RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — A Brazilian Arab food restaurant apologized for placing anti-Israel signs at its entrance after a massive Jewish-led boycott campaign on social media. One of the owners of Papaya Verde restaurant, in Recife, sent a note to the Pernambuco Jewish federation stressing that the big and colorful “Free Palestine! it’s not…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An American doctor working in an Israeli field hospital in the Golan Heights was injured by gunfire from Syria. The doctor, who was not named, was treating Syrians wounded in the country’s long-running civil war as part of the Israel Defense Forces’ Operation Good Neighbor when he was injured on Tuesday evening,…
(JTA) — Baltimore County Public Schools are considering removing two Jewish holidays from the school calendar. The school district, trying to find a way to get enough class hours into the yearly schedule to meet new state regulations, is considering holding classes on the first day of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Schools in the…
For nearly 30 years, three ethnic groups with growing housing needs — Hasidic Jews, Latinos and African-Americans — have been eying the same few vacant lots in Brooklyn as a location for a possible housing development. At a City Council hearing on Tuesday to discuss a massive residential project proposed on those grounds, tensions boiled…
(JTA) — The State Department offered $12 million in rewards for the capture of two leaders of Hezbollah. The United States is offering up to $7 million and up to $5 million “for information that leads to the location, arrest or conviction in any country” of Talal Hamiyah and Fu’ad Shukr, respectively, State Department Counterterrorism…
Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro issued an apology after his website published a video mocking Native Americans on Columbus Day. Shapiro said the video was created and posted without his knowledge while he was on vacation. “I was uncomfortable with the video, but in the interests of giving my employees the benefit of the doubt —…
Ivanka Trump angered many earlier this year when she was named as an official advisor to her father, the president. But many may not know that “Ivanka” is not her name at all. The First Daughter’s legal name is Ivana Marie Trump. She was named after her mother, Ivana. “Ivanka” is a nickname, much like…
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, considered a potential successor to recently departed Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, said on Tuesday he believed he could best serve the Trump administration in his current role. “I feel like I want to continue to follow through on the policies we’ve put out and it’s…
The New Yorker reported on Tuesday that 13 women have claimed that movie producer Harvey Weinstein sexually harassed or assaulted them, including three who told the magazine they had been raped. In the article, a spokeswoman for Weinstein denied the claims. Reuters was unable to independently confirm any of the claims. Weinstein and several of…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer renewed his call for President Donald Trump to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem after the president said he wanted to wait to give his relaunched peace push a chance. “President Trump’s recent comments suggest his indecisiveness on the embassy’s relocation,” Schumer, D-N.Y., said Tuesday in an…
The Spanish national soccer team was in Jerusalem this week for a World Cup qualifier against Israel. While the match itself was fairly tame – a 1-0 win for the visitors – one of Spain’s star players set off some fireworks before kickoff. Marco Asensio, a midfielder that plays for Real Madrid, spent the night…
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