— 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…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli security forces arrested the teenage daughter of the eastern Jerusalem man that killed two Israelis in a shooting spree. Eiman, 14, daughter of Misbah Abu Sbeih, 39, of Silwan, was held and questioned with her mother for more than an hour on Monday morning, before the teen was detained, the Palestinian…
JERUSALEM — Sixty-three immigrants from Ethiopia arrived in Israel. The new arrivals were surrounded by family members from the Ethiopian-Israeli community after they touched down at Ben Gurion International airport on Sunday night, the first arrivals from the African nation in three years. Some 9,000 Ethiopians who claim Jewish descent, or Falash Mura, remain in…
British-born Oliver Hart and Finland’s Bengt Holmstrom won the Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for work that addresses a host of questions from how best to reward executives to whether schools and prisons should be privately owned. Their findings on contract theory have implications for corporate governance, bankruptcy legislation and political constitutions, among other fields,…
