Allan Lichtman, the American University political scientist who predicted President Donald Trump’s upset victory in November, is dropping a book with an even more daring prophecy: The new leader will be impeached before his term is up. “Taking time out of preparing to become the world’s most powerful leader, he wrote me a personal note,…
Kendrick Lamar became the first rapper to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music on Monday. Lamar also has a fascinating connection to the Hebrew Israelites, a mostly black group that claims Jewish roots. On the latest album from Grammy Award winning rapper Kendrick Lamar, the artist appears to declare himself a Hebrew Israelite — or,…
Marine Le Pen, the National Front’s president, follows a lot of white extremist activists on Twitter, many of whom are part of the “facistsphere,” a collection of influential far-right blogs and websites, according to an article in Vice. 180 of these accounts openly support the “grand remplacement” conspiracy theory, according to which the original European…
Aly Raisman was ready for critics who questioned her decision to pose topless in Sports Illustrated’s latest swimsuit issue. “I knew people were going to say that I wasn’t a good role model and all of this stuff,” the Olympic gymnast told Motto on Tuesday. “I did the issue because I love my body. I…
A fire broke out at the Kneses Israel of Sea-Gate synagogue in Brooklyn on Thursday morning, causing minor injuries to one community member. More than 100 firefighters were sent on site to extinguish the fire, which erupted shortly after midnight. The nine historical Torah scrolls were rescued. On a Twitter video posted by the New…
(JTA) — Vilnius University in Lithuania said it would give academic degrees posthumously to Jewish students who were unable to graduate because they were murdered in the Holocaust — unless they were partisans. In a statement published on Wednesday on its website announcing the initiative entitled “Recovering Memory,” Vilnius University encouraged relatives of Holocaust victims…
(JTA) — Five House Democrats called for Jared Kushner’s security clearance to be revoked over his alleged ties to Russia. In a letter co-signed by Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) to FBI Director James Comey and Charles Phalen, director of the National Background Investigations Bureau, the Democrats expressed concerns over the alleged failure of the President’s son-in-law…
(JTA) — Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, is slated to become the first non-Israeli to light a torch during Israel’s main Independence Day ceremony in Jerusalem. Hier, who in January delivered a prayer during the inauguration of President Donald Trump in Washington D.C., is one of three individuals selected for the honor…
(JTA) — In a reaction to attempts in Europe to boycott Israel, the European Union’s report on commercial competition for the first time included a rejection of such initiatives. The reference to boycotts, which does not name Israel specifically, was introduced earlier this year into the draft of the Report on Competition Policy for 2016…
The Jewish anti-hunger group Mazon is bringing its touring exhibit to New York City this week, to educate visitors about the prevalence of hunger in the U.S. Built into a 53-foot-long trailer, the interactive exhibit features the stories of Americans struggling with hunger. “It’s not about statistics — we wanted people to have an experience,”…
NEW YORK (JTA) — The Anti-Defamation League is offering to hold Holocaust-awareness training for White House staff after administration spokesman Sean Spicer was pilloried for saying Adolf Hitler never used chemical weapons. In a letter to Spicer shared with the media on Thursday, ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said his organization “would be happy to conduct…
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