A Palestinian man was mistakenly arrested in Israel after Facebook’s translation software turned his “good morning” photo caption into a threat. The man, who works in a West Bank settlement, posted a photo of himself next to a bulldozer with the message “good morning” in Arabic. But Facebook’s proprietary translation algorithm translated it into Hebrew…
Leon Wieseltier, the former culture editor of The New Republic, canceled a planned speaking engagement at a New York Jewish Week event in the wake of accusations that he had sexually harassed female colleagues. The harassment allegations, which came to light this week after female former employees at TNR began to correspond over email, include…
Updated, October 28 3:52p.m. President Trump’s lawyer and close confidant Michael Cohen has taken a page from his boss’s book in making money off New York real estate – buy low and sell high. But not all is clear about Cohen’s buying and selling. A McClatchy investigation published Thursday found four deals that “raised red…
MONTREAL (JTA)—McGill University is investigating charges by Jewish groups and pro-Israel students that three undergrads are being barred from sitting on its undergrad student union board because they are too pro-Israel. At a Monday meeting of the General Assembly of the McGill’s Student Society, or SSMU, seven students were voted onto the board. But three…
(JTA) — Paul Rudd, in a forthcoming episode of the PBS series “Finding Your Roots,” learns about the anti-Semitism his grandfather endured in England in the wake of World War II. Just how does he learn of this information? Courtesy of a Jewish Telegraphic Agency news brief that was published in 1947. “The Hempstead, Edgware, Catford…
A Montana Republican officials has resigned after she said she “would’ve have shot” a reporter who asked pointed questions of Rep. Greg Gianforte last spring. Karen Marshall, who serves as vice president of programs for Gallatin County Republican Women, said on a radio show that if Ben Jacobs would have approached her, “I would have…
(JTA) — Private citizens who apply for Hurricane Harvey rebuilding funds in Dickinson, Texas no longer have to certify that they will not boycott Israel. The Dickinson City Council on Tuesday voted to remove a clause from a relief application that had drawn the ire of the American Civil Liberties Union and pro-boycott activists, the Houston…
(JTA) — Soccer fans prior to two matches in Italy protested during the reading of a passage from the “Diary of Anne Frank.” Meanwhile, the president of the Lazio soccer team reportedly was heard on tape calling his visit to a Rome synagogue “a charade” and, referring to Jews, saying “These people don’t count a…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Vice President Mike Pence will include Israel on a tour of the Middle East to check on the status of the region’s Christians. “This president, you can know with confidence that America condemns persecution of any faith in any place at any time, and we will stand against it with all of…
The Trump administration has nominated a Jewish advocate to hold the top civil rights position at the Department of Education. Kenneth L. Marcus, president of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, was named Thursday as the nominee to be the department’s assistant secretary for civil rights. He will serve under Secretary…
Over the last year the “alt-right” white nationalist movement has sought to look as non-threatening as possible in hopes of reaching a more mainstream audience. This includes an unofficial type of preppy uniform, haircut — and music genre. “The alt-right struggled to find a sound appropriate to its carefully constructed façade,” the Southern Poverty Law…
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