RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tweeted a message of gratitude to Mexico following its announcement that it would not vote against the Jewish state in upcoming votes at the United Nations. “Thank you President of Mexico @EPN and Secretary of Foreign Affairs Videgaray for refusing to go along with one…
(JTA) — Two people broke into an Orthodox synagogue in Norfolk, Virginia, and spent two hours wandering through its halls and vandalizing the inside of the building. The late night hijinks were captured by surveillance cameras placed in the B’Nai Israel Congregation’s hallways. The man and woman entered the synagogue through an unlocked front door…
Aly Raisman came under shocking attack from ex-teammate Gabby Douglas, who suggested the Olympics golden girl shared some blame for being sexually abused, because of her “sexy” fashion sense. Douglas said in a tweet that “dressing in a sexy/provocative way entices the wrong crowd.” She later deleted the message. Douglas was replying to Raisman’s tweet…
A month after regulators kicked a Milwaukee, Wisconsin drug treatment clinic out of the Medicaid program, another clinic opened in the same location. According to a new report from Milkwaukee television station FOX 6, both are owned by neighbors from the faraway Satmar Hasidic enclave of Kiryas Joel, New York. “I don’t see how the…
Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam, made reference to “good Jews” and 9/11 conspiracy theories in a speech at in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, RNS reported. Farrakhan spoke at the Watergate Hotel for over two hours, touching on race, North Korea and Donald Trump. “I am here from my teacher, not out of…
Was “Al Frankenstien” a typo? A joke? An anti-Semitic dog whistle? Such were the questions Friday night after President Donald Trump tweeted his thoughts on the new sexual harassment allegations against Senator Al Franken, who apologized earlier in the day for kissing and groping a woman without her consent on a USO tour in 2006….
A Florida man was charged with writing “Heil Hitler” on a Jewish preschool and causing thousands of dollars of damage to its classrooms, NBC-2 reported. Michael Dami, 19, targeted the Naples Preschool of the Arts, a part of the Naples Chabad center. He was caught on camera defacing the school in October. Police reported that…
Richard Spencer, the white nationalist, said he may leave Twitter after losing his verification badge Wednesday. In two tweets posted Thursday evening, Spencer announced the potential move and bemoaned what he called an attack on free speech. “Twitter had the chance to become a true global public square, the preeminent free-speech platform of the digital…
Embattled Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore held a rally on Thursday to demonstrate that members of the religious community continue to support him amid multiple allegations of sexual assault. During the parade of faith leaders who stood at a podium to proclaim their support for Moore, one man stood out: Rabbi Noson Leiter, who claimed…
Days after hosting a gala attended by former Trump advisers Sebastian Gorka and Steve Bannon, the Zionist Organization of America’s longtime chief took to Twitter to unleash on leftist critics. In tweets this week, ZOA President Morton Klein attacked two young Jewish left-wing activists, calling one a “mindless idiot” and another a “pathetic frightened Jew”….
A lawsuit filed by a Canadian financial firm has shed new light on the practices of BlackCube, an investigation firm founded by former Mossad agents that was paid by Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer to learn more about sexual assault allegations against him. Black Cube employees create fake identities in order to grow closer to Weinstein’s accusers…
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