Debbie Wasserman Schultz overcame the controversy over her role as chair of the Democratic Party to turn aside a rare primary challenge in her South Florida congressional district. Wasserman Schultz won her first challenged primary race in decades with 57% of the votes, beating well-funded Sanders-backed contender Tim Canova who received 42% of the votes…
JERUSALEM — A Druze town in northern Israel for the second straight year had the highest rate of students passing the high school matriculation exam. Some 99 percent of students in Beit Jann, located in the Galilee, received their diplomas, or Bagrut certification, in 2015, according to Education Ministry figures released Monday. The rate was…
JERUSALEM — A special United Nations envoy condemned Israel for continuing to build in West Bank settlements and neighborhoods in eastern Jerusalem. Nickolay Mladenov, the U.N. special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, criticized Israel for going against the recommendations of the Mideast Quartet, the diplomatic group including the United Nations and others, during…
A group of Jewish supporters of Donald Trump is planning to run ads in Jewish papers this weekend, trying to convince Orthodox voters to back the Republican candidate. The group, which goes by the name Jewish Democrats for Trump has reported an ad buy in Jewish publications in ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods in Brooklyn, including Williamsburg and…
– In the wake of the theft of key pieces of equipment, Romania’s main Jewish theater may not be able to open its 2017 season, the theater’s director said. The theft of $12,000 worth of equipment occurred last week at a storage unit in Bucharest used by the Hebrew State Theater, Director Maia Morgenstern told…
— Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Boston has fired its chief financial officer for alleged financial improprieties, the Boston Globe reported. The non-profit organization has hired an outside company to investigate the allegations, the newspaper reported Monday, citing a letter sent to donors earlier this month. The organization has not said how much…
(JTA) — Lithuanian president Dalia Grybauskaitė called the Holocaust a tragedy of all of Lithuanua during a commemoration ceremony at the site of 1941 massacre of Jewish residents in the town of Molėtai in eastern Lithuania. “Their memory is an uncompromising obligation for all Lithuanian people to fight against hatred, violence, discrimination, and indifference, and…
California lawmakers, responding to outrage over the six-month jail term a controversial judge meted out to a former Stanford University swimmer for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman, passed legislation on Monday closing a loophole that allowed the sentence. The bill now goes to Democratic Governor Jerry Brown for his approval. He has not indicated whether…
It was a sad day in Hollywood on Monday as the world learned that Gene Wilder, one of the most beloved comic actors of the ’70s and ’80s, had . The Jewish star, born Jerome Silberman and known for his roles in an array of classic films — from “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory”…
— Belgium’s biggest airline said it would resume serving a West Bank-produced halva snack, one week after pulling the sesame treat from its flights following complaints by a group that supports the boycott movement against Israel. While Brussels Airlines said last week it did not order the halva and the snack was served on its flight by mistake, the airline now called the food…
“Hi, this is David Duke.” This is the automatic recording many Louisiana voters heard when they picked up their phone in recent days. Duke, the former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard, is running for the U.S. Senate in the state and would like to make sure his voters also support Donald Trump for president. “It’s…
