After a landlord’s mass eviction at a heavily Jewish Brooklyn nursing home caused panic three years ago, the Legal Aid Society is suing the state’s Department of Health to keep it from happening again, the Daily News reported Thursday. The suit stems from the 2014 effort to evict seniors from the Prospect Park Residence in…
More than 100 Jewish leaders condemned attacks on Linda Sarsour, the Palestinian-American activist whose Thursday speech at a City University of New York graduation ceremony has become a flashpoint. Signatories to the letter include many of the most prominent left-leaning Jewish communal leaders, including J Street’s Jeremy Ben-Ami, Bend the Arc’s Stosh Cotler, HIAS’s Mark…
Israeli Culture Minister Miri Regev said that her office would not subsidize two productions featuring nudity at the country’s top arts festival, calling the shows “harmful to the basic values of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state.” In a letter to Israel Festival director Eyal Sher, Regev said that full nudity, even in the…
As far as the endless jigsaw puzzle of beautiful Hollywood actors and the ways they can fit together goes, this one is fine. Joaquin Phoenix, accepting the award for Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival for his work in “You Were Never Really Here” debuted as a couple this week with Rooney Mara, best…
Israel on Thursday expressed disappointment at the decision of U.S. President Donald Trump to sign a waiver to delay relocating the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv but said it hoped a move could take place later. “Though Israel is disappointed that the embassy will not move at this time, we appreciate…
Basketball star Amar’e Stoudemire is diving into the Hebrew scriptures. On the holiday of Shavuot, he posted an image of a Bible, open to the passage of Leviticus pertaining to the holiday. … ? #Yahosaphat A post shared by (əˈ•mär•ray) Amar’e Stoudemire (@amareisreal) on May 31, 2017 at 11:32am PDT Stoudemire tagged his photo #Yahosaphat,…
It could be a sign his status is being recognized on the national stage, or an indication that he is in deep trouble. Either way, Jared Kushner, the most famous son-in-law in America, made it to the cover of this week’s Time magazine. “The Good Son,” as he is described in the title, is portrayed…
Breaking a key campaign promise, President Trump has signed a controversial waiver allowing him to not move the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. Trump, who vowed to move the embassy on ‘Day one,’ is now following the same policy as presidents Obama, Clinton and Bush in refusing to take the explosive step. A U.S….
(JTA) — A Dutch man living in Ireland was sentenced to five years in jail after threatening his two French housemates, praising the Islamic State and saying he would behead Jews. Shmael Heirouche, 40, was sentenced Wednesday in Cork Circuit Criminal Court after pleading guilty to a charge of threatening to kill or cause serious…
Michael Bloomberg is no big fan of fellow billionaire Donald Trump. But still, the former New York mayor who has considered in the past a presidential run of his own, believes Trump may remain in the White House for longer than many believe. Trump, according to Bloomberg, stands a 55 percent chance of getting reelected…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel Police have launched an investigation into signs calling on haredi Orthodox men who are drafted into the Israel Defense Forces to kill female soldiers and commanders. The signs were found hanging in the haredi Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim on Wednesday, during the holiday of Shavuot. The poster reads: “Dear yeshiva…
