— Authorities in Guatemala raided the compound of a haredi Orthodox sect living there, separating children from their parents, after allegations of physical and mental abuse surfaced. Israel’s Justice Ministry said Tuesday that the Central American country had obeyed its request to crack down on the Lev Tahor group, according to Orthodox news website Kikar Hashabbat. The Guatemalan government suspected…
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said on Tuesday he had opened an inquiry into the Donald J. Trump Foundation to ensure the Republican presidential nominee’s charity was complying with state laws governing nonprofits. Schneiderman, a supporter of Trump’s Democratic rival in the presidential race, Hillary Clinton, sued the real estate mogul and his now…
The head of the Anti-Defamation League harshly criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim that Palestinians supported the “ethnic cleansing” of Jews in the West Bank, saying the term was inappropriate to describe the removal of settlers and that his argument was unreasonable. In an op-ed penned for Foreign Policy, Jonathan Greenblatt said that while there were…
SAN FRANCISCO ( via JTA) — The University of California, Berkeley, has suspended a student-led course, “Palestine: A Settler Colonial Analysis,” following an outcry from Jewish community leaders who called it biased, anti-Zionist and in violation of the university’s academic standards. The university made the decision Tuesday after determining that the student facilitator, Paul Hadweh,…
— Israel’s Education Ministry is funding matchmakers to work in public religious high schools starting this academic year. The head of the ministry’s Religious Education Administration, Avraham Lifshitz, called on schools to hire counselors in order to help students in their last years of studies find spouses, according to Haaretz. As part of the program, counselors would…
JERUSALEM — The son of former Israeli President Shimon Peres gave a sober assessment of his father’s condition following a massive stroke and said the family “will have to make decisions.” Shortly after 11 p.m., several hours after Peres, 93, was admitted to Sheba Medical Center in Tel HaShomer near Tel Aviv, hospital officials said the…
Former Israeli President and Nobel Peace laureate Shimon Peres has been hospitalized after suffering a stroke. The 93-year-old leader was taken to Sheba Medical Center in Tel HaShomer near Tel Aviv after telling his doctor he felt ill. “He is stable and fully conscious,” his office said in a statement. In order to conduct further…
— Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence reiterated that he and Donald Trump have repeatedly denounced white supremacist leader David Duke following criticism over an interview in which he declined to label Duke “deplorable.” During an interview Monday, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer asked Pence if he would consider Duke deplorable. Duke, a former grand wizard of…
— A German judge who landed in legal trouble after helping Holocaust survivors apply for ghetto pensions has settled the case against him out of court. The North Rhine-Westphalia Ministry of Justice announced the settlement on Tuesday. In its statement, the ministry said that as part of the agreement with Jan-Robert von Renesse, neither side would discuss…
WARSAW, Poland — Hundreds marched through the streets of Krakow to commemorate the centuries-old Jewish presence in the city in an event organized by local Christian organizations. Marchers waved Polish and Israeli flags at the “memory march” held Sunday. Among those on hand was the Krakow bishop, Grzegorz Rys. The aim of the march was…
LOS ANGELES — Stanley Sheinbaum, who dedicated his life to the promotion and defense of liberal causes in the United States and the world, has died. Sheinbaum, an activist for nearly 70 years, died Monday at his Los Angeles home. He was 96. “Like a modern-day Forrest Gump – albeit one with a Phi Beta Kappa…
