WASHINGTON (JTA) — Kathy Manning, the first woman to be chair of the Jewish Federations of North America, is mounting a challenge as a Democrat to a right-wing Republican congressman in a district encompassing her hometown, Greensboro, N.C. Manning is challenging Ted Budd in North Carolina’s 13th district, a once reliable Democratic district that trends…
The Czech Republic is joining the United States in changing its recognition of Israel’s capital. Following President Trump’s White House announcement on Wednesday that the United States recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, the Central European nation — one of Israel’s closest diplomatic allies — followed suit, declaring on its foreign ministry’s website that…
AMMAN (Reuters) – Jordan on Wednesday rejected the U.S. decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, calling it “legally null.” Government spokesman Mohammad al-Momani told state news agency Petra that the announcement by President Trump violated longstanding U.N. Security Council resolutions that “stipulated the non-recognition of the Israeli occupation” of Jerusalem’s eastern sector…
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May disagrees with the U.S. decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel because it is unlikely to help efforts to bring peace to the region, her spokesman said on Wednesday. Jerusalem should ultimately be shared between Israel and a future Palestinian state, the spokesman said. “We…
(JTA) — Sen. Bernie Sanders said his colleague Al Franken’s announcement scheduled for Thursday should include his resignation following accusations of sexual harassment from more than a half dozen women. “Sen. Franken has said that he will be making an announcement about his political future tomorrow. The right thing is for him to resign,” Sanders, I-Vt.,…
White supremacist flyers were posted at Princeton University on Monday, the second time that this has occurred this year. One flyer was addressed to a person named Linda Oppenheim, whom The Daily Princetonian identified as a Princeton resident who works on racial and justice issues in the local community. “Hey Linda (((Oppenheim))),” the flyer begins,…
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Iran “seriously condemns” the U.S. decision to move its embassy to Jerusalem and its recognition of the city as Israel’s capital, read a statement on Wednesday from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs carried by state media. The move violates international resolutions, the statement said. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said earlier that…
Six women have filed a class-action lawsuit against disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein and his former businesses, alleging that they used a pattern of racketeering to “perpetuate and conceal Weinstein’s widespread sexual harassment and assault.” The lawsuit claims that Weinstein and his companies’ staffs, boards of directors, investigators and friendly journalists formed what they called…
Two popular New York public radio hosts have been put on leave as their station investigates allegations of inappropriate conduct. Leonard Lopate and Jonathan Schwartz were being taken off WNYC airwaves immediately, the station announced Wednesday. “New York Public Radio takes these kinds of allegations very seriously and is reviewing these matters promptly,” WNYC CEO…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital is “an important step towards peace.” Netanyahu in a statement issued Wednesday moments after President Donald Trump made the announcement from the White House called it a “historic day.” He said the Jewish people and the Jewish state…
At least ten Democratic senators have called on Sen. Al Franken to resign after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct. Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (New York), Patty Murray (Washington), Claire McCaskill (Missouri), Mazie Hirono (Hawaii), Kamala Harris (California), Maggie Hassan (New Hampshire) and Tammy Baldwin (Wisconsin) all issued statements within minutes of each other on…
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