(JTA) — In the drab city of Kaunas 55 miles west of Vilnius, there are few heritage sites as mysterious and lovely looking as the Seventh Fort. This 18-acre red-brick bunker complex, which dates to 1882, features massive underground passages that connect its halls and chambers. Above ground, the hilltop fortress is carpeted with lush…
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg plans to endorse Hillary Clinton in a prime time address at the Democratic convention, the New York Times reported on Sunday. Citing Bloomberg’s adviser Howard Wolfson, the newspaper said that he plans to make the case for Clinton from the “perspective of a business leader and an independent.”…
— An Israeli soldier charged with manslaughter testified that he believed the commanders at the scene were acting “complacent” in ignoring the downed but still conscious Palestinian attacker he later shot. Sgt. Elor Azaria, 19, of Ramle, in testimony Sunday in Jaffa Military Court said some of the commanders walked over the assailant, who with…
PHILADELPHIA — Sen. Tim Kaine, accepting Hillary Clinton’s invitation to join her as running mate, cited as an inspiration a Holocaust survivor who died protecting others during a shooting massacre. Kaine, D-Va., appeared Saturday with Clinton at Florida International University in Miami a day after she announced her pick. Kaine pledged he would continue to…
PHILADELPHIA — Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, a surrogate for Donald Trump’s Republican presidential campaign, retweeted an anti-Semitic post and then apologized, saying it was in error. The tweet, from a user called Saint Bibiana, alleged that Jews were blaming the former Soviet Union for leaks that were published recently from internal Democratic National Committee emails. “CNN implicated,” reads…
PHILADELPHIA — Under fire for emails showing rancor between the Democratic National Committee and the Bernie Sanders campaign, Debbie Wasserman Schultz is stepping down as party chairwoman, but will join Hillary Clinton’s campaign in a senior role. Wasserman Schultz announced Sunday afternoon that she would step down at the end of the week, when the…
Wikileaks released close to 20,000 emails on Friday. Those related to the Democratic National Committee included some about publicizing Bernie Sanders’s faith to help Hillary Clinton. The DNC is supposed to be an independent body within the Democratic Party but these emails threaten the fragile unity between Clinton and Sanders on the eve of the…
Two plaques put up in the village of Mád last month commemorate the important role Jewish families played in making Hungary’s golden Tokaj wine, most of whom perished in the Holocaust. The plaques mark another step in Hungary on a painful journey in coming to terms with the treatment of its Jews during World War…
A group of Poland’s most prestigious Holocaust historians has condemned recent official efforts to deny or downplay the role of non-Jewish Poles in murdering Polish Jews during and immediately after World War II. The Polish Center for Holocaust Research, which is part of the Polish Academy of Sciences, issued its condemnation on Friday. The center’s…
AMSTERDAM — Two of Dutch Jewry’s best-known public figures, Uri Coronel and Bloeme Evers, died on the same day. Coronel was the chairman of the Israelite Portuguese Community of the Netherlands. He died on Monday at the age of 69 after he collapsed at a gym while exercising, the Dutch Israelite Religious Community, or NIK, said in…
— An accident involving a mini-bus bringing Jewish campers home from a trip in Pennsylvania injured at least nine teenagers. The Brooklyn-bound bus flipped over and rolled onto its side around 2:30 a.m. Friday on Route 423 in the Pocono Mountains, News 12 Brooklyn reported. The driver, identified as Bernard Zitroenbaum, 32, of Brooklyn, was…
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