Dutch tourists can now roam former Nazi bunkers and tunnels for less than $10 per person. The new attraction in The Hague is made out of a restored Nazi fortification system, the Atlantikwall, which was made to prevent an invasion from the Allies. The bunkers were refurbished and opened to tourists in an effort to…
The first traveling Auschwitz exhibit will bring artifacts to people around North America and Europe in an attempt to make Holocaust education more accessible, according to The New York Times reported Wednesday. The exhibit has been in the works for seven years. It may charge a small entrance fee but will be free for students,…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Trump said he would be “surprised” if the United States adjudicates Iran in compliance with the nuclear deal in three months. “We’ll talk about the subject in 90 days, but I would be surprised if they were in compliance,” Trump told The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday. The United States must…
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s parliament on Wednesday passed the first of three votes needed to enact legislation that would set an extra-high threshold for any future vote on ceding parts of Jerusalem to the Palestinians. The proposed amendment to the Jerusalem Basic Law – defining the city’s legal status – could pass into law later…
Hawaii senator Brian Schatz took aim at the proposed Affordable Care Act replacement advanced by Senate Republicans, calling the bill “garbage,” according to Politico. He also trashed the so-called “skinny repeal.” Here’s the full quote: “The skinny bill is garbage in its own right. And the only reason people aren’t fully aware of it is…
(JTA) — A prominent Connecticut rabbi was charged in the alleged sexual assault of a minor two months after he was ordered to pay a civil judgment of $20 million relating to the same allegations. Rabbi Daniel Greer, 77, the founding rabbi of the Yeshiva of New Haven, turned himself in to police Wednesday morning and…
(JTA) — The museum at Auschwitz announced the first traveling exhibit about the Nazi concentration and extermination camp featuring more than 600 original artifacts. The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Poland announced the exhibit in a news release Wednesday, saying it will visit seven cities in Europe beginning with Madrid and the same number in North…
Amidst protests and violent clashes in Jerusalem over access to the Temple Mount, a Jewish activist group has released a provocative video that depicts a computer-generated image of a rebuilt Jewish Temple looming over the site. The Temple Institute is a prominent organization in what is known as the Temple Mount movement, which is made…
A California imam is being accused of anti-Semitism after a video of a July 21 sermon in which he called for a war between Jews and Muslims was published on YouTube. Imam Ammar Shahin’s sermon at the Islamic Center of Davis, in Davis, Cali., was in response to the Israeli government’s placement of metal detectors…
David Horowitz, the far-right publisher and pundit, cautioned President Trump against ripping into Attorney General Jeff Sessions – another rebuke from the president’s base over his public anger at Sessions. I have to confess, I’m really distressed by Trump’s shabby treatment of Sessions. — David Horowitz (@horowitz39) July 25, 2017 Everything hinges on Trump’s success….
Some Jewish parents are cutting out one of Judaism’s oldest traditions: the bris. The bris — the ritual circumcision of Jewish boys at eight days old — goes back to the story of Abraham, who circumcised himself and his firstborn son. But some modern Jewish parents are foregoing the ceremony. “Right now, there is a…
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