President Trump is a known lover of McDonald’s — former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski recently claimed that the most powerful man in the world would often order two Big Macs, two Filet-o-Fish sandwiches and a chocolate milkshake for a meal during the campaign. But Trump’s decision to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel…
(JTA) — The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bipartisan bill that increases the federal penalties for bomb threats and other credible threats of violence against religious institutions. The bill, sponsored by Reps. David Kustoff, R-Tenn., and Derek Kilmer, D-Wash., passed Monday by a vote of 402 to 2. It was co-sponsored by more than…
(JTA) — The Senate unanimously passed a bill to help Holocaust survivors and the families of victims obtain restitution or the return of Holocaust-era assets. The Justice for Uncompensated Survivors Today, or JUST Act, which was introduced in February by Sens. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisc., and Marco Rubio, R-Fla., received unanimous approval on Tuesday, The measure requires…
(JTA) — A 22-year-old Jewish man known to have extremist views was sentenced to four years in prison for the 2015 arson at a historic church in northern Israel. The Nazareth Magistrate’s Court also ordered Yinon Reuveni to pay some $14,000 in compensation to the Church of the Multiplication of Loaves and Fishes in the Galilee, a…
Last month, First Daughter and White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump sided with the women who levied accusations of sexual misconduct against Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, saying there is a “special place in hell for people who prey on children.” Steve Bannon, Trump’s former top strategist and Moore’s biggest backer, responded Monday, a day…
GAZA, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Two Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants riding on a motorcycle in Gaza were killed in an explosion on Tuesday which the group implied was caused by an accidental detonation during preparations for an attack. Israel’s military denied accounts by local residents that the militants were killed in an air strike. Violence…
Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman, the leader of the non-Hasidic Lithuanian haredi-Orthodox community, has died at the age of 104. Shteinman died on Tuesday morning of cardiac arrest after being in and out of the hospital for much of the last year. Hundreds of thousands of mourners attended Shteinman’s funeral, which began in front of his…
Ivanka Trump’s absentee ballot wasn’t counted in New York’s elections last month, the Daily News reported. The president’s daughter did send her absentee ballot to New York City’s board of elections. But she mailed it on election day, which was too late for the vote to be counted. Her stepmother, Melania Trump, had a similar…
(JTA) — A Conservative synagogue in Los Angeles was targeted with a spray painted swastika and gang symbols. Temple Aliyah in the Woodland Hills neighborhood was vandalized on Monday. The Los Angeles Police Department told the Los Angeles Jewish Journal that it considers the attack a hate crime, but it has no suspects because the…
In an emotional return to his late night show, Jimmy Kimmel brought his infant son onstage to speak about children’s healthcare. Kimmel, host of “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” was on leave last week while his 7-month-old son underwent his second heart surgery. Kimmel railed against Congress for failing to secure funding for the Children’s Health Insurance…
On the eve of Alabama’s long-awaited special election, Roy Moore’s wife decided to clear the air about her husband’s alleged anti-Semitic statements. The Republican candidate has made derogatory statements about billionaire philanthropist George Soros that many called anti-Semitic. “Fake news would tell you that we don’t care for Jews,” said Kayla Moore, adding that she…
