Is President Trump’s son-in-law and top adviser trying to scapegoat an unnamed assistant? In his written testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee Friday, Kushner had a lengthy explanation about omitting his meeting with Russian officials from White House disclosure forms. Kushner’s defense line, in short, was: “It wasn’t me, it was my assistant.” Kushner claims…
Legendary comedian Rodney Dangerfield will be posthumously honored with a plaque in his hometown of Kew Gardens, Queens. Dangerfield, born Jacob Cohen, spent his early years in Deer Park, Long Island before moving to Kew Gardens. He died in 2004. Students in the Aquinas Honor Society of the Immaculate Conception School in Jamaica Estates wanted…
Jared Kushner received an assist from some unexpected friends amid the scandal over his connections to Russia – a bevy of evangelical Christian leaders. “It’s just like God to use a young Jewish couple to help Christians in the United States, defend their rights, and secure their religious freedom for now, and for subsequent generations,”…
LaVar Ball: outspoken father, obnoxious basketball coach … and honorary member of the tribe?! At a recent autograph signing, the Ball patriarch broke out into a huge grin when a Jewish fan in a kippah asked if he wanted to “switch caps.” “I used to have one of those,” Ball told the room. “My girl…
“Flatbush Girl” Instagram personality Adina Miles has faced both praise and pushback after poking fun at a Brooklyn newspaper’s modesty laws. The Flatbush Jewish Journal initially refused to run Miles’s full-page ad, which featured a photo of her in a group with Councilman Chaim Deutsch, because it featured her unblurred face. So Miles altered the…
Pizzeria worker Shlomi Madar used a wooden pizza board to help subdue a suspected terrorist who had begun to stab patrons at a nearby restaurant in an Israeli town, according to the Times of Israel. “I heard screams coming from the shawarma shop two stores down and I immediately understood what was happening,” he said….
President Trump sought to educate Boy Scouts at their national jamboree about gathering health care votes, Hillary Clinton, the electoral college, and the tricks to keeping a real estate business afloat. He also had a surprising religious message to the thousands of Scouts gathered in West Virginia Monday night: “Under the Trump administration,” the president…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The mother of the Palestinian terrorist who killed three Israelis as they sat at their Shabbat table was arrested for incitement. Israel Defense Forces troops arrested Ibtisam al-Abed on Monday night, the IDF said. She is accused of “aggravated incitement” against Jews. Following the attack, Ibtisam al-Abed said in a statement captured…
(JTA) — A jury in Austria has convicted a Palestinian man for inciting the murder of Jews. The 27-year-old from the Gaza Strip was found guilty on Monday of belonging to the terrorist group Hamas and plotting a terror attack on Jews. He reportedly was sentenced to life in prison. The man, who entered Austria…
(JTA) — Five members of an interfaith delegation to Israel were prevented from boarding their flight from Washington DC due to their activism on behalf of the BDS movement. The Jewish Voice for Peace organization said in a statement Monday that the delegation tried to check into its Lufthansa flight at Dulles International Airport, only…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The security guard who killed his Jordanian assailant and a bystander after being stabbed in the chest said “a weight has been lifted from my heart” after returning to Israel. The guard, identified as Ziv, met on Tuesday morning with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Ambassador to Jordan Einat Shlain….
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