No taxes for you! The chief financial officer of a restaurant chain named for Seinfeld’s “Soup Nazi” is facing federal tax evasion charges amid allegations that he paid the chain’s employees off the books. Robert Bertrand was indicted in federal court in Brooklyn on 20 counts of failure to pay Medicare, Social Security, and federal…
Democrat Jon Ossoff is seven points ahead of Republican Karen Handel a month before their runoff election to fill a traditionally-Republican House seat in Georgia, a new poll revealed Wednesday. The poll, conducted by SurveyUSA for Atlanta TV station WXIA, shows a 51-44% advantage for Ossoff, a Jewish documentary filmmaker and former congressional aide who…
If Jared Kushner has a plan to solve the Arab-Israeli conflict, so far he’s giving little away. In the four months since President Donald Trump took office and gave his 36-year-old son-in-law the job of forging peace between Israel and the Palestinians, Kushner has kept his plans under wraps for a conflict that is nearly…
Geraldo Rivera has embraced conspiracy theories about the death of Seth Rich, becoming the second Fox News personality after Sean Hannity to push fake news about the ex-Democratic National Committee staffer’s death. 1) #SethRich shot in back(2)worked for #DNC which, (3)screwed @BernieSanders 4)#WIKILEAKS screwed DNC(5)Did #sethrich leak?(6)is it related? — Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) May 22,…
A Dartmouth professor whose appointment as dean of faculty caused controversy in right-wing pro-Israel circles has reportedly backed out of the post. N. Bruce Duthu, a professor of Native American studies at Dartmouth, was set to take office as the dean of faculty in July. His appointment was derailed in early May, when a professor…
Ivanka Trump just wanted to share her emotional visit at the Western Wall with nearly 4 million Twitter followers. But what ensued was a social media storm questioning her understanding of Jewish history. “It was deeply meaningful to visit the holiest site of my faith and to leave a note of prayer,” Ivanka Trump tweeted…
Pop star Ariana Grande said she was “broken” after a suspected terror bombing killed 22 people at her concert in Manchester, England — but could she find solace in her nascent kabbalah practice? Making her first comment since an explosion detonated just outside Manchester Arena at the end of her performance there, Grande said on…
An iconic mural of the rapper Notorious B.I.G. will stay on a Bedford-Stuyvesant wall following a reversal by the building owner, Solomon Berkowitz, dnainfo reports. The mural is a Brooklyn landmark, which neighborhood activists have sought to preserve. Notorious B.I.G., born Christopher Wallace, lived in Bed-Stuy, and is closely associated with the neighborhood. He was…
President Donald Trump used his centerpiece Holy Land speech on Tuesday to reaffirm his commitment to peace between Israelis and Palestinians, but he offered no new details on how to achieve a goal that has eluded U.S. leaders for decades. Rounding out a 28-hour stay in Jerusalem, Trump praised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and…
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were prepared to “reach for peace,” even as he cautioned that a deal will not be easily achieved. “I had a meeting this morning with President Abbas and can tell you that the Palestinians are ready to reach…
President Donald Trump paid tribute at Israel’s Yad Vashem memorial on Tuesday to the six million Jews killed in the Nazi Holocaust, calling it an indescribable act of evil. Holding hands, the president and First Lady Melania Trump walked solemnly to lay a wreath together upon the ashes of Holocaust victims, buried at the site’s…
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