The Weinstein Company has entered talks to sell the bulk of its assets to private equity firm Colony Capital, the companies said on Monday, as the film production company looks for stability after the departure of co-founder Harvey Weinstein. The announcement about the deal talks comes only days after co-Chairman Bob Weinstein, Harvey’s brother and…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An ancient Roman theater and eight stone courses, or layers of cut stone, were uncovered in excavations in the Western Wall Tunnels in Jerusalem. The preserved archeological discoveries were unveiled to the media on Monday by the Israel Antiquities Authority, following work to remove an 8-meter layer of earth under Wilson’s Arch, the…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Islamic State claimed responsibility for two rockets fired from the Sinai Peninsula at southern Israeli communities. ISIS made the claim on Monday, hours after the Sunday night attack, which triggered a Code Red alarm for Israeli communities near the border with Gaza. The Islamic State’s official news agency Amaq said ISIS…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israel Air Force attacked and incapacitated a missile launcher deep in Syria after it fired a surface-to-air missile toward Israeli military jets. The Syrian missile was fired Sunday morning at Israel Air Force jets during a “routine flight” over Lebanon, the IDF said. Israeli fighter jets responded by firing bombs at…
Actress and activist Mayim Bialik has responded to criticism after she wrote a New York Times essay over the Harvey Weinstein scandal. Some have accused her of blaming victims for their own sexual assaults. Bialik wrote of the pressure to appear attractive that she felt as a teen actress, affecting her self-esteem to this day….
A British Muslim man sponsored a synagogue Kiddush luncheon to honor the late Jewish doctor who treated him, The Jewish Chronicle reported. The Muslim man, who asked to remain anonymous, paid for the post-prayer spread at the Kingston, Surbiton & District Synagogue in south London to honor Dr. Tim Heymann, his gastroenterologist. The Muslim man…
(JTA) — Ireland’s Jewish population rose by nearly 29% since the state’s last census. The Jewish population rose by 573 people to 2,557 since 2011, according to the 2016 census, the Irish Times reported on Friday. Some 56% of the Jews of Ireland, or 1,439, live in Dublin. The population of Jews in Ireland had…
(JTA) — Kenny Ellis isn’t a rabbi. But it wasn’t much of a stretch for him to play one on TV. Ellis is a veteran cantor at Temple Beth Ami, a Reform Jewish synagogue in Santa Clarita, California. After 27 years at the pulpit, he is breaking into prime-time TV this week with two roles…
(JTA) — Jewish groups called on the head of the conservative Austrian People’s Party to exclude a far-right party from the new government coalition following national elections in Austria. Sebastian Kurz, head of the center-right Austrian People’s Party, or ÖVP, at 31, will become Europe’s youngest leader. His party came in first with a projected…
(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called President Trump’s decision to refuse to declare Iran in compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal “courageous.” “It’s a very brave decision, and I think it’s the right decision for the world,” Netanyahu said during an interview on CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday morning. “I think that…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Two rockets were fired at southern Israel from the Sinai Peninsula. The Code Red alert siren sounded in Israeli communities on the border with Gaza on Sunday night. The Israel Defense Forces confirmed that two rockets were launched from Sinai. It is not known if the rockets fell in Israeli territory. The…
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