President Trump’s financial disclosure form, released on Friday by the Office of Government Ethics, contained information about a series of Trump-owned companies that distribute kosher-for-Passover vodka for the Israeli market. The 98-page form states that Trump Drinks Israel LLC and Trump Drinks Israel Member Corp are inactive, though the form also noted that Trump served…
Israelis with Indian backgrounds seem to love Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Approximately 4,000 Israeli Jews whose families have roots in India are expected to attend a keynote event hosted by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a much-anticipated July visit to Israel, The Jerusalem Post reported. “We expect a crowd of around 4,000 Indian…
(JTA) — Basketball Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons were among the guests at an event at the Israeli Consulate in Los Angeles marking the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Consul General Sam Grundwerg hosted the event on Thursday, which was organized with the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding at the consulate’s new…
(JTA) — An Israeli policewoman was killed in a stabbing attack in Jerusalem’s Old City. Two assailants attacked a group of officers with knives on Friday at Damascus Gate, The Times of Israel reported. Both were shot and killed. One of the attackers was reportedly holding a gun, but it jammed. Injured officer Hadas Malka, age 23, was…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Top Senate Democrats said they were closer to signing on to a Republican-backed bill that would slash aid to the Palestinian Authority if it did not stop subsidizing Palestinians jailed for attacks on Israel. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer told attendants at the Orthodox Union’s annual Washington action day on Thursday that…
(JTA) — A former police commissioner in France called for a probe of three officers for failing to save a Jewish woman who was killed by a Muslim man in her home while they were waiting for backup outside her Paris apartment. Sammy Ghozlan, a retired commissioner and head of the National Bureau for Vigilance Against…
(JTA) — A law professor and Bernie Sanders backer will try again to unseat Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz in Florida’s safely Democratic 23rd Congressional District. Tim Canova announced Thursday that he will launch a primary challenge to Wasserman Schultz, the former head of the Democratic National Committee. Last August, Wasserman Schultz defeated Canova 57-43 in the primary, despite the…
Sen. Dianne Feinstein doesn’t think former FBI Director James Comey’s Senate testimony last week was conclusive — so she wants him to return to the Senate to answer more questions about his firing and about policies at the agency he once led. “The committee needs to have an opportunity to question the attorney general about…
(JTA) — Renana Meir, who witnessed the murder of her mother Dafna in in a terror attack in their home last year, was married in a ceremony near Jerusalem on Sunday. Her father, Natan Meir, remarried just weeks ago. Dafna Meir, 38, a mother of four and foster mother of two young children, was stabbed to death…
As politicos eagerly anticipate the results in Georgia’s House special election on Tuesday, internal Republican surveys are causing GOP indigestion as they point to an unlikely victory by Democrat Jon Ossoff. Polls commissioned by right-wing groups show Ossoff up several points on GOP opopnent Karen Handel in the historically-red district, Politico reported Friday. An Ossoff…
Right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos doesn’t have much to crow about. At least, that’s according to BuzzFeed, which acquired an exclusive early draft of his forthcoming memoir “Dangerous.” According to BuzzFeed, the book draft contains little about Yiannopoulos’ personal life, his role in last year’s presidential campaign or even his work at Breitbart, where he was…
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