One of the most noteworthy outcomes of the publication of journalist Michael Wolff’s scoop-filled book about the first year of the Trump presidency was the criticism of Breitbart News chairman and former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon by the “alt-right” white nationalist movement, which Bannon sought to curate as an audience for his website….
RAMAT GAN, Israel, (Reuters) – Ten overweight hedgehogs have had to go on strict diets and exercise regimes after they ate so much on the streets of Israel they struggled to curl up into a ball to fend off predators. Animal lovers found them waddling around and brought them into the hospital Ramat Gan zoo….
Ever since the Seattle Hebrew Academy was damaged by an earthquake in 2001, Jewish and non-Jewish religious groups have been trying to get the Federal Emergency Management Agency to grant repair funds to houses of worship hit by natural disaster. But internal rules put in place to ensure federal dollars don’t go to religious causes…
A lawsuit filed in New York this week goes to the heart of the stereotypical image of Israelis. Four flight attendants working on Delta’s New York – Tel Aviv route are alleging that the airline has harassed and abused Jewish and Israeli employees. The company, they claim, operates “under an express assumption that ethnic Jews…
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s parliament gave preliminary approval on Wednesday for legislation that would make it easier for a court to pass a death sentence on assailants convicted of murder in attacks classified as terrorism. Israeli military courts – which handle cases involving Palestinians in the occupied West Bank – already have the power to…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Palestinian teen believed to be carrying a gun was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers at a violent protest in the West Bank. The Israeli military said the teen was among some 30 Palestinian throwing rocks at Israeli troops on Wednesday afternoon in the village of Deir Nidham. Soldiers opened fire…
(JTA) — The mother of a neo-Nazi who co-runs the white supremacist website Daily Stormer and said Jewish children “deserve to die” has Jewish relatives on both sides of his family. Andrew “Weev” Auernheimer’s mother, Alyse, confirmed to Newsweek magazine in an article published Wednesday that her son comes from a “large, mixed race family”…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Iranian military intelligence operation in the West Bank was planning to carry out terror attacks and was collecting intelligence for the Islamic Republic. The Israel Security Agency, or Shin Bet, on Wednesday revealed that it had uncovered the terror cell working in the Hebron area, which was recruited and financed by…
(JTA) — Four current and former flight attendants have filed a lawsuit against Delta Air Lines alleging that the airline’s management has “an anti-Jewish, Hebrew and ethnic Israeli attitude.” The lawsuit was filed against Delta on Tuesday in United States District Court, Southern District of New York, located in Westchester County. All of the plaintiffs…
California Jews are ready for legal weed, JWeekly reported. For decades, Jews have been at the forefront of the statewide push for truly legal marijuana — a dream that came true on January 1, 2018, when recreational weed became available at retail stores from Los Angeles to Eureka. In a wide-ranging report, JWeekly showed how…
NEW YORK (JTA) — Members of two families killed in a plane crash in Costa Rica were being remembered for their involvement in Jewish and philanthropic causes. The Steinberg family of Scarsdale, in suburban New York, and the Weiss family of Belleair, Florida, were killed Sunday when the small plane in which they were passengers went…
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