Not since President Nixon have we seen such a disgraceful abuse of power and attack on the integrity of our system of justice. During one of the most important national security investigations of our time, FBI Director James Comey’s firing is a blatant attack on the independence of the Justice Department. This behavior — firing…
[Israel’s new ambassador to Brazil, whose nomination replaced that of a former settler leader rejected by Latin America’s largest country, declared that the Jewish state does not have settlements in the West Bank. Yossi Shelley, a Likud party activist and former businessman, assumed the ambassador position in January, putting an end to a yearlong diplomatic…
On May 8, 2012, beloved children’s book author Maurice Sendak, best known for his book Where the Wild Things Are, passed away less than a month before his 84th birthday. To celebrate his enduring legacy and tenacious wit, we’ve pulled one of our favorite interviews (with Stephen Colbert) for your viewing pleasure: Watch Part 1:…
A mirabelle plum tree which grew in the Warsaw Ghetto area during World War II was cut down in December, but now has a chance to grow again. Seedlings have been grown from the tree thanks to a pair of Poles, who 12 years ago brought three seeds from the historic tree to the United…
The damage at the Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial, located in a nearly one-acre memorial park maintained by the Boise Parks & Recreation in partnership with the Wassmuth Center for Human Rights, will cost about $20,000 to repair The vandalism was discovered by a group touring the site on Tuesday afternoon, the Idaho Statesman reported….
A conservative lawmaker compared President Trump to the Nazis, calling the embattled leader “small potatoes” compared to the Third Reich. Rep. Tom Garrett a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, told the crowd in southwest Virginia that he felt confident the American people would dump Trump if he turned into a truly authoritarian leader….
Top Jewish lawmakers slammed President Trump for abruptly firing FBI Director James Comey — and demanded he appoint a special prosecutor to investigate allegations of Russian meddling in the presidential election. Sen. Chuck Schumer said he warned Trump not to dump Comey and said Americans would not accept a Trump-appointed official to oversee the explosive…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — “You make us better,” James Comey told the Anti-Defamation League in his final public speech as FBI director. Judging from the applause in the conference room at Washington D.C.’s venerable Mayflower Hotel, the feeling was mutual. Mired in investigations of the scandals of 2016 (Hillary Clinton’s relationship with her email server) and…
Rabbis at the leading Israeli center for Jewish law and technology have given a kosher stamp of approval for kids to use popular hand-held spinner toys on the Sabbath. The Scientific Institute of Technology in Jerusalem, which both reviews and creates technology in accordance with Jewish legal codes, issued a ruling on the use of…
President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday evening, based on justifications provided by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Rosenstein’s three-page memo to Attorney General Jeff Sessions explained that the primary motivation for Comey’s firing was his alleged mishandling of accusations against Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton, specifically his announcement on July 5…
President Trump might skip a stop to Yad Vashem while visiting Israel later this month as part of his first foreign trip as president. That’s just one of the surprises in the itinerary, reported by Israel’s Channel 2 on Tuesday. Another is that Trump will travel to Bethlehem rather than Ramallah to meet with Palestinian…
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