WASHINGTON (JTA) — Jason Greenblatt, President Donald Trump’s adviser on international relations, is touring Israel and the Palestinian areas to gauge attitudes to peacemaking and there will likely not be any developments from the trip, a Trump administration spokesman said. “He’s really there to listen to both sides and how they perceive getting to a…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Effigies of haredi Orthodox soldiers were hung in the Jerusalem haredi neighborhood of Mea Shearim. One of the effigies, which were hung by their necks, had a sign reading “hardak out.” Hardak is a derogatory term for haredi men who serve in the army. Police removed the effigies, surrounded by jeering crowds, and…
Conservative Jewish commentator and former Breitbart editor Ben Shapiro defended Iowa Congressman Steve King Monday after he tweeted a xenophobic comment embraced by white supremacists. Rep. Steve King (R-IA) wrote Sunday, “We can’t restore our civilization with somebody else’s babies.” Wilders understands that culture and demographics are our destiny. We can’t restore our civilization with…
Amy Krouse Rosenthal, a Chicago memoirist, children’s book author, and joyful prankster died early this morning from ovarian cancer, her agent has confirmed, just 10 days after her New York Times Modern Love essay “You Might Want to Marry My Husband” went viral. The essay was structured as a dating profile for Jason, Rosenthal’s husband…
Correction Appended The case of Jewish real estate developers charged with voter fraud in the Catskills will continue through the federal court system this week, a legacy of dismissed U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara. Shalom Lamm and co-conspirators Kenneth Nakdimen and Volvy Smilowitz are accused of federal voter fraud conspiracy in a bid to elect public…
Croatia rejected on Monday the allegations made in a lawsuit that demands billions in compensation to people held in concentration camps on Croatian territory during World War Two. The Ustasha regime ruled Croatia as allies of Nazi Germany from 1941 until the end of the war in 1945. Several concentration camps operated on its territory,…
A company owned by the family of Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, stands to receive over $400 million from China’s Anbang Insurance Group, that is investing in a Manhattan building owned by the Kushners, Bloomberg reported. Details of the agreement are being circulated to attract additional investors, Bloomberg reported on Monday. (http://bloom.bg/2nm6PwG) The building, a…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A delegation from the Union for Reform Judaism had a “wide-ranging and candid conversation” with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, the group said. The delegation, led by the URJ’s president, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, met with Netanyahu for an hour on Sunday, according to a statement issued by the congregational arm of the movement at the…
With the rise in American hate groups, the Washington Post reports on one Georgia town’s struggle with a massive Ku Klux Klan banner that appeared on the side of a building on Main Street one morning last month. Dahlonega, a charming former gold mining spot an hour north of Atlanta, rallied against the sign, the…
A sprawling Caribbean estate first owned by Benjamin de Rothschild, complete with a coconut grove and private beach, can be yours for a hot $67 million. The “Girasol” property, located on the French-Dutch island of St. Barts, otherwise known as St. Barthelemy, includes two villas, with six bedrooms in total. Its private shoreline runs for…
Chipmaker Intel agreed to buy Israeli driverless car-technology firm Mobileye for $15.3 billion on Monday, positioning itself for a dominant role in the fast-moving autonomous-driving sector. The $63.54-per-share cash deal marks the largest purchase of a company solely focused on the self-driving sector and could significantly alter the competitive landscape among key technology and systems…
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