Adam Schiff is calling for the head of National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, after reports surfaced that the ex-general discussed American sanctions against Russia with that country’s ambassador in the month before President Donald Trump was inaugurated. “If he did so, and then he and other Administration officials misled the American people, his conduct would…
MONTREAL (JTA) — A student union leader at McGill University urged people on Twitter to “punch a Zionist today.” Igor Sadikov, a member of the legislative council, posted the tweet Monday, prompting calls for the third-year political science major to resign from his elected post. “This is clear incitement to violence, which should not be…
(JTA) — The family of presidential adviser Jared Kushner is in talks to purchase the Miami Marlins baseball team, The New York Times reported. The Kushners, a New York area real estate Jewish family, regard the team’s $1.6 billion price tag as too high, the Times reported Thursday. The negotiations, which have been ongoing for…
Michael Bennett, the Seattle Seahawks defensive lineman, pulled out of an Israeli-government sponsored trip to the country, after BDS activists urged him to do in protest of human rights violations against Palestinians. Im not going to Israel pic.twitter.com/KWzA0nCiFb — Michael Bennett (@mosesbread72) February 10, 2017 The boycott petition, organized by the U.S. campaign for Palestinian…
(JTA) — An ethics watchdog has criticized Kellyanne Conway, an adviser to President Donald Trump, for promoting in the media products sold by his eldest daughter, Ivanka Trump. Noah Bookbinder, the executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, wrote in a New York Daily News op-ed that his Washington, D.C.-based organization had filed a…
It’s been a hard few months for the Clintons. Hillary Clinton lost her presidential campaign back in November, after running as the heavy favorite for months. And now Chelsea Clinton’s husband, Marc Mezvinsky, is having his own problems, closing his Eaglevale Partners hedge fund after it failed to meet expectations. A unnamed source told Bloomberg…
Jared Kushner might have a bigger hand in keeping tensions down with America’s southern neighbor than previously anticipated: According to reports, the White House senior adviser along with Mexico’s foreign minister rewrote sections of President Trump’s January speech on constructing a border wall in order to make it more conciliatory. Trump delivered his January address…
(JTA) — President Donald Trump said the expansion of Israeli settlements does not positively impact efforts to reach peace between Israel and the Palestinians, but added he did not wish to condemn the Jewish state. Trump spoke about the peace process during an interview with Israel Hayom. The daily on Friday published a Hebrew-language translation…
(JTA) – An Israeli woman who is seeking unsuccessfully to divorce her violent husband appealed to Israel’s attorney general to overturn a Rabbinic court’s denial of her request. The woman’s lawyers made the unusual appeal Thursday, following the Jerusalem Rabbinic Court’s denial last week of her divorce motion on grounds of documented domestic violence, which…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Jewish groups welcomed a federal appeals court ruling upholding a stay on President Donald Trump’s ban on the entry of refugees and of travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries. “We applaud the Ninth Circuit’s ruling, and hope that it sends an important message to the nation and the world that the United States…
Patriots Owner Robert Kraft treated the family of Ezra Schwartz, who died in 2015 in Israel, to seats at last week’s Super Bowl. “Robert Kraft invited my sis and her family to the superbowl. He called them and invited them as vip guests… flights included,” wrote Rachel Deri in a message to OnlySimchas, a positive…
