A suburban Washington, D.C., gym canceled the membership of the “alt-right” leader Richard Spencer last week after he was recognized by a Georgetown University professor who confronted him and called a “cowardly Nazi” in public. Now the professor is being targeted by anti-Semitic trolls online. “That’s Professor ‘Jew Pig Whore,’” one Twitter user wrote. “Get…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Donald Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he “never mentioned Israel” in a meeting with Russian government officials in which he was alleged to have revealed highly classified information. “Just so you understand, I never mentioned the word or the name Israel,” Trump said Monday at a photo op…
(JTA) — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson would not say that the Western Wall is part of Israel when asked about by a reporter during the presidential flight from Saudi Arabia to Israel. Tillerson met with reporters in the back of Air Force One on Monday morning during the flight to the second stop on President…
On Monday, Donald Trump became the first U.S. president to visit the Western Wall while in office. Trump, after hearing a lengthy explanation from the Western Wall’s rabbi, walked solemnly to the wall and stood by the ancient remain of the Jewish temple for about a minute. He then followed the Jewish tradition and inserted…
Democrats are seeking Rahm Emanuel’s wisdom, as the party tries to reprise his success more than a decade ago in flipping Congress. “In 2006, there was a similar landscape, where Republican-controlled majorities in the House and Senate refused to do anything to hold George W. Bush accountable,” Hakeem Jeffries, a New York Democrat, told Politico….
Dianne Feinstein is too moderate for some Californians she represents, with many demanding the Senate Democrat confront President Trump. “The time has absolutely changed for politicians like her,” Robert Shearer, a left-wing state party exec, told Politico. “We are not going to tolerate it anymore.” Feinstein, who has previously served as San Francisco mayor, has…
Benjamin Netanyahu got a bit physical as President Trump arrived in Israel on Monday, attempting to push away a member of the Knesset attempting to take a selfie photo with the American leader on the tarmac at Ben-Gurion Airport. Oren Hazan, a Likud backbencher, crashed the welcome ceremony to which the country’s senior leadership alone…
Jared Kushner is keeping more than 90 percent of his real estate holdings, even as he serves as a senior adviser in his father-in-law’s White House. According to the Washington Post, Kushner will keep ownership over hundreds of residential properties scattered throughout the United States, with an estimated value between $132 and $407 million. The…
President Donald Trump may not be Jewish, but it seems his hair can sure play the part. Though often the subject of public ridicule for his crispy coif, it seems Trump’s hair has found a match made in heaven: the Western Wall. Don’t look so sad @realDonaldTrump, they have a really nice wall, but you…
The supervisor of the heavily Jewish town of Ramapo in suburban New York was found guilty of conspiracy, securities fraud and wire fraud, in connection with a scheme to conceal the damage done to the towns finances by the construction of a local baseball stadium. The town supervisor, Christopher St. Lawrence, faces a potentially heavy…
It didn’t take long for Donald Trump to grasp the difference between Saudi Arabia and Israel. Moments after he landed, the famous Israeli informality was on full display. First, at the receiving line of Israeli dignitaries waiting to shake hands with the visiting president. Naftali Bennett who leads the right-wing Jewish Home party, held on…
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