— Natalie Portman will star in and executive produce an HBO miniseries adaptation of Karen Joy Fowler’s 2014 novel “We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves.” The Israeli-born actress is working together with “Friends” producer Marta Kaufmann and Kaufman’s production company Okay Goodnight, IndieWire reported Friday. Gideon Raff, the Israeli producer of the hit show “Homeland,”…
Vigorously disputing President Obama’s claim that Israeli officials now support the Iran nuclear deal, Israel’s Defense Ministry compared last year’s deal to the Munich Agreement of 1938. Responding to comments Obama made Thursday saying that Israeli defense officials now back the deal — which lifts sanctions in exchange for Iran curbing its nuclear program —…
British Jews accused the head of the United Kingdom’s Labour party of rewarding the author of a “whitewashed” report about the party’s anti-Semitism problem by appointing her a lawmaker. Shami Chakrabarti, a human rights activist and Labour member, was recommended by Labour for peerage – a term that means being appointed to the House of Lords…
(JTA) — On Facebook, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party cited killing 11,000 Israelis as an example of its many achievements. The post appeared Tuesday on the party’s official Facebook page, Palestine Media Watch. The list does not mention the Oslo Accords or any other peace talks or negotiations, listing only acts of violence and…
— French authorities allocated approximately half a million dollars toward the preservation of what is believed to be Europe’s oldest known Jewish building. Restoration works are to begin in October to save the damaged parts of the Sublime House, which some historians believe was the seat of a 12-century yeshiva – a Jewish religious seminary — in…
— Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who resigned as chairwoman of the Democratic National Convention over leaked emails, denounced an exchange between staffers that proposed questioning Bernie Sanders’ belief in God. “There was one very unfortunate, unacceptable, outrageous email exchange — that I was not a party to — that discussed using Senator Sanders’ faith, a…
— More than four decades after they were held hostage and then murdered, the 11 Israeli victims of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre were commemorated in an official International Olympic Committee ceremony on Thursday. The ceremony was held at a memorial site in the Olympic Village in Rio, the Jerusalem Post reported. Called the Place…
— “We want to continue the trip as usual, see a musical, and get more done,” she told Ynet. “I’m not afraid in Israel, so there is no reason for me to start worrying in London.” “”)) — The Israeli teen injured in a London stabbing attack in which an American woman was killed said she…
JERUSALEM — Hamas has infiltrated an American NGO and funneled tens of millions of dollars to the terrorist organization, Israel’s Shin Bet security service said. Mohammed El-Halabi, 32, director of the Gaza branch of the international humanitarian aid organization World Vision, was arrested at the Erez Crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip on June…
A former counselor at a JCC day camp in suburban Detroit pleaded guilty to sharing pictures of nude boys online. Matthew Kuppe, who was arrested last August after federal officials raided his home, pleaded guilty Thursday, the Detroit Free Press reported. Kuppe, 21, is accused of posting photos of naked boys on a Russian website,…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., met with Jewish leaders in Atlanta after apologizing for likening the settlement movement to termites. “Appreciate meeting w/ @AJCGlobal today to open important dialogue,” Johnson said in a Tuesday after meeting with the local office of the American Jewish Committee. The AJC office tweeted soon after: “Thank you…
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