JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli man received a kidney transplant from his daughter who died in an accident while vacationing abroad. Moshe Shimnoni, 66, came out of surgery on Tuesday for the kidney transplant as his daughter, Orit Gur, 44, was being buried in Israel, the Israeli Hebrew-language daily newspaper Yediot Acharonot reported Wednesday. Gur,…
(JTA) — Billionaire George Soros has given $18 billion to Open Society Foundations, a philanthropy that he founded. The gift, made over several years but first disclosed on Tuesday, is one of the largest transfers of wealth ever made by a private donor to one foundation, the New York Times reported. Open Society is now…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli soldiers shot and wounded a Palestinian man who ran at them with a knife at the Gush Etzion junction in the West Bank. The Palestinian, believed to be in his 20s, was running against traffic and carrying a knife, and did not stop when called on to do so by a…
Two daughters of the late philanthropist Edgar Bronfman were named in a New York Times investigative story about a shadowy upstate New York group in which female members were branded to enforce loyalty to its leader. It was unclear if Sara and Clare Bronfman underwent the painful procedure that burned a symbol into the bodies…
Florida Governor Rick Scott declared a state of emergency Monday in the lead up to a speech by white nationalist Richard Spencer at the University of Florida. The governor warned in an executive order that a “threat of a potential emergency is imminent” in Alachua County, where the university is located. University of Florida officials…
Florida Gov. Rick Scott has proposed allocating $1 million in next year’s state budget to cover rising security costs at Jewish schools, drawing both praise and criticism. “I know many Floridians have been horrified by the threats against our Jewish schools and communities last year,” Scott said in an appearance Monday at the Katz Hillel…
A human trafficker has sued the Canadian attorney general because he was allegedly denied kosher meals in prison. Reza Moazami claims that he is half-Jewish and strictly follows his religious teachings. He was convicted of luring 11 teenage girls into prostitution by promising them drugs, alcohol and even a puppy. According to Moazami’s complaint, correctional…
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel said on Tuesday it would not hold peace negotiations with a Palestinian government dependent on the Islamist Hamas group, responding to a new reconciliation agreement between the two main Palestinian factions. Hamas and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction sealed a deal last week in which Hamas agreed to cede…
The Anti-Defamation League has called out Rep. Dana Rohrabacher for bringing an “alt-right” journalist who has questioned the magnitude and methods of the Holocaust to a Capitol Hill meeting. “It is an insult to the memories of those killed in the Holocaust and to the Jewish community to bring a Holocaust denier to the US…
updated, 6:43 p.m. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has already made clear he opposes abandoning the Iran nuclear deal and even got slammed for this position by President Trump. The dovish pro-Israel lobby J Street wants to thank Schumer for his effort and make sure he and fellow Democrats don’t waver in the face of…
Senator John McCain on Monday mentioned a Nazi slogan and warned Americans against buying into “half-baked, spurious nationalism” in what appeared to be a stark warning about the dangers of President Trump and white nationalism. Speaking in Philadelphia, where he was being honored with the Liberty Medal by the National Constitution Center, McCain said, “We…
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