Behind Israel’s food and tourism industries thrives a parallel economy run by rabbis and a legion of inspectors whose business it is to make sure everything is kosher. Since most Israelis prefer knowing their food is prepared according to Jewish custom, hotels, restaurants and manufacturers have little choice but to go along with the arrangement…
— The newspaper and news website owned by Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, will not endorse the Republican presidential candidate. The weekly New York Observer is not going to endorse anyone in the general election, the newspaper’s Editor-in-chief Ken Kurson said, the Huffington Post reported Wednesday, The Observer was one of four papers to endorse…
— Open Hillel, a network of student groups that promotes open dialogue about Israel on college campuses, called on Hillel International to reject funding from a project led by Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Naftali Bennett. In its statement, Open Hillel said that Bennett, a member of the right-wing Jewish Home party, has political views at…
— Former New York congressman Anthony Weiner, whose proclivity for sexting cost him his job, reportedly has checked into a rehab center. The inpatient addiction treatment facility, which was not named, has a counseling program for addiction to cybersex and exhibitionism, the New York Post reported, citing a report in the British Daily Mail newspaper….
– The Orthodox Jewish weekly Mishpacha has put a photo of Hillary Clinton’s face on its cover — perhaps the first time a women’s photo has been featured in the magazine or any haredi Orthodox publication. The graphic for the publication’s cover story this week on the 2016 presidential election, “The Finish Line in Sight,”…
— A haredi Orthodox girl, 8, suffered burns to her leg after a group of teenagers in London shot fireworks at her and other Jewish children. Fire from the explosive also damaged the clothes of the girl, a visitor from Canada. The girl’s parents filed a complaint with the police in east London. Surveillance video…
WASHINGTON — Less than a week before the presidential election, Donald Trump’s two top Israel advisers released a detailed plan that pledges assistance to Israel beyond current levels but stops short of pledging to kill the Iran nuclear deal. The 16-point plan, which was posted Wednesday on the Medium publishing platform by David Friedman and Jason…
Anti-Semitism has surfaced at Donald Trump rallies on too many occasions to think it’s a coincidence. The Republican candidate’s backers have shouted “Jew S. A.,” called the press the Nazi slur lügenpresse (lying press) and hoisted signs that appear to mock the Star of David. Jew-hatred popped up at another event for the Republican nominee…
— A 24-year-old New Jersey man was convicted of terrorism for vandalizing and firebombing synagogues and a rabbi’s home in 2012. Aakash Dalal, of Lodi, also was convicted by the court in Bergen County on 16 other counts, including conspiracy to commit arson, attempted arson, bias intimidation, possession of a weapon and possession of a…
The National Jewish Democratic Council has its new pro-Clinton video out. Its called “Hillary Validators” and includes an interesting gallery of political figures praising Clinton, in hope to win over Jewish voters. Alongside Israeli opposition leaders Tzipi Livni and Ehud Barak, the late Israeli president and prime minister Shimon Peres makes an appearance, and so…
Even for an endorsement-deprived candidate like Donald Trump, this one was a bit too much. Hours after receiving the news that the Ku Klux Klan newspaper, The Crusader, endorsed his presidential run, Trump turned it down. “Mr. Trump and the campaign denounces hate in any form,” a campaign spokesman said in a statement sent to…
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