Jason Greenblatt, Donald Trump’s long-time lawyer and now the Special Representative for International Negotiations, has invested in Apple, Facebook, and the e-commerce site Etsy. Greenblatt, the son of Holocaust survivors, has also served on the board of the Frisch School, Jared Kushner’s alma mater, and lists assets around $1.4 million. ProPublica released a searchable database…
An Idaho woman discovered a Nazi artillery shell while cleaning out her parents’ shed last week. Diana Landa said that her parents had rarely used the shed in their longtime home outside of Boise and had no idea how the explosive got there. The device had a Nazi insignia and was etched with the year…
(JTA) — Several hate signs targeting Jews and others were posted in front of a home in St. Petersburg, Florida. The signs posted on Saturday night targeted gays, Jews, “retards” and “infidels.” Another sign read “Great Again,” an apparent reference to President Donald Trump’s campaign slogan. The signs were stolen on Sunday evening, angering the homeowner,…
For the last year, researchers and journalists have speculated about whether the mostly-online “alt-right” movement would ever coalesce with real world action. They excelled with memes and trolling, but was there more to it? It’s happening now, with the proliferation of street gangs inspired by the “alt-right” who are showing up at rallies across the…
(JTA) — If you want to buy this Sandy Koufax jersey, you might need the salary of a major league baseball player. Lelands.com is auctioning a Sandy Koufax rookie jersey from 1955. As of Tuesday morning, the current bid is close to $200,000, but the auction site estimates that it could sell for as much…
Who needs an orange when you can have a seder plate once owned by Joan Rivers herself? I used up my store of Rivers yucks in the headline, so I’ll give you the rest of the story straight. Auctioneer J. Greenstein & Co. is selling a seder plate that once belonged to the comedian Joan…
Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) will be appearing on an episode of the reality television show “Born This Way,” airing tonight at 10 PM ET/9c on A&E Network. “Born This Way” is a reality television show that showcases the lives of several young adults with Downs Syndrome and other disabilities. Sherman, a 10-term-Congressman with a history…
(JTA) — Clothing with slogans calling to “Free Palestine End Israeli Occupation” are for sale on the Sears website. The clothing is being offered for sale by another company, Spreadshirt Collection, and includes tank tops, and t-shirts and hoodies featuring a variety of pro-Palestinian messages. The garments are being sold through Sears Marketplace, which offers a…
An Israeli panel approved plans on Tuesday for the first new Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank in two decades, Israeli media reports said, drawing Palestinian condemnation and defying repeated international appeals to avoid such measures. If confirmed, the plans, which media said also envisage the construction of some 1,800 other settler homes in…
The Satmar Hasidic group is planning an anti-Zionist rally on Sunday at the Barclays Center, the massive arena in the heart of Brooklyn that’s home to the Brooklyn Nets. The rally, organized by a Satmar-dominated rabbinical group called the Central Rabbinical Congress, will protest an Israeli law, passed in 2014, that limits exemptions from military…
(JTA) — Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz said the university was wrong to rescind the admissions of several students who posted offensive messages on a private Facebook group. The messages reportedly mocked the Holocaust, sexual assault and domestic terrorism, among other topics. “Punishing students academically for their political views or their personal values is a…
