— A former volunteer firefighter from Southern California is suing his former department alleging anti-Semitism and harassment. Jared Hartstein, 27, of Irvine, worked for the volunteer fire department in La Habra Heights from June 2015 until he resigned on Dec. 21 that year. Hartstein alleged in interviews with the local media that senior firefighters made…
— NORPAC, one of the largest pro-Israel political action committees, praised President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. ambassador to Israel for his “lifetime of pro-Israel advocacy.” Congratulating David Friedman on his appointment, NORPAC in a statement Wednesday called him “an accomplished attorney” with “extensive knowledge of Israel and the Middle East.” “His lifetime of pro-Israel advocacy has…
— Marion Pritchard, a Dutch social work student who rescued Jews during World War II and killed a policeman who discovered a Jewish family she was sheltering, has died. Pritchard died earlier this month from cerebral arteriosclerosis, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. She was 96. Pritchard was said to have helped as many as 150 people, including…
Sometimes Israel’s right wing isn’t right-wing enough for the incoming Trump administration. Case in point – a decision by a Trump transition team member to cancel a meeting with Israel’s deputy foreign minister from the Likud party because of her refusal to host a far-right Swedish politician. The Times of Israel has the story, which…
— The student union board at Ryerson University in Toronto approved a resolution to commemorate Holocaust Education Week less than a month after a walkout by students when it was first introduced. The resolution passed unanimously Monday called on the Ryerson Students’ Union to offer annual Holocaust education programs to emphasize “the value of pluralism…
New York State’s Attorney General is taking one more swipe at Donald Trump. Eric Schneiderman, who emerged early in the presidential campaign as one of the most strident voices opposing Trump, filed a brief in an ongoing lawsuit yesterday meant to deny Trump access to the identities of undocumented immigrants, Politico reported. “Publicly releasing the…
— A synagogue in Tallahassee, Florida, has increased security after receiving three anonymous letters filled with anti-Semitic rhetoric. Shomrei Torah, a 100-family Conservative synagogue, has put in surveillance cameras and requested increased police patrols, the Tallahassee Democrat daily reported Monday. Synagogue President David Abrams told the newspaper that there were no direct threats against the congregation,…
RIO DE JANEIRO — A Uruguayan woman suffered injuries to her face and body after being attacked by a man who yelled anti-Semitic slurs at her. Mirta, who is not Jewish, met the aggressor on the street close to the building where she has been working as a housemaid for eight years in a building in…
– Unknown individuals broke into a synagogue in the Ukrainian city of Uman, sprayed red paint on the walls and left behind a pig’s head with a swastika carved into its forehead. The attack occurred on Tuesday night, DS News reported. The synagogue is part of the Ohel complex, built near the gravesite of the…
WASHINGTON — In remarks dovetailing with policies embraced by president-elect Donald Trump, Israeli Ambassador Ron Dermer delivered a forceful plea for the United States to move the embassy to Jerusalem. “Israel hopes that next year when the new American ambassador to Israel lights the menorah in his embassy he will light it in the same…
Two of Jerusalem’s chief rabbis have urged hotel owners in the holy city not to put up Christmas trees in their lobbies or to host New Year’s celebrations. “As the secular year ends we want to remind you that erecting a Christmas tree in a hotel contravenes Halacha [Jewish law] and that therefore it is…
