(JTA) — A 22-year-old Jewish man known to have extremist views was sentenced to four years in prison for the 2015 arson at a historic church in northern Israel. The Nazareth Magistrate’s Court also ordered Yinon Reuveni to pay some $14,000 in compensation to the Church of the Multiplication of Loaves and Fishes in the Galilee, a…
Last month, First Daughter and White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump sided with the women who levied accusations of sexual misconduct against Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, saying there is a “special place in hell for people who prey on children.” Steve Bannon, Trump’s former top strategist and Moore’s biggest backer, responded Monday, a day…
GAZA, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Two Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants riding on a motorcycle in Gaza were killed in an explosion on Tuesday which the group implied was caused by an accidental detonation during preparations for an attack. Israel’s military denied accounts by local residents that the militants were killed in an air strike. Violence…
Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman, the leader of the non-Hasidic Lithuanian haredi-Orthodox community, has died at the age of 104. Shteinman died on Tuesday morning of cardiac arrest after being in and out of the hospital for much of the last year. Hundreds of thousands of mourners attended Shteinman’s funeral, which began in front of his…
Ivanka Trump’s absentee ballot wasn’t counted in New York’s elections last month, the Daily News reported. The president’s daughter did send her absentee ballot to New York City’s board of elections. But she mailed it on election day, which was too late for the vote to be counted. Her stepmother, Melania Trump, had a similar…
(JTA) — A Conservative synagogue in Los Angeles was targeted with a spray painted swastika and gang symbols. Temple Aliyah in the Woodland Hills neighborhood was vandalized on Monday. The Los Angeles Police Department told the Los Angeles Jewish Journal that it considers the attack a hate crime, but it has no suspects because the…
In an emotional return to his late night show, Jimmy Kimmel brought his infant son onstage to speak about children’s healthcare. Kimmel, host of “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” was on leave last week while his 7-month-old son underwent his second heart surgery. Kimmel railed against Congress for failing to secure funding for the Children’s Health Insurance…
On the eve of Alabama’s long-awaited special election, Roy Moore’s wife decided to clear the air about her husband’s alleged anti-Semitic statements. The Republican candidate has made derogatory statements about billionaire philanthropist George Soros that many called anti-Semitic. “Fake news would tell you that we don’t care for Jews,” said Kayla Moore, adding that she…
A discussion on CNN about Roy Moore’s chances in Tuesday’s Senate race in Alabama went off the rails Monday when one panelist tried to defend Roy Moore’s comments on the positive side of America’s history of slavery. The Los Angeles Times reported in September that Moore had been asked by an African-American man when he…
(JTA) — The suspect in a pipe bomb attack on New York’s Port Authority Bus Terminal said he was motivated by Israeli actions in Gaza, CNN reported. Akayed Ullah spoke with authorities at Bellevue Hospital, where he was taken after the bomb went off prematurely. He was the sole casualty in the attack when his homemade…
Eric Greitens, Missouri’s first Jewish governor and a Navy SEAL veteran, loves working out, loves to take his hobby to the extreme, and loves to share his videos on Facebook. The Associated Press could not help noticing that Greitens’ activities more closely resemble Arnold Schwarzenegger’s movie star exploits than the typical events of ordinary Republican…
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