Charles Brotman has been the announcer at every presidential inauguration since Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1957. But Donald Trump has decided to go in a different direction, leaving the 81-year-old Brotman out in the cold, CNN reported. Brotman, who was once the voice of the Washington Senators baseball team, told reporters he was “heartbroken” and…
(JTA) — A rally was held in Whitefish, Montana, to show solidarity with the Jewish community, which has been targeted by a neo-Nazi website. The rally Saturday was sponsored by the Love Not Hate organization, which the Daily Stormer has accused of threatening white supremacist leader Richard Spencer’s mother, who lives in the town along with…
Heavily pregnant, actress Natalie Portman opted for a bright yellow dress cut for the 1960’s as she arrived on the Golden Globes red carpet. The stunning outfit a nod to her role as First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in the biopic “Jackie.” Meanwhile, “Edge of Seventeen” lead actress Hailee Steinfeld opted for a flowing lilac Vera…
Two of the four Israeli soldiers killed in the truck ramming attack in Jerusalem were American citizens. The four soldiers were buried in separate cemeteries on Monday, a day after the attack on the promenade in the Arnon Hatnatziv neighborhood, which marks the border between the eastern and western halves of Jerusalem. A group of…
(JTA) — Trump transition officials have told the Obama White House that foreign policy matters that need to be brought to President-elect Donald Trump’s attention should be relayed through his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, the New York Times reported. The article that appeared on the front page of the Sunday edition of the newspaper also reported…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — More than 2,000 Israelis gathered in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv to call for unity in society in the wake of the manslaughter conviction of an Israeli soldier who shot a downed Palestinian assailant. The rally on Saturday night was initiated by IDF Capt. Ziv Shilon, who lost his arm in a…
(JTA) — A Muslim teen from New York City who helped police catch a man who hit an Orthodox Jewish woman on the subway was honored by community leaders. Ahmed Khalifa, 17, stopped the Brooklyn-bound train on Dec. 28 so that the woman could get medical attention and then jumped off the train to follow…
(JTA) — The U.S. State Department condemned a truck-ramming attack that killed four Israeli soldiers in eastern Jerusalem. “We condemn in the strongest possible terms today’s horrific vehicular attack by a terrorist in Jerusalem. There is absolutely no justification for these brutal and senseless attacks,” Deputy Department Spokesperson Mark Toner said in a statement issued…
The top Republican and Democrat on the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee on Sunday cast doubt on whether Russia can become an ally of the United States, an idea President-elect Donald Trump has embraced. Republican Devin Nunes, chairman of the committee, said on “Fox News Sunday” he would like to see a U.S.-Russia friendship but…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, under police investigation for suspected corruption, was caught on tape negotiating mutual benefits with an arch-foe, the owner of one of Israel’s largest- selling newspapers, Israeli media reported on Sunday. The report, which Israeli media outlets described as “an earthquake” that could have implications for Netanyahu’s political future, drew no immediate…
BERLIN (JTA) — A Pakistani man suspected of spying on a pro-Israel group in Germany is to be tried in Berlin, federal prosecutors announced. Identified only as “Syed Mustufa H.,” the 31-year-old man was arrested last July and charged in December with spying on behalf of an Iran-linked intelligence unit. According to the BZ newspaper, his target allegedly was the…
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