The co-founder of Rebel Media, the far-right Canadian news organization commonly referred to as “Breitbart North,” resigned on Monday, citing the firm’s cozy ties to white supremacists. Brian Lilley, a conservative radio host, said in a Facebook post that the departure had been “a long time coming. What may have started as a concern over…
After months of unflattering publicity following allegations of sexual misconduct between two contestants, the slightly delayed premiere of “Bachelor in Paradise” finally arrived Monday. In case you were worried about whether a sexual assault investigation would have a negative effect on the series, fear not. The episode scored its highest rating for a premiere in…
Roy Moore, the ousted former State Supreme Court justice, is expected to be the top vote-getter in today’s Senate primary in Alabama, but may fall short of the majority needed to win outright. Moore is a favorite among evangelicals and is perhaps best known as the “Ten Commandments judge,” for his high-profile opposition to the…
Three days after the deadly car attack by a white supremacist in Charlottesville, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued his first condemnation. In an English-language tweet Netanyahu wrote: “Outraged by expressions of anti-Semitism, neo-Nazism and racism. Everyone should oppose this hatred.” The Israeli prime minister seems to have waited to hear a clear condemnation from…
The popular neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer will be moving its domain to the so-called dark web after it was cut off by GoDaddy and then Google, Motherboard reported Tuesday morning. On the dark web, the site will not need to rely on a domain registrar, according to the report. The move comes after GoDaddy…
(JTA) — KIBBUTZ ELIFAZ, Israel (JTA) – By all accounts, Eilon Bdil has no personal interest in marijuana. But as the business manager of Kibbutz Elifaz, he’s a big believer in the herb. Bdil sees medical marijuana as a unique opportunity to revive his remote Negev community. “This cannabis gold rush has to pan out for…
Police in Philadelphia are asking for the public’s help in nabbing a man who urinated on the steps of a local synagogue and made an obscene gesture toward the house of worship. According to CBS News, Congregation Beth Solomon in the Somerton section of Philadelphia was attacked in the early hours of Sunday morning by…
A group working to deradicalize white supremacists had been set to receive funding from the Department of Homeland Security until Trump aide Katharine Gorka worked to eliminate its grant. Gorka, a homeland security official and the wife of controversial White House counterterrorism advisor Sebastian Gorka, was a member of President Trump’s transition team before his…
(JTA) — Jewish actress Mayim Bialik called out the March for Racial Justice for taking place on Yom Kippur. In a Facebook post Sunday, Bialik complained that the timing of the march against white supremacy, scheduled for Sept. 30 in Washington, D.C., excludes Jews, who traditionally spend Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, fasting and…
President Trump retweeted a post from a well-known alt-right activist involved in conspiracy theories — and an image of a CNN reporter being run over by a train. The original tweet belongs to Jack Posobiac, an Alt-Right follower who has promoted conspiracy theories surrounding the murder of DNC staffer Seth Rich and the pizzagate conspiracy…
(JTA) — Arnold Schwarzenegger has donated $100,000 to the Simon Wiesenthal Center, which combats anti-Semitism and bigotry, in the wake of the far-right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The actor and former California governor announced the donation Sunday on Facebook, where he wrote that he was “horrified” by the previous day’s rally bringing together neo-Nazis, white…
