New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a friend-of-the-court brief Thursday in support of Planned Parenthood’s effort to kill an Ohio law denying public funding to abortion providers. Fifteen other state attorney generals joined Schneiderman’s brief, filed with the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Sixth Circuit. “We won’t stand by while a woman’s…
(JTA) — A Hilton hotel in Southern California reportedly has canceled a Passover trip for 700 New Yorkers, despite a $1 million deposit, the organizer said. The New York Post’s Page Six reported Wednesday that the 10-day trip to the Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines in San Diego was booked in November, according to the organizer,…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat canceled a lecture he was to deliver at San Francisco State University a year after his address at the school was drowned out by pro-Palestinian demonstrators. In a statement Wednesday announcing his decision to cancel the lecture for the following day, Barkat noted that in April 2016, “dozens…
Trevor Noah says he’s found conclusive evidence that Jared Kushner is America’s true and only president. The Daily Show host says Donald Trump’s son-in-law is virtually in charge of everything at the White House from brokering a peace agreement between Israelis and Palestinians to reforming the criminal justice system and solving the opioid epidemic. And…
Adam Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the House’s Intelligence Committee, [said Thursday that he only learned of chairman Devin Nunes’ decision to step aside from an inquiry into ties between the Donald Trump campaign and Russia when the news broke to the entire world. It’s not the first time that the Jewish representative from California…
(JTA) — The number of Americans expressing anti-Semitic views rose by 40% since 2015 — although most Americans are worried about violence against Jews, according to polls by the Anti-Defamation League. Fourteen percent of Americans expressed anti-Semitic attitudes, a sharp increase from 10% in 2015, according to the data. However, 52 percent of respondents said they…
Ivanka Trump held a secret meeting with the president of Planned Parenthood just after her father’s presidential inauguration, Politico reported. The first daughter’s meeting with Cecile Richards, who has led the national pro-choice group since 2006, came amid what Politico termed Trump’s “listening tour” of leading women’s groups. “The main thing that Cecile Richards was…
If you thought Purim was the only holiday for Jewish parodies of pop culture, you must not have seen the newest batch of a cappella Passover parodies. Here are our three top picks this year: Maccabeats The Maccabeats have a new take on the four questions with their a cappella plus version of the “Ma…
A leader of the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) claimed it is a guarantor of Jewish life in Germany because it opposes immigration from largely Muslim migrants. Frauke Petry made the remarks in response to criticism from Ronald Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, who last week called the AfD a “disgrace for Germany.”…
(JTA) — A painting looted by the Nazis from a Jewish collector will continue to hang in a German museum after the German government and a private foundation paid the heirs of the former Jewish owner. The German government announced Friday that $1.28 million had been transferred to an heir of Hans Hess in compensation…
NEW YORK (JTA) — Agudath Israel of America has filed a brief on behalf of a New York state law banning assisted suicide that is being challenged in the state’s highest court. The haredi Orthodox group filed its amicus brief in the case of Myers v. Schneiderman, where arguments in the Court of Appeals are…
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