Political provocateur Roger Stone claimed in a late-night tweet Wednesday that he had spent the evening “laughing about what an asshole Robert Mueller is” with the head of the Republican Jewish Coalition, Matthew Brooks. In DC w/ my pal @mbrooksrjc feasting on Russian caviar and laughing about what an asshole Robert Mueller is pic.twitter.com/37Dn57Nrq1 —…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Iranian journalist who has been working for an Israeli news website from Turkey arrived in Israel after seeking asylum. Nada Amin landed in Israel on Thursday morning on a tourist visa and will officially request asylum. Turkey had informed Amin last month that she has been stripped of her refugee status…
Daniel Pinkwater’s wackadoo classic “Lizard Music” is out in a new paperback reissue from New York Review Books, and it’s a beaut. Pinkwater, a genius kids’ writer and former cultist, hasn’t had a new novel out since 2013, which is a long time for a guy who has written something like 100 books since 1970….
After successfully irritating President Trump earlier this week, Connecticut senator Richard Blumenthal is now taking aim at Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort. Following the recent revelation that the FBI raided Manafort’s home in late July, Blumenthal issued a statement arguing that the raid made it clear that Manafort is suspected of criminal actions. “Apparently…
A group calling itself the “Zioness Movement” has announced it will be walking in the Chicago SlutWalk this Saturday. The group was formed this summer, after the SlutWalk announced a ban on Zionist and Jewish symbols at their march. The SlutWalk organizers retracted the ban in late July. “As Jews and Zionists, we seek justice…
The grand rabbi, or “rebbe,” of the Boyan sect of ultra-Orthodox Jews is offering $4,000 to anyone who suggests a successful match between “older singles” in their community, the Israeli news site Arutz Sheva reported Wednesday. The “older” designation applies to single men over the age of 23 and single women over the age of…
A new Rolling Stone profile of presidential aide Sebastian Gorka has hit the internet just as the Trump-favored émigré with ties to far-right racist and anti-Semitic forces in Hungary is opining increasingly on mainstream media on sensitive topics from North Korea to U.S. mosque bombings. The profile, by free-lancer Bob Dreyfuss, notes the role of…
Among the Igbo, one of Nigeria’s largest ethnic groups, there is widespread identification with Jews, and many see themselves as descendants of the biblical Israelites. But a recent test to determine if a group of Igbo men share genetic material with Jews is back — and no connection was found. Even before the results were…
(JTA) — Glen Campbell, the country music star who died at 81 on Tuesday from Alzheimer’s, grew up in rural Arkansas. The man who sang hits such as “Rhinestone Cowboy” and “By the Time I Get To Phoenix” was raised a Baptist in a family of 12. But as the Jewish Journal pointed out, Reuters…
Wading into the internal divides inside the Trump White House, the Zionist Organization of America issued a report on Wednesday that was highly critical of National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster. The report, first leaked exclusively to Breitbart, supports claims raised by right-wing activists aligned with White House chief strategist Steve Bannon that McMaster is biased…
Campers and staff members displaced after an overnight fire at a Jewish summer camp in Colorado have been relocated to a nearby JCC camp. The 130 campers of Ramah Rockies, along with their counselors, are now staying at nearby JCC Ranch Camp, another Jewish outdoor adventure camp. “While the campers are now in a new…
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