(JTA) — An Estonian nationalist politician vowed in his election campaign to decriminalize denial of the Holocaust and outlaw instead revisionism on the Soviet domination of this country. Georg Kirsberg, who is running for a lawmaker’s seat for the Conservative People’s Party in Estonia’s elections in October, was quoted as saying this on Wednesday by…
President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris Accord has driven even reluctant Twitterer Lloyd Blankfein to the platform for the first time since he joined — or his assistant joined him — in 2011. Today’s decision is a setback for the environment and for the U.S.’s leadership position in the world. #ParisAgreement…
Vladimir Putin is a devoted booster of the Russian Orthodox Church, but these days he sort of feels like a Jew, according to a speech he gave this Friday in Moscow. Putin was disputing claims that the Russian government interfered in the American election when he compared the slew of accusations to anti-Semitism. “It’s like…
The president of the Israel Defense Forces’ Military Court of Appeals has ordered an official reinvestigation into the death of Toveet Radcliffe, the first African American to die while serving in Israel’s armed forces. The order may be the first of its kind in more than 30 years, Israel’s Channel 2 reported. Radcliffe, 19, died…
(JTA) — Israel’s energy minister and the CEO of Goldman Sachs joined the chorus of critics who condemned President Donald Trump’s decision to exit the Paris climate deal. Minister Yuval Steinitz criticized the move implicitly. “Even if there is a 50-percent chance that climate change and global warming is man-made, we must act to reduce risk,”…
Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington remained closed on Friday, after a 911 call a day earlier from an individual who claimed to be armed and on his way to campus. The school has been the focus of widespread media attention in recent days, since a biology professor, Bret Weinstein, went public with complaints that…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Culture Minister Miri Regev was booed by the audience at the opening of the Israel Festival in Jerusalem in the wake of threats to withhold funds from performances that feature nudity. Regev was booed for several minutes, and many in the audience turned their back on her while she spoke. The…
A disclosure of ethics waivers provided to Trump administration officials suggests that top adviser Steve Bannon may still be playing a key role in the right-wing media world — despite working in the White House. The disclosure, first reported by The New York Times, lists 16 White House staffers who were exempt from ethics rules…
After a surge in conspiracy theories about the murder last summer of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich, a legal investigative unit led by conspiracy theorist Jack Burkman is filing a freedom of information request to see police records connected to the death. The Profiling Project, headed by the D.C.-based lobbyist and staffed with some…
(JTA) — President Donald Trump on Thursday said he will withdraw the United States from the landmark 2015 global agreement to fight climate change, earning statements of dismay from critics, including liberal Jewish groups, who regard the pullout as a diplomatic and environmental disaster. Speaking Thursday at ceremony in the White House Rose Garden, Trump said…
Jared Kushner’s real estate company used an underhanded, though legal tactic to save millions in the construction of a luxury development in Jersey City, effectively gerrymandering the pricey building into a high poverty zone, allowing it to benefit from preferential government terms. According to the Washington Post, Kushner’s consultants presented maps to the federal government…
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