— A leader of French Jewry criticized a major Paris synagogue’s hosting of a debate featuring a controversial Jewish historian popular in far-right circles, who said France’s pro-Nazi puppet government saved French Jews during the Holocaust. Francis Kalifat, the president of the CRIF umbrella group of French Jewish communities, on Friday told JTA that Eric…
– Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to offer condolences on the death of Abbas’ brother. Omar Abbas died in Qatar Thursday, with the funeral taking place on Friday. He had been suffering from cancer and had been undergoing treatment in Tel Aviv’s Assuta Medical Center, the AFP news agency…
— A top Democratic National Committee official reportedly suggested in May that “someone” should draw attention to Bernie Sanders’ atheist beliefs. In an email leaked Friday by Wikileaks Brad Marshall, the DNC’s chief financial officer suggested that the party should “get someone to ask” about “his” religious beliefs, The Intercept reported. “It might [make] no…
David Duke, a former leader of the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan, announced his candidacy on Friday for the U.S. Senate from Louisiana, saying while he believes in equal rights for all Americans he demands respect for “European Americans.” Duke, 66, is a former Louisiana state legislator and unsuccessful Republican candidate for governor who served…
A prominent Orthodox political donor and the former union leader for New York City’s prison guards pleaded not guilty on Friday to engaging in a bribery scheme in a case linked to a widening federal municipal-corruption investigation. inancier Murray Huberfeld, a longtime associate of hedge fund manager Platinum Partners, and Norman Seabrook, the Correction Officers’…
A prominent peace activist interrupted Donald Trump’s speech on Thursday at the Republican National Convention in protest of his immigration policy. Medea Benjamin, the Jewish founder of the anti-war group Code Pink, shouted and held up a sign that read “Build bridges, not walls,” as Trump watched on silently. After police handcuffed Benjamin, Trump praised…
— Following the fifth death in two months of an Israeli child who had been left in a parked car, the country’s children welfare watchdog called for regulations that would prevent the recurrence of such cases. Vered Windman, the director of the Israel National Council for the Child, made the call Friday, urging the government…
BERLIN — The Pokemon Go craze has hit Holocaust memorials in Germany and a Jewish cemetery in Britain, in what some Jewish community representatives said was a show of insensitivity that the game’s developer should help prevent. According to news reports, players have been gleefully seeking Pokemon creatures using their cell phones at a memorial…
At times, the speech was drowned out by the cheering crowds in the arena of the Republican National Convention. Social media crowned a new political star. Some Republicans said they were seeing the U.S. president they longed for. It was Ivanka Trump’s night. The eldest daughter of New York businessman-turned-presidential nominee Donald Trump almost stole…
CLEVELAND — Accepting the Republican presidential nomination, Donald Trump pledged to restore law and order to America, to put “America first” in world affairs, and to work with Israel — which he called “our greatest ally in the region.” Attacking presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s record as secretary of state in his speech Thursday at…
— T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights is urging action in Israel against two rabbis who made “denigrating” comments about LGBT people and women, among other comments that stirred controversy in recent days. The rabbinic network, which represents some 1,800 rabbis in North America, said in a release Thursday that the Israel Defense Forces…
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