JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Supreme Court has given the government two months to reconsider its opposition to allowing same-sex couples to adopt in the country. The decision Tuesday comes a day after the state told the court Monday that the government remains opposed to allowing same-sex couples to adopt, claiming that their decision “takes into…
The death of Alberto Nisman, the special prosecutor in the AMIA Jewish center bombing in Buenos Aires, will forever be linked to the attack, the center’s president told thousands at a gathering marking the bombing’s 23rd anniversary. “We know the truth about the AMIA massacre due to the investigation by a prosecutor who honored his…
(JTA) — Canadian police are investigating whether a dumpster outside a Jewish school was intentionally set on fire. The Edmonton Fire Department responded on Saturday night to a call about a fire in a recycling bin outside the Talmud Torah School, a public school focusing on Hebrew and Jewish studies, The Edmonton Journal reported. The…
(JTA) — Kosher hot dogs are coming to Wrigley Field, the home of the 2016 World Series champion Chicago Cubs. A kosher food stand will open up at the 103-year-old ballpark on Friday featuring Romanian hot dogs, Romanian Polish sausages, pretzels and drinks, Tablet magazine first reported. A subsidiary of the Chicago-based catering company Danziger…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Hours after recertifying the Iran nuclear deal President Donald Trump decried as a candidate, his administration slapped new sanctions on the country in a bid to toughen the enforcement of Iran sanctions. “The United States remains deeply concerned about Iran’s malign activities across the Middle East which undermine regional stability, security and…
The moderate brand of Texas Republican politics practiced by Joe Straus, the Jewish speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, may be on the line as a 30-day special legislative session begins Tuesday. The main event is Texas’ version of the bathroom bill, which could restrict transgender people to using bathrooms for the gender assigned…
New York City Councilman David Greenfield’s longtime adviser Kalman Yeger will inherit Greenfield’s ballot line in upcoming elections, Jewish Insider’s Jacob Kornbluh reported Tuesday. The move all but ensures that Yeger will win Greenfield’s seat. Greenfield is leaving the council to run the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty. Because of the timing of his announcement,…
UJA-Federation of New York raised a record $238 million in its centennial year, a $30 million increase over 2016. It is the fifth straight year in a row of fundraising increases at the philanthropy, which was founded in 1917. “UJA lay leaders and donors have ensured we are prepared to meet the challenges of the…
A rich Manhattan investor allegedly broke the nose of the teenage son of A-list Manhattan jewelers after his Hamptons charity party went awry. Michael Loeb, 62, is accused of having beaten up 18-year-old Avery Arjang, the son of gem-smiths Edi Arjang and Margo Manhattan, after one of Arjang’s friends got drunk at a party held…
An anti-trolling video put out by a British Labour Party politician drew criticism from many in the Jewish community after it featured a still of a Jewish internet troll wearing a yarmulke. Produced by the YouTube site DoubleDownNews, and featuring Labour front-bencher Angela Rayner, the video displays a clip from the comedy show “South Park,”…
The growing demand for housing in Israel’s rapidly expanding ultra-Orthodox community has led to a paradox, according to the Times of Israel: the population of the two largest settlements in the West Bank is almost all Hasidic even though they do not have much nationalist zeal. According to Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics, ultra-Orthodox Jews…
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