Congressional Democrats are again calling for the security clearances of presidential advisors/family members Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner to be revoked after the couple were involved in additional controversies. A letter sent by Reps. Ted Lieu of California and Don Beyer of Virginia to White House Counsel Don McGahn noted three news reports this week…
It’s lunchtime, and as they wait for their sandwiches at a kosher deli, five young haredi Orthodox men have a lively discussion in Yiddish about Jewish texts. Such a scene may be mundane in Jerusalem or New York, or even Antwerp or London. But it’s not a sight that many outside Britain would associate with…
Two high schools in Omaha, Nebraska have disinvited a Palestinian speaker from giving lectures on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict after Jewish students reported that they were being harassed about her visit. Noa Carmi, a Palestinian activist from Jerusalem who is on a nationwide speaking tour, had been scheduled to speak at Advanced Placement Human Geography classes…
Supreme Court justices often delve into the weeds of an oral argument, and many are not afraid to be blunt. But a question by Justice Elena Kagan during a case about a house party gone wrong gave new meaning to the term “high court.” The case centered around a party at a house in Washington,…
After his failure to win a Republican-leaning Georgia congressional district in June, Jon Ossoff stayed away from politics, trying to make sense of his loss. He had run in the most expensive House race in history, one that had Democrats hoping would herald a wave of anti-Republican backlash. Now, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports, Ossoff…
After years of unsuccessful attempts, a modest gun control measure stands a chance of winning some Republican votes in Congress. The legislation, introduced by Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California after the mass shooting in Las Vegas, takes aim at devices known as “bump stocks,” which turn semi-automatic rifles into fully automatic machine guns capable…
An Italian man wielding a screwdriver attacked a painting by Adolf Hitler in an Italian museum, the BBC reported. The painting, on loan from a private collector, part of an exhibition called the “Museum of Madness” at the Museo di Salo, near Brescia, Italy. “The show about madness would not have been complete if it…
The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas named as its new deputy chief on Thursday a formerly Turkey-based commander whom Israel has accused of orchestrating a lethal triple kidnapping that helped trigger the 2014 Gaza war. Saleh al-Arouri’s promotion comes as Hamas seeks to close ranks with U.S.-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after a decade-old schism, in…
NEW YORK (JTA) — The 16-year-old counselor stands in a tan uniform shirt, untucked, with green jeans, a green kerchief tied around her neck and epaulets on her shoulders. Two patches are embroidered on her chest. And she’s surrounded by a circle of 11-year-olds. Her task on this Sunday morning in uptown Manhattan is to…
Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein dismissed reports of a sexual harassment scandal — even as he hired powerhouse lawyers in anticipation of upcoming bombshell exposes. “The story sounds so good, I want to buy the movie rights,” scoffed the 65-year-old producer to the Hollywood Reporter. Despite the bravado, Weinstein has hired Lisa Bloom, who specializes in…
Making a profit by purchasing cheap debt and selling it for a higher price is not illegal; indeed, Boston billionaire Seth Klarman has made much of his fortune that way. But it can be unpopular, especially when the indebted party is struggling. Klarman’s hedge fund, The Baupost Group, holds $911 million in Puerto Rico’s debt,…
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