NEW YORK (JTA) — A Jewish cemetery in Rochester, New York, was vandalized, the third such incident in the United States in less than two weeks. Five headstones were found toppled Thursday morning at the Waad Hakolel Cemetery, also known as the Stone Road Cemetery, in the city in western New York, according to News 10 NBC…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Sen. Bernie Sanders asked David Friedman, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be ambassador to Israel, whether he would back using funds earmarked for assistance to Israel to help rebuild the Gaza Strip. Sanders in a letter he handed Friedman after they met Wednesday also asked whether he thinks the tax-exempt status of…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A bipartisan House task force on anti-Semitism is urging President Donald Trump to set up an interagency mechanism to tackle the issue in the wake of waves of bomb threats against Jewish institutions and several cemetery vandalism attacks. “Similar to the interagency task force you proposed for dismantling criminal cartels, this instrument,…
In a rare spot of irony amid the potential for tragedy in the threats leveled against Jewish community centers nationwide, Dallas’s JCC didn’t respond to a recent threat because it landed in the organization’s spam folder, only to be discovered when police alerted the JCC about a possible threat. “That’s right,” Dallas News columnist Robert…
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A Jewish cemetery in Rochester, New York is the latest to report topped headstones, after Jewish cemeteries in St. Louis and Philadelphia reported hundreds of similar incidents. At least five headstones were toppled at Vaad Hakolel Cemetery, also called Stone Road Cemetery. Rochester has two Jewish cemeteries. Michael Phillips, director of the Britton Road Association,…
Following a week of threats and vandalism against Jewish community centers, cemeteries and other institutions, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly is promising to coordinate more with American Jews to combat hate crimes and ensure the group’s safety. “In light of the nature of the threats to Jewish Community Centers, I have directed DHS to heighten…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Former NBA All-Star Amar’e Stoudemire apologized for making homophobic comments to an Israeli website, saying his remarks were “offensive” but meant to be “taken as jokes.” “I want to apologize for my offensive comments against the LGBT community,” he said in a statement issued Wednesday evening. “These remarks were taken from a…
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Thursday that Attorney General Jeff Sessions had misled Congress over his contacts with a Russian official before the U.S. presidential election and for the good of the country should resign. “Attorney General Jeff Sessions had weeks to correct the record that he made before the Judiciary Committee but…
After she exhorted Fox News viewers last month to “go buy Ivanka’s stuff,” Kellyanne Conway escaped any significant punishment for having violated government ethics rules, as White House attorneys reminded her of the regulations in two conversations and then sent her on her way. “We concluded that Ms. Conway acted inadvertently and is highly unlikely…
(JTA) — Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly has directed his department to “heighten” outreach and support to enhance public safety in the wake of threats to Jewish Community Centers across the country. Kelly said in a statement released on Wednesday evening that the Department of Homeland Security is “working closely with Jewish communities to advise…
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