— It’s been a mixed few days for Jewish Canadian rapper Drake. He split from his girlfriend Rihanna and he had to cancel the end of his tour due to a severe ankle injury — meaning he didn’t play on Kol Nidre, the start of the Yom Kippur, the most solemn day in the Jewish…
Jack Greenberg, who died on October 12 at age 91, was more than just a fearless civil rights attorney who famously argued Brown v. Board of Education before the U.S. Supreme Court; he was also an admirer of Franz Kafka who applied his writings to historical experience of racial prejudice in America. The 1954 case,…
Cellcom, Israel’s biggest mobile phone provider, said on Monday Golan Telecom has filed a lawsuit in an Israeli court, declaring it does not owe the company 600 million shekels ($158 million) for past national roaming payment differences. “The company believes this lawsuit is unfounded, in contradiction to the binding national roaming agreement … and the…
— Jewish actress Arianne Zucker, the subject of Donald Trump’s demeaning comments about women from a decade-old leaked tape, has commented on the footage. Zucker, who was an actress on the popular soap opera “Days of Our Lives,” did not comment on Trump’s comments when the news broke over the weekend, but on Sunday she…
(JTA) — An Arizona man has pleaded guilty to plotting an attack on government buildings and the Tucson Jewish Community Center. Mahin Khan, 18, pleaded guilty on Monday to charges of terrorism, conspiracy to commit terrorism and conspiracy to commit misconduct involving weapons in Maricopa County Superior Court, according to reports. Khan reportedly struck a…
— Five Jewish families left about 600 Happy Rosh Hashanah fliers on cars at a Bay Area Rapid Transit station in response to anti-Semitic fliers left in the same station. The NBC Bay Area affiliate reported Monday that the anonymous fliers wishing commuters a Happy Jewish New Year that appeared on cars at the BART…
— As the death toll from Hurricane Matthew continued to rise, Jewish groups were working to help victims in the United States and the Caribbean. The storm, which the National Hurricane Center downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone on Sunday, has killed at least 19 people in the U.S., including in Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina, according…
In an election cycle that carries very little good news for Republicans and even less for Jewish Republicans, there’s a glimpse of hope on Long Island. Lee Zeldin, the only Jewish Republican currently serving in Congress, is on track to keep his seat, according to a recent Newsday/Sienna College poll. Zeldin, according to the poll,…
— The Tampa City Council in Florida approved a 6-foot-high fence around the new branch of the Jewish Community Centers despite opposition by council members and community members. The fence, which is part of a $30 million renovation of the historic Fort Homer Hesterly Armory, was approved by the council in a 4-3 vote Friday….
— Independent U.S. presidential candidate Evan McMullin has named a Jewish running mate, Mindy Finn. Finn, 35, is president and founder of Empowered Women, a nonprofit that aims to foster discussion of feminism. She worked on digital operations programs for Mitt Romney and George W. Bush, and also at Twitter heading up strategic partnerships in…
— A Jewish cemetery in New York State’s Orange County was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti. The outer wall of the Jewish cemetery in the Town of Warwick, about 90 minutes north of Manhattan, was covered in black spray painted swastikas and the words “Heil Hitler” and “SS,” the Times Herald-Record reported Sunday. The vandalism had…
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