called for closing all faith schools in the country. At a news conference Tuesday, Secondary Education Minister Anna Ekström and Public Administration Minister Ardalan Shekarabi said they supported banning faith schools. “The important thing for us is that in school there are no confessional elements,”…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Two Arab Israeli lawmakers have been banned from accepting funds for travel abroad from organizations that support a boycott against Israel. The lawmakers’ requests were turned down on Tuesday by the Knesset’s Ethics Committee, Times of Israel reported. The rejection was based on a motion passed in January citing a blacklist by Israel’s…
(JTA) — Stephen Hawking, the famed physicist who died Wednesday at 76, had a publicly strained relationship with Israel. Although Hawking visited the country several times, giving lectures at Israeli and Palestinian universities, he pointedly boycotted an academic conference in Jerusalem in 2013. However, Hawking has an Israeli scientist to thank for some of his…
Larry Kudlow, a conservative cable news analyst, will step in as Trump’s top economic adviser following the resignation of Gary Cohn. Kudlow, who until now worked as an economic pundit for CNBC, has been close to Trump for years and kept in touch with him after the elections. Trump phoned Kudlow Tuesday night and offered…
After the ousting of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, speculation over which Trump cabinet member is next to go is now shifting to the embattled Secretary of Veterans Affairs, David Shulkin. Shulkin has been harshly criticized following an internal investigation into his wife’s taxpayer-covered trip to Europe and possible misuse of his personal security detail….
A video of a crowd heckling Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin at the University of California, Los Angeles last month has been released after being withheld at Mnuchin’s request. Mnuchin was subjected to near-constant hissing from the start of the speech, but tried to make light of the situation. “I normally go speak to people who…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Popular Israel music artists Static and Ben-El have signed a recording contract with Capitol Records. The seven-album, 10-year contract with the duo, whose real names are Liraz Russo, 27, and Ben-El Tavori, 26, was facilitated by Israeli-American millionaire and media mogul Haim Saban. The deal reportedly is worth $5 million. Saban Capital…
Roger Stone, a longtime political adviser to President Trump, told former Trump aide Sam Nunberg in 2016 that he had met with Wikileaks leader Julian Assange in London, Nunberg told The Washington Post on Tuesday. Another Stone associate also confirmed to the paper that Stone had made those claims. Nunberg told the Post that investigators…
Nearly 2,000 special menorahs given out during the Golden State Warriors’ Jewish Heritage Night last December have been recalled. According to press releases, the glue that holds the menorah together can melt if exposed to heat, leading the candle to fall over and start a fire. No injuries have been reported from the use of…
NEW YORK (JTA) — A new study will provide free testing for three mutations that substantially increase the risk for developing breast, ovarian and prostate cancer among people with Eastern European Jewish ancestry. The BRCA Founder Outreach Study (BFOR), which was launched last week, will test 4,000 men and women in four U.S. cities —…
Steve Goldstein, the State Department’s undersecretary for public affairs and public diplomacy, emerged in recent months as Rex Tillerson’s chief spokesperson. On Tuesday, shortly after news broke about Tillerson’s firing, it was Goldstein who spoke to the press, relaying the ousted secretary’s feelings. “The secretary did not speak to the president and is unaware of…
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