President Trump and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer have an on-again, off-again relationship, and now it is off-again — after Schumer criticized Trump’s new policy toward Iran. Schumer, who in 2015 opposed the nuclear deal reached by the Obama administration, has since changed his mind and he now opposes Trump’s efforts to make changes in…
Historical gems around the globe, ranging from a Syrian bazaar and the last active synagogue in Alexandria to England’s Blackpool Piers and Alabama civil rights buildings, are threatened by war, disasters and urbanization, a monument conservation group said on Monday. The 25 of the world’s at-risk sites include rock art at Matobo Hills Cultural Landscape…
The Kushner family’s building at 666 Fifth Avenue is in deepening trouble as the family’s chief partner in the venture, Steve Roth’s Vornado Realty, is publicly splitting with them on their plans for the property, Bloomberg News reported. The Kushner family firm had hoped to transform the troubled building into a hotel with a mall…
The Jewish Labor Bund, the Russian socialist political party that was touchstone of international Jewish leftism in the early 20th century, is marking its 120th anniversary with a celebration hosted by the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. The celebration, slated for October 22 at the Center for Jewish History, will include historical panels and musical…
The Israeli government has suspended a plan to create a database of the names of all Jewish college students in the U.S., Haaretz reported. The plan was scuttled after Haaretz released an article detailing the controversial initiative. The company that was supposed to run the initiative, Mosaic United, is run by Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora…
The Philadelphia City Council president introduced a bill last week that would prohibit local public employees from displaying symbols that could be seen as promoting hate speech. This comes after a BuzzFeed News story about a Philadelphia police officer who faced no discipline for displaying a tattoo on his arm that appeared to be a…
(JTA) — Filmmaker Woody Allen clarified his remarks about Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein made in an interview with the BBC. “When I said I felt sad for Harvey Weinstein, I thought it was clear the meaning was because he is a sad, sick man,” Allen said in a statement to Variety on Sunday night. “I…
The Weinstein Company has entered talks to sell the bulk of its assets to private equity firm Colony Capital, the companies said on Monday, as the film production company looks for stability after the departure of co-founder Harvey Weinstein. The announcement about the deal talks comes only days after co-Chairman Bob Weinstein, Harvey’s brother and…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An ancient Roman theater and eight stone courses, or layers of cut stone, were uncovered in excavations in the Western Wall Tunnels in Jerusalem. The preserved archeological discoveries were unveiled to the media on Monday by the Israel Antiquities Authority, following work to remove an 8-meter layer of earth under Wilson’s Arch, the…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Islamic State claimed responsibility for two rockets fired from the Sinai Peninsula at southern Israeli communities. ISIS made the claim on Monday, hours after the Sunday night attack, which triggered a Code Red alarm for Israeli communities near the border with Gaza. The Islamic State’s official news agency Amaq said ISIS…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israel Air Force attacked and incapacitated a missile launcher deep in Syria after it fired a surface-to-air missile toward Israeli military jets. The Syrian missile was fired Sunday morning at Israel Air Force jets during a “routine flight” over Lebanon, the IDF said. Israeli fighter jets responded by firing bombs at…
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