JERUSALEM — An archaeological site from the Second Temple era in Jerusalem was seriously damaged in a suspected arson attack. The fire at the site on the eastern side of the Old City is believed to have been started late Friday afternoon. It caused extensive damage to the artifacts, which are believed to be 2,000…
Democrats, civil rights groups and even some Republicans slammed U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Monday over his choice of right-wing firebrand Stephen Bannon as a key aide, saying it would elevate the white nationalist movement into the top levels of the White House. Making his first appointments since last week’s upset win over Democrat Hillary…
— Ivanka Trump, the Jewish daughter of President-elect Donald Trump, said in a prime-time interview that she would not serve in his White House administration. “I’m going to be a daughter,” Ivanka Trump said Sunday night during an interview with Donald Trump and his family on the CBS newsmagazine “60 Minutes” in answer to a question of…
Liberal Jewish groups joined in the criticism of Donald Trump’s appointment of Steve Bannon as a senior White House strategist. “Those of us who were alarmed by Trump’s campaign when it began over a year ago are starting to see the things we feared come to pass, and this is one of them – the…
— Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg appeared on stage in an opera performed at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Ginsburg, 83, performed Saturday night with the Washington National Opera in “The Daughter of the Regiment” by Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. She played the role of the Duchess of Krakenthorp. Some…
JERUSALEM — The Palestinian Authority said it would turn to the international community to fight a bill that would limit the volume of the muezzin’s call to prayer. The call to prayer comes from a minaret of the mosque five times a day, including very early in the morning. In modern times, the mosques use…
JERUSALEM — A controversial bill to legalize some unauthorized West Bank outposts was approved by a Knesset committee. The Ministerial Committee for Legislation will now pass the bill on to the Knesset plenum. The bill was sponsored by the Jewish Home party in an effort to save the Amona outpost, which Israel’s Supreme Court determined…
— The New York Observer, a weekly newspaper owned by President-elect Donald Trump’s Jewish son-in-law Jared Kushner, will cease publishing a print edition. The November 9 edition of the New York Observer was its last print edition, the newspaper’s parent company, Observer Media, announced in a statement. Observer 2.0 https://t.co/OfoWrb40DP — OBSERVER (@observer) November 11,…
— Sarah Bard, the Jewish outreach director for the campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, is moving to Israel. Bard, 36, was scheduled to move by next week, she told JTA last month. Her aliyah, to be with her Israeli fiancé, had been planned before the presidential election campaign. She reportedly does not have…
JERUSALEM ( — Melania Trump, the wife of president-elect Donald Trump, and Sara Netanyahu, the wife of the Israeli prime minister, had a “heartfelt and warm” phone conversation, Benjamin Netanyahu said in a Facebook post. The world leaders’ wives spoke to each other Saturday night. “Mrs. Trump said that she looks forward to our visit…
— Swastikas were drawn on the doors of at least four dorm rooms at a New York university. One of the dorm suites vandalized Saturday at The New School in Manhattan was home to four Jewish students. One of the students tweeted a photo of her door. We woke up to this on our door,…
