— Joseph Harmatz, a Holocaust survivor who led a group of Jews seeking to kill Germans in revenge for the Holocaust, died. Harmatz’ death was confirmed on Monday by his son, Ronel, according to the Associated Press. Harmatz was 91. He was a leader of the Jewish “Avengers,” or “HaNokmim” in Hebrew, a group of approximately 50…
Benjamin Netanyahu doesn’t want details of his dirty laundry aired in public – and he is suing his own office and Israel’s attorney general to try to prevent it. Legal documents published on Tuesday showed that the prime minister, citing a right to privacy, is asking a Jerusalem court to overturn a decision to release…
— Fliers calling to “Take America back from the Jews” were dropped in a Jacksonville, Florida, neighborhood that is home to Jewish residents and several Jewish institutions. The leaflets, which also claimed that the Jews are “plotting the minds of our government” and that it was up to the recipients to not “let them destroy what…
Hempstead, N.Y. — Donald Trump repeatedly slammed Hillary Clinton over the 2015 Iran nuclear deal at the first presidential debate — but the former Secretary of State hit back that the deal has succeeded in “keeping a lid” on Tehran’s threat. “You started the Iran deal, that’s another beauty,” Trump said to Clinton, “you have…
The troubled lawyer who opened fire on morning commuters in Houston on Monday, injuring at least nine people before being fatally shot by police, was wearing a Nazi uniform, according to the New York Daily News. Six victims were taken to hospitals and three were treated at the scene after being shot at while inside…
— Israeli Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau sent a letter urging a midlevel bureaucrat in the Chief Rabbinate to accept conversions certified by the head of a prominent American Orthodox rabbinical court. Lau “asked me to clarify to you once more that his position is to recognize the certifications given from the Beth Din of America and signed…
— More than 70 American intellectuals called for a targeted boycott of all goods and services from Israeli West Bank settlements. The boycott call, an open letter, was published in the most recent issue of the New York Review of Books, which is dated Oct. 13. Among the signers are Bernard Avishai, Peter Brooks, Peter Beinhart,…
JERUSALEM — Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations hopes to soon be eating kosher food in the cafeterias of the international institution. Danny Danon, writing to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, said there are many U.N. employees and diplomats from around the world who observe kashrut, yet kosher food is not available in any of the cafeterias…
— Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson reportedly will contribute as much as $25 million to a super PAC dedicated to derailing Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid. The Future 45 fund was founded by Joe Ricketts, owner of the Chicago Cubs baseball franchise and his wife, Marlene, and is overseen by the Ricketts’ longtime political adviser,…
An elderly Brooklyn woman was found living with the skeletal remains of her dead son — and police say she might not even have known he was there. Rita Wolfensohn, a widow from the predominantly Jewish Midwood neighborhood, is legally blind and her house was found full of belongings and trash that she has been…
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton meet Monday night for their first debate at Hofstra University in Long Island, New York. There are two more coming, on Oct. 9 and Oct. 19, and a debate between their running mates, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence and Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., will take place Oct. 4. There’s been a…
