Rabbi Shlomo Einhorn, rabbi and dean of the Yavneh Hebrew Academy of Los Angeles, called for a campaign that “challenges each of its community members to fill the next 59 days with 59 good deeds”. In a letter to school parents and members, Rabbi Shlomo Einhorn wrote: As we approach Sukkot and in the wake…
Ruth Bader Ginsburg clapped back at new colleague Neil Gorsuch in a biting riposte on Tuesday as the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Gill v. Whitford, a case before the court challenging partisan gerrymandering. “Maybe we can just for a second talk about the arcane matter of the Constitution,” Gorsuch, appointed by President Trump…
A white nationalist and a proud Jewish woman sit down on a couch. It sounds like the start of a bad joke, but it’s the beginning of the latest video by edgy filmmaker Jessie Kahnweiler. WATCH:
A man says he found documents from Nazi Germany containing the signatures of Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, Joaquim von Ribbentrop and other prominent Nazis in a van he bought at an auction, the Register-Guard reported. The man, from Eugene, Oregon, bought the 1985 blue Ford Econoline at an auction in mid-September, and discovered the paperwork…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat sent a letter of sympathy and support to the Jewish mayor of Las Vegas. The letter to Mayor Carolyn Goodman was sent on Tuesday. At least 58 people were killed and more than 500 injured in the attack Sunday night on tens of thousands of people attending a…
A startling expose has revealed that Manhattan’s district attorney, Cyrus Vance, had prosecutors in his office stop pursuing a criminal case against Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. in 2012 after a visit from Marc Kasowitz, who had been a top donor to Vance’s campaign. According to the story, which was produced by WNYC, Pro…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Fla., a senior House Democrat who opposed the Iran nuclear deal, is leading an effort to persuade President Donald Trump to abide by the agreement. “Some of us voted for, and some against the Iran nuclear agreement,” said the letter due to be sent Wednesday to Trump with signatures…
A Jewish man flew down to Puerto Rico to help evacuate his sick friend to Florida as Hurricane Maria closed in a heart-warming tale. Elie Finegold, a native of Dallas, Texas, flew to San Juan, Puerto Rico to be at the side of his long-time friend Clovis Tobias, who had been evacuated to Puerto Rico…
A former German actress and model has told Swiss authorities that film director Roman Polanski raped her at his mountain chalet in 1972 when she was 15 years old, local prosecutors said on Wednesday. A lawyer for the 84-year-old French-Polish film director said he was aware of the allegation by Renate Langer and he dismissed…
(JTA) — A teacher at a Jewish nursery school in London claims she was fired for living with her boyfriend. Zelda de Groen, 24, is suing the Gan Menachem Nursery in Hendon, North London, for more than $26,000 charging religious and sexual discrimination, according to British media. The nursery for children under the age of…
(JTA) — An anti-Semitic flyer that threatens Jews sent to a kosher bakery in Brooklyn is under investigation by police. The notice sent to the Weiss Bakery in the haredi Orthodox neighborhood of Boro Park this week read: “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!! JUDEN RAUS (jews out). N***|**S AND F***|**S MUST BURN IN HELL. CHRISTIAN IDENTITY…
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