— A letter signed by 43 rabbis in Texas called on the state’s Gov. Greg Abbott to remain in the United States refugee resettlement program. “At this moment, with the number of refugees and displaced persons at its highest in recorded history, it is more important than ever for Texas to protect and welcome refugees,”…
JERUSALEM — Rioting Palestinians attacked soldiers and worshippers visiting Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus in the West Bank. The local Palestinians threw rocks and firebombs at the Israel Defense Forces soldiers guarding the worshippers, as well as at the tomb, according to the IDF. No damage or injuries were reported. Some 14 buses carrying 700 pilgrims…
Call it Bibi’s really big pee squad. Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly had 20 Israeli agents usher him to the men’s room at Harry Cipriani restaurant at the Sherry-Netherland hotel Tuesday, the New York Post reported. “Around 20 security guards got up with Bibi and a few went into the bathroom with him. One watched the door,…
WASHINGTON — Painting a grim picture of Jewish vulnerability in the United States, a top U.S. security official said that the vast majority of funds earmarked to secure non-profits goes to Jewish institutions because their need is most acute. Alejandro Mayorkas, the deputy homeland security secretary, speaking Wednesday to the Orthodox Union’s annual leadership mission…
(JTA) — Boxing promoter Don King’s speech at a campaign event for Donald Trump caused a stir, with most of the attention understandably focused on the fact that the boxing promoter used the N-word. We also found ourselves wondering why, as he spoke, a rolled-up Israeli flag sat prominently on the lectern. During Wednesday’s speech in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, King,…
It is an open secret in Jewish Republican circles: Donors are steering clear from Donald Trump, finding any excuses to channel their political contributions to congressional races and Super PACs supporting down-ballot candidates rather than writing a check for the controversial Republican standard bearer. Now, the prediction and statistic analysis website 538 has put this…
Actor Kirk Douglas suggested he sees similarities between Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler, in an op-ed published months before his 100th birthday. “I have always been deeply proud to be an American. In the time I have left, I pray that will never change,” Douglas wrote in the article, Monday by The Huffington Post. While not mentioning…
— Some residents of a restricted adult community in New Jersey have filed a lawsuit against the condominium association over what it calls its discriminatory pool policy stemming from single-sex swim hours implemented in deference to the Orthodox Jews living there. Marie Curto and Steve and Diana Lusardi object to the policy at A Country…
A group of Hasidic women is protesting against the Parks Department once again cutting back on women-only swimming hours at a public pool in Brooklyn. In a new rule first reported by DNAinfo, single-sex swimming for women will be limited to four hours over two days a week starting October 1. “It’s going to be…
President Barack Obama told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday he had concerns about Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank and hoped the United States could still help to achieve Israeli-Palestinian peace. “Clearly there is great danger of not just terrorism but also flare-ups of violence,” Obama said at the start of…
— Jury selection began in the trial of a 24-year-old man who is accused of vandalizing and firebombing northern New Jersey synagogues and a rabbi’s home. Akashi Dalal of New Brunswick is charged with 30 counts of bias intimidation, conspiracy to commit arson on a synagogue and aggravated arson, as well as attempted murder and…
