JERUSALEM (JTA) — U.S.-born Jewish terrorist Jack Teitel, who is serving two life sentences for killing Palestinians, has asked the Israel Prison Service to leave jail for his son’s brit milah. A Florida native, Teitel made aliyah in 2000. He has been in an Israeli jail since his arrest in October 2009. He was sentenced…
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — The umbrella group of Dutch Jewish communities began a probe of the actions of a local Chabad rabbi who is accused of molesting children in the United States. The Organization of Jewish Communities in the Netherlands, or NIK, on Wednesday announced the initiation of the probe of Rabbi Mendel Levine, a man in his…
Jared Kushner’s financial ties to major Israeli firms continue to deepen with the revelation of a $30 million investment made by a major Israeli insurer into one of Kushner’s real estate ventures, the New York Times reported. The investment, from Menora Mivtachim, one of Israel’s largest financial institutions, was made shortly before President Donald Trump’s…
White House adviser Stephen Miller was escorted off the set of CNN’s “State of the Union” after a highly contentious interview with host Jake Tapper, Business Insider reported Sunday. Two sources told the news website that Miller refused polite requests to leave after taping his interview segment, forcing security to be called to escort him…
A 19-year-old Jewish college student home in California on break has been missing since Tuesday, when he left his parents’ house to meet a friend and never returned. Blaze Bernstein, a pre-med student at the University of Pennsylvania who contributed to the school’s literary magazine, left the house in Foothill Ranch in Orange County to…
(JTA) — Comedian Sarah Silverman posted birthday wishes on Instagram to her 19-year-old nephew showing a photo of him as a baby and a photo of him as an Israeli soldier, leading to hateful messages in response. This baby is now a 19 year old soldier. OY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, @adar_abramowitz_silverman I LOVE YOU A ZILLION!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef said in his weekly address that he is opposed to a bill that would allow the death penalty for terrorists. Yosef said he was concerned about a Jewish terrorist receiving a death sentence, and referred specifically to the Jewish extremists who firebombed a Palestinian home in…
(JTA) — Several pieces of ancient art were seized from the office and home of billionaire philanthropist Michael Steinhardt. The art, worth a total of more than $1 million, are believed to have been looted from Greece and Italy, the New York Times reported Friday. Steinhardt, co-founder of the Birthright program and a major donor…
(JTA) — An Egyptian intelligence officer asked influential talk show hosts in the country to downplay the significance of President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Capt. Ashraf al-Kholi said in the phone calls that Egypt would denounce the decision in public to keep it in line with the other Arab countries, but…
In a combative interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” host Jake Tapper went toe-to-toe with White House adviser Stephen Miller, who slammed the network’s news coverage instead of answering Tapper’s questions. Tapper eventually shut the conversation short, saying, “I think I’ve wasted enough of our viewers’ time.” Miller was also critical of remarks his…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Strategic Affairs Ministry has placed the left-wing, California-based Jewish Voice for Peace and five other U.S. groups on a BDS blacklist. Hadashot News, the Israel Television News Company, first reported Saturday night that members of JVP, which has over 200,000 online supporters and 70 chapters, could be banned from entering the…
