(JTA) — The elderly Jewish woman and Muslim man whose photo mourning together at a memorial to the victims of the Manchester attack went viral on social media say they have been good friends for over 10 years. Renee Black, 93, and Sadiq Patel, 46, from Blackburn, Lancashire, one of the most deprived and racially…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Cabinet approved a plan on Sunday to build an elevator from Jerusalem’s Jewish Quarter to the Western Wall that would allow more accessibility for handicapped people to the holy site. The elevator and a pedestrian tunnel at its foot is estimated to cost $14 million. The Ruderman Family Foundation praised the decision…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli prisons ended an extended hunger strike after reaching a compromise on receiving more family visits. The hunger strike ended after 40 days, on Saturday, which was also the first day of the month-long Ramadan holiday, where religious Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset each day. The end…
(JTA) — The Portland man who allegedly killed two men on a commuter train after they intervened as he spewed hate speech at two women who looked Muslim is a known local white supremacist, a local newspaper reported. Jeremy Christian, 35, was arrested early Saturday and charged with two counts of aggravated murder, one of…
(JTA) — The words “No Jews” was spray painted from floor to ceiling on the walls of a home for sale in Rockland County, New York. Anti-Semitic messages also were painted throughout the home, including in the kitchen and on the floors. The graffiti was discovered in the empty home, which is for sale, by…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Thousands of Israelis gathered on Rabin Square in Tel Aviv to demonstrate against what organizers called “50 years of Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories.” The rally on Saturday night under the banner of “Two States-–One Hope” was organized by Peace Now and included left-wing Israeli political parties such as the Zionist…
(JTA) — Great Britain and the United States joined four other nations in voting against a World Health Organization resolution that they said singles out Israel for criticism. The resolution, which passed by an overwhelming majority on Friday during the 70th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, mostly speaks of the need to improve services provided…
“Zoolander” actor Ben Stiller and his wife Christine Taylor said on Friday they had decided to separate after 18 years together. “With tremendous love and respect for each other, and the 18 years we spent together as a couple, we have made the decision to separate. Our priority will continue to be raising our children…
(JTA) — Dan Sofer and his wife considered it a great honor when they became the first couple since the Holocaust to be wed in Lithuania by a chief rabbi of that country. Sofer, a Ukraine-born businessman from Israel, said his wedding in 2004 was a chance to play a small part in the revival of…
The Forward’s reporting of Sebastian Gorka’s ties to a neo-Nazi nationalist group in Hungary has kicked off a raucous debate in the American Jewish community. A recent essay in the Los Angeles Review of Books by Jacob Labendz takes the measure of the discussion — and according to him, the Forward came out ahead of…
The reporter who was allegedly assaulted by a Montana congressman-elect inspired someone to hold a fundraiser to repair his broken glasses — which eventually morphed into an online benefit for the Committee to Protect Journalists. Ben Jacobs, a reporter for the British newspaper The Guardian, was covering a congressional race in Montana when he was…
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