(Reuters) – New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman tore the ACL in his right knee during Friday’s preseason win over the Detroit Lions and will be out for the rest of the season, the team confirmed Saturday. Edelman was injured on the team’s first drive. He left the game with three catches and 52…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A coin that was believed to be a rare artifact from the Second Temple period found by an 8-year-old girl in a West Bank settlement is actually a souvenir from the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. Israeli and international media, including the Forward, reported on the find of a half-shekel coin by 8-year-old…
Sebastian Gorka, the controversial counter-terrorism aide to President Trump, was ousted from his White House post Friday, a spokesman said. “(He) did not resign, but I can confirm he no longer works at the White House,” the White House said in a statement. Earlier reports said Gorka quit, and the Federalist, a right-wing news site,…
As Hurricane Harvey nears the coast of Texas, Jewish communities are preparing for what may be record-breaking rainfall and flooding. Synagogues and community centers are cancelling programs and prepping their buildings for the onslaught of water. At United Orthodox Synagogue, which is located in a part of Houston that has experienced millions of dollars of…
Hatzolah, private ambulance service run by ultra-Orthodox Jews, is being accused of failing to notify police after a 7-year-old girl drowned in New York’s Rockland County. Responders from Hatzolah took the girl, who drowned in a private pool in Pomona, New York, to a local medical center. Police have ruled the death an accident. Police…
San Francisco braced on Friday for a weekend of protests, including a rally by an Oregon-based group that local leaders labeled “white supremacist” as the city’s mayor urged residents to boycott the event. The demonstrations planned for Friday, Saturday and Sunday across the Bay Area raised concern among San Francisco police and elected officials two…
(JTA) — An Israeli technology firm started in Iceland what it says is the world’s first commercial food delivery route based entirely on unmanned aerial vehicles. Flytrex, an Israel-based firm that was founded by Yariv Bash and Amit Regev, partnered in the Scandinavian country with the on-demand goods service AHA to provide the service in…
Israel is becoming a center of American medical marijuana production and research, as U.S. companies move their grow houses and R&D operations to the Jewish State. It is much easier to conduct medical trials on drugs made from cannabis in Israel than it is in the U.S., where companies must spend several years getting approval…
An Israeli legal NGO is calling on New York City to remove statues honoring Peter Stuyvesant, the 17th century Dutch ruler of the colony of New Amsterdam. The head of Shurat HaDin-Israel Law Center, Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, told the New York Post that Stuyvesant was an “extreme racist” who targeted Jews. Various writers have slammed Darshan-Leitner’s…
Though Al Franken’s friends say he could be talked into a 2020 run for the Presidency, the Minnesota Senator’s office is clamping down on any rumors of Franken’s presidential aspirations. “Sen. Franken is not going to run for president in 2020,” a spokesman for Franken told The Hill. Politicians who have worked with Franken believe…
A group of Knesset members visited South Africa this week to meet with the country’s politicians and Jewish community – a first that comes amid tensions between the Jewish state and the African country. “The delegation’s visit and meetings with the Jewish community dealt with the ties that bind the Jewish people worldwide, including Israel…
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