(JTA) — Nearly 5,000 people have become citizens of Spain or Portugal following the passing of laws in both countries on the naturalization of descendants of Sephardic Jews. In Portugal, where a procedure for naturalization under the law went into effect last year, 292 applicants for naturalization have been approved, Catarina Madeira, a spokeswoman for…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A haredi Orthodox government minister resigned from his post over railway work that took place on Shabbat. Health Minister Yaakov Litzman of the United Torah Judaism party officially resigned on Sunday after a new signaling system was installed on rail lines in the Negev on Saturday. Litzman had announced on Friday that…
(JTA) — A Jewish woman is among the 20 contestants hoping to represent Germany in the Miss Universe pageant. Tamar Morali, 21, said organizers have told her she is the first Jewish woman to get this far in the Miss Germany competition. “I see my candidacy not only as a personal achievement but as an…
Alt-right leader Richard Spencer chose the University of Michigan as his next speech venue and there’s very little that can be done to stop him. “I personally detest and reject the hateful white supremacy and white nationalism expressed by Mr. Spencer as well as his racist, anti-Semitic and otherwise bigoted views,” said university president Mark…
(JTA) — Leaders of the Jewish community of Turkey denied complaints by a gay Israeli diplomat serving in Istanbul, who said they ignore him because of his sexual orientation. Ishak Ibrahim Zadeh, the president of the Jewish Community of Turkey, responded in a statement Thursday to the complaints leveled at him by Yossi Levi Sfari,…
(JTA) — The Trump administration will allow the Palestine Liberation Organization office in Washington DC to remain open but will require it to “limit its activities to those related to achieving a lasting, comprehensive peace between the Israelis and Palestinians.” The restrictions were announced by the State Department on Friday, and could be lifted after…
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — An organization that allocates European funding to Palestinian human rights groups boasted of initiating war crimes charges in Britain against Tzipi Livni, Israel’s former foreign minister. The Ramallah-based Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Secretariat — a platform created by the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland – noted in its 2016 annual…
He called Bernie Sanders a “radical Marxist” and accused Barack Obama of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood. Now conservative talk radio host Mark Levin is on his way to a lucrative spot on Fox News TV. The network announced that Levin’s new show, “Life, Liberty & Levin” will air Sundays at 10PM starting February. According to…
Calling the move “inexplicable,” Connecticut Democratic senator Richard Blumenthal lashed out at ride sharing giant Uber’s decision to pay off hackers who breached its computer system. Uber revealed Wednesday that it payed two hackers $100,000 to cover up a massive computer breach in which they obtained personal information of 50 million riders and 7 million…
While attention has been focused on President Donald Trump’s plan to curb illegal immigration to the United States, his administration, led by senior adviser Stephen Miller, is working tirelessly to decrease the number of foreigners entering America legally for work, family reunification, or to seek refuge. The Washington Post provided a rundown of the variety…
AEPi, known as the “Jewish” fraternity,” is expanding to Israel, and it’s not an obvious move. The group which recently chartered its third full fledged branch in Israel, is trying to establish a role for fraternities in a country where Greek Life is not part of the Israeli students’ experience and where fraternities and sororities…
