JERUSALEM — President Reuven Rivlin of Israel hosted a meeting of Jewish and Muslim leaders in Jerusalem in the wake of public debate over a bill that would mute mosques’ loudspeakers. “Jerusalem has always brought together the various voices, the Jewish prayers with the muezzin’s call to prayer along with the church bells. I am…
— One hundred anti-Semitic incidents occurred in the 10 days following the presidential election, representing about 12 percent of hate incidents in the U.S. recorded by a civil rights watchdog. The report released Tuesday by the Southern Poverty Law Center looked at 867 hate incidents that occurred in the 10 days following the election of Donald Trump….
Ever want a pair of Larry King’s suspenders, that iconic fashion accessory for the long-time CNN talk show host? Well, then, hustle over to the American Jewish Historical Society’s awards dinner this Thursday, where a signed pair will be auctioned off and King will received an award. The benefit, with tickets starting at $1,000, will…
WASHINGTON — Jimmy Carter urged President Barack Obama to recognize a state of Palestine before leaving office. Writing Monday in a New York Times op-ed, the former president said before Donald Trump assumes the presidency on Jan. 20, the United States should back a United Nations Security Council resolution that lays down the parameters of a…
Austria’s Jewish community recommended on Tuesday that voters back an independent candidate at an election that could produce the first far right-wing president in the European Union – the first time it has ever declared an endorsement. Former Green party leader Alexander Van der Bellen is running neck-and-neck with the right-wing Freedom Party (FPO) candidate…
The country’s post-election hate crime wave again visited itself upon New York last weekend, after the discovery of swastikas and other white supremacist graffiti on the inside of a subway car in Manhattan, according to a Monday report in DNAInfo. In addition to the swastikas, the scrawlings on the No. 1 train featured the “white…
Shmaltz Brewing Co says some of its beer names, including several with Jewish themes, “can be a bit unorthodox.” Now a large California winery wants one of those names to be reformed. Sutter Home Winery Inc sued Shmaltz late on Monday, accusing the brewery of infringing its “Menage a Trois” trademark by selling a 12-pack…
JERUSALEM — The Sephardi Orthodox Shas Party has proposed a bill that would prevent any kind of non-Orthodox public prayer at the Western Wall. Under the draft bill, announced by Shas late on Monday, a fine of some $2,500 or a six-month prison sentence would be levied on those taking part in egalitarian prayer services…
Retired General James Mattis, known to his troops as “Mad Dog Mattis,” for his habit of speaking his mind, is a potential Donald Trump pick for Secretary of Defense, and his candor has triggered a split among pro-Israel Jewish groups. The Zionist Organization of America declared him unfit for the post comments he made three…
— Fans of a British soccer team were filmed singing an anti-Semitic chant on a London subway. The chant by backers of the Chelsea club followed the team’s victory on Saturday night against the rival Tottenham Hotspur, which has many Jewish and pro-Jewish fans. “I’ve got foreskin, how about you? F***|*| Jew,” they reportedly chanted. One Spurs fan said…
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, whose death was late Friday, had a complicated history with Jews. Under Castro, who seized power in 1959, and his brother Raul Castro, who took over as president in 2008, Jews in Cuba were extended religious freedoms and received special rations from the government for kosher meat. But the former…
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