Andy Rubin, the co-creator of the Android mobile phone operating system, has launched a new company called Essential Products to sell a high-end smartphone and a home assistant device. Palo Alto-based Essential said the new Essential Phone features an edge-to-edge screen, a titanium-and-ceramic case and dual cameras. The phone sells for $699 and will run…
(JTA), is an actress and model from Israel. A Lebanese security official told CBS News on Tuesday that the required committee of six Lebanese ministries has yet to take up the request. At least one advance screening of the film is scheduled for Wednesday in Beirut, according to CBS. Lebanon is officially at war with…
Congressional investigators looking into Russian influence in the 2016 election have asked President Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, for information and testimony, ABC News reports. According to ABC, Cohen has declined the request from House and Senate investigators. “I declined the invitation to participate, as the request was poorly phrased, overly broad and…
Anti-Semitic incidents are on the rise in California’s Bay Area this year, with more incidents at more schools in the first five months of this year than in all of 2016. Twenty-nine incidents have been reported by more than 25 schools this year, compared with 25 incidents reported by more than 16 schools in 2016….
NEW YORK (JTA) — “Voluntary dues” may sound like an oxymoron, but the idea may soon be coming to a synagogue near you. According to a new study by the UJA-Federation of New York, the number of non-Orthodox synagogues nationwide that have eliminated fixed annual dues has more than doubled in the past two years. Instead…
Chuck Woolery, the former host of the game show Love Connection, made waves on Monday when he shared his thoughts on Twitter about the supposed Jewish roots of Communism: Believe it or not. Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin were both Jewish. I was shocked to find, most of the original Soviet Communists were Jewish —…
Congressional investigations into alleged Russian meddling into the 2016 U.S. election and potential ties to President Donald Trump’s associates have expanded to include his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, ABC News reported on Tuesday. Citing a statement from Cohen, ABC News said he confirmed that he had been asked to provide information and testimony to investigators…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel praised Norway after it withdrew funds it donated to a West Bank women’s center after learning it was named for a Palestinian terrorist: The center in the village of Burqa on the West Bank was named for Dalal Mughrabi, who led the 1978 Coastal Road Massacre which killed 37 civilians, many of…
There is an entire video game subculture dedicated to neo-Nazi fantasies — including battling legions of Jews with yellow stars on their uniforms. These are games made “by and for neo-Nazis,” Mic.com reports. For example, there is “Zog’s Nightmare,” “one of the most violent, anti-Semitic titles ever released.” “Zog” is an acronym for “Zionist-occupied government,”…
Jacob Schwartz, a 29-year-old Democratic activist and New York City government worker, faces child pornography charges after police found thousands of photos and videos of naked children on his computer. Schwartz is an employee of the city’s Department of Design and Construction. He is also president of the Manhattan Young Democrats, according to the New…
One of three men indicted in a vote fraud scam in the upstate New York village of Bloomingburg pled guilty in federal court on Thursday. Kenneth Nakdimen faces a maximum jail term of five years for his role in signing up ineligible voters to participate in village elections in Bloomingburg in order to smooth the…
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