President Trump has tapped an “aggresive” longtime Jewish legal adviser to serve as his private attorney while a special counsel investigates whether his campaign worked with Russia in last year’s election. Fox Business News and ABC first reported that Trump hired Marc Kasowitz, a New York-based trial lawyer known as a tenacious litigator, to represent…
Fox News host Sean Hannity has temporarily backed off from his embrace of conspiracy theories surrounding the murder of Seth Rich — after the family of the slain Democratic staffer pleaded for respect. The embattled right wing media kingpin scrapped a planned appearance by hacker Kim Dotcom that he had promised would offer a bombshell…
Several Jewish activists opposing the Israeli occupation of the West Bank were hurt on Wednesday in clashes with police and security guards in East Jerusalem. The activists, members of IfNotNow, Free Jerusalem, and All That’s Left, joined Israeli groups trying to disrupt the planned “March of Flags” marking the 50th anniversary of what is seen…
(JTA) — Britain’s bloodiest terrorist attack in over a decade occurred Monday just two miles from Rabbi Yisroel Cohen’s synagogue. Yet one day after the deadly bombing in Manchester, Cohen told JTA he has no intention of changing security arrangements at his congregation. In fact Cohen, a Chabad emissary who works in a Jewish enclave…
President Trump’s main speech during his visit to Israel took place on Tuesday at the Israel Museum, rather than the Knesset, the parliamentary building where foreign dignitaries usually speak. One possible reason, according to the Speaker of the Knesset: The Israelis couldn’t guarantee that he wouldn’t be interrupted by heckling lawmakers. As Knesset Speaker Yuli…
WASHINGTON (JTA) – It’s not quite schadenfreude, but some Jewish organizational officials are sighing in relief at President Donald Trump’s cascade of domestic woes, saying it may present opportunities for their relatively liberal agenda. Domestically, some Jewish groups are welcoming the prospect that scandals and distractions besieging the White House could delay – if not…
Israel will host the 2018 Men’s World Lacrosse Championships, the Israel Lacrosse Association (ILA) announced on Tuesday. Lacrosse is a sport typically dominated by the U.S. and Canada, but Israel has one of the fastest growing programs in the world; the national team finished in seventh place at the 2014 World Championships, and placed second…
(JTA) — Monica Lewinsky said the late Roger Ailes’ success in building Fox News was directly related to his capitalizing on the affair involving the former White House intern and then-President Bill Clinton. Ailes, the former head of Fox News forced out under the cloud of a sexual harassment scandal, died last week at 77….
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Some 74 Palestinian employees of SodaStream, who lost their jobs when the company shut its West Bank plant in the face of international pressure, will return to work at its factory in southern Israel. The employees’ work permits, which allowed them to enter Israel from the West Bank, expired in February 2016….
(JTA) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his current attempt to visit every U.S. state and learn about people’s hopes and challenges is not a signal that he his running for public office. Zuckerberg made the statement Sunday in a Facebook post from Rhode Island, his latest state visit in a string of unannounced appearances….
After months of refusing to address a growing controversy about secret “dark money” donations he received through a non-profit organization, Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is speaking out. The Kansas City Star reported on Monday that Greitens, in an interview with a conservative radio station, responded to claims that it was inappropriate for his advisors to…
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