(JTA) — The mayor of Rio de Janeiro joined some 9,000 Jews and non-Jews at the debut of a Jewish street festival in the city. “Respect for all religions is fundamental in a city that is already experiencing anomalous violence. And we do not need any kind of religious phobia. The fact there are so…
(JTA) — The man who painted a swastika and an anti-Semitic slur on a Staten Island garage door told police that he knew the family who lived there was Jewish “because of the way they spoke.” James Rizzo, 37, was arrested on Thursday and arraigned on Friday, four days after he vandalized his neighbor’s house…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The leader of an Israeli extremist anti-coexistence group was arrested for allegedly threatening Jewish women in relationships with Arab men. Benzi Gopstein, leader of the Lehava organization, was arrested late Saturday night after a police raid on his home. The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court on Sunday remanded him to house arrest. Fourteen other…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli gave birth to her second child, a daughter. The baby was welcomed on Friday night by Refaeli and her husband, Israeli businessman Adi Ezra, whose family owns the Israeli food importing company Neto ME Holdings. The couple were married in September 2015 at a venue in Haifa that…
(JTA) — A Texas state representative blamed “confusion” for a Houston suburb’s decisio to demand its residents certify to receive hurricane relief. Republican State Rep. Phil King authored state legislation against BDS, or boycotts of Israel, earlier this year. The legislation went into effect last month. “This bill in no way applies to the type…
Yad Vashem, the Holocaust remembrance museum in Israel, has recognized Mohamed Helmy for his bravery in rescuing Jews in Nazi Berlin. This is the first time that an Arab has received the honor of being a “Righteous Among the Nations” (better known as “Righteous Gentile”) from the commission. An Egyptian brought up in Khartoum, Helmy…
A jailed drug dealer won nearly $6,000 from the British government after being denied kosher food in prison — only to see the government take back the money as it tries to claw back his ill-gotten profits. Frederick Colverson was convicted of conspiring to supply class A drugs and sentenced to 25 years in prison…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not confirmed to address the Jewish Federations of North America annual General Assembly next month, a rarity for the signature Jewish community event. “The leadership of the State of Israel is always represented at Jewish Federations’ annual conference,” JFNA spokeswoman Rebecca Dinar said Sunday in a statement…
More than 30 women came forward to the Los Angeles Times about the sexual harassment they say they received from Oscar-nominated writer-director James Toback. Of the 38 women who spoke to the L.A. Times, 31 agreed to be named and on-the-record about Toback’s alleged behavior, dating back to the 1980s and as recently as 2008….
(JTA) — Thursday night was rough for a Chicago Cubs fan like myself. After watching my beloved team win the World Series last year — the team’s first championship in 108 years, mind you — I was hoping to see the talented young squad do it again. Sadly, it was not to be. Things already…
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — The Palestinian mission to Colombia tweeted a quote from late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat calling for the destruction of the State of Israel. “The PLO mission in Colombia tweeted a Yasser Arafat quote: ‘Our goal is the end of Israel…We don’t want peace. We want war and victory’,” reported Israel’s Prime Minister…
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