(JTA) — Russia summoned its ambassador to Israel for clarifications following Israeli airstrikes in Syria. Russia, which backs Syria’s embattled president, Bashar Assad, summoned its envoy, Gary Koren, on Friday less than 24 hours after the Israeli military action on Thursday night, according to The Times of Israel. In a rare statement, the Israel Defense…
A national poll by Gallup shows that the president’s approval rating among Jews stands at 31%. That’s 11% below the national average. On the negative side, Gallup suggests, are the lack of mention of Jews in his statement for International Holocaust Remembrance day, his slow and lackluster response to the wave of anti-Semitism in the…
(JTA) — A proposal to support a ban on ritual circumcision and label it child abuse is splitting the leadership of a liberal party in Norway, which supports outreach to Muslim immigrants. Socialist Left Party secretary Kari Elisabeth Kaski will push for language supporting the ban in the party’s official platform during a general assembly meeting this…
A senior U.N. official resigned on Friday over the withdrawal of a report accusing Israel of imposing an “apartheid regime” on Palestinians, saying “powerful member states” pressured the world body and its chief with “vicious attacks and threats.” United Nations Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary for the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA),…
Three Democratic senators are calling on the administration to investigate whether President Trump’s counter-terrorism adviser Sebastian Gorka broke the law by not disclosing to immigration authorities that he was a member of a Hungarian Nazi-allied group. Senators Dick Durbin of Illinois, Ben Cardin from Maryland and Connecticut’s Richard Blumenthal wrote a letter to the Department…
President Trump’s adviser on international negotiations just concluded his first trip to the Middle East and won a round of praise from all sides, for his openness and inclusiveness in approaching the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But some in the Israeli press and on social media noticed another fact: Greenblatt, who is Orthodox, showed up to his…
Donald Trump’s No. 1 critic is about to get an award from Trump’s No. 1 donor. Mark Cuban, the Texas outspoken billionaire who had trolled Donald Trump on Twitter and made a point of sitting in the front row during presidential debates only to get under Trump’s skin, will be awarded later this month the…
Decades after officials worried they might be sheltering the infamous Nazi doctor Joseph Mengele, members of the Mennonite sect in Paraguay are coming to terms with their historical ties with the Third Reich. Mennonites are supposed to embrace non-violence and shun political life. But that was not the case in Fernheim, the Paraguay settlement where…
Following President Trump’s controversial budget proposal boosting the military and slashing Meals on Wheels and other safety net programs, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said that his caucus is willing to shut down the government to defeat the White House’s blueprint. “If they put those poison pill amendments in and try to shove them down…
Business guru Mark Cuban sat down for an interview with Axios and made clear he’s still bearish on President Donald Trump. The Texas billionaire, who during the presidential election took on the role of Trump’s main nemesis and Twitter troll, believes Trump was awful as a real estate developer. “I thought he was an idiot,”…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan feels that Europeans are treating their Muslim citizens and immigrants badly. Very badly. “The Jews were treated the same in the past,” Erdogan said Wednesday. “Europe is heading towards being drowned in its own fears.” The Turkish president spoke after weeks of increasing tension with Western European countries following the…
