An uncle of the Palestinian teen who was burned to death by Jewish extremists in a revenge murder was attacked by two people that the victim described as Jewish. Zoheir Abu Khdeir, 63, a first cousin of the father of murdered teen Mohammed Abu Khdeir, was attacked Thursday night in the Egged public bus parking…
A high-profile New York attorney fighting a sexual harassment lawsuit denied allegations that he told a receptionist seeking employment at his office to strip, have sex with him and have herself checked for venereal diseases. Sunny J. Barkats, 42, who is Jewish and a board member of American Friends of Likud Young Leadership, on Thursday…
Pope Francis said on Saturday that his meeting with Bernie Sanders, contesting the Democratic candidacy for the U.S. Presidency, was not meddling in politics and that anyone who thought otherwise should “look for a psychiatrist.” Sanders and the pope met briefly on Saturday morning at the Vatican guest house where Francis lives and where Sanders…
A far-right Israeli minister spoke out against “shameful” conditions Palestinians experience at Israeli checkpoints in the West Bank. Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel, a member of the Jewish Home party who advocates for Jews having greater access to the Temple Mount, said Friday that the current conditions are a “disgrace to the State of Israel and…
The Doctoral Students’ Council at the City University of New York passed on Friday. The resolution passed with 42 students in favor, 19 opposed and 9 abstentions, and endorsed the call to “boycott Israeli academic institutions for as long as the Israeli state continues to violate Palestinian rights under international law.” The academic boycott of…
(JTA) — David Gest, an American Jewish reality television star and the ex-husband of actress Liza Minnelli was found dead in a five-star London hotel. Police and paramedics were called to the luxury Four Seasons Hotel early on Tuesday to find the 62-year-old’s body, The Sun, a British tabloid, reported. The former contestant on Britain’s…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sheldon Silver, one of New York state’s most powerful politicians before his December conviction in a bribery case, had two extramarital affairs while in office, with a lobbyist and with a woman whom he helped get a state job, according to documents unsealed on Friday. Silver, an Orthodox Jew who served…
WASHINGTON — Bernie Sanders accused Hillary Clinton of neglecting the Palestinians, and Clinton said her rival was more prone to criticizing than solving problems when it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Independent senator from Vermont and the former secretary of state had a lengthy and heated exchange on Israel and the Palestinians during their…
Succumbing to mounting pressure from Jewish leaders, Bernie Sanders’ campaign announced April 14 that it is suspending its newly installed Jewish outreach coordinator. Simone Zimmerman was appointed only two days ago to take charge of Sanders’ outreach efforts to Jewish voters and donors. But a year-old Facebook post in which she described Israeli Prime Minister…
A hotel in Uman is refusing to rent out rooms to Jews, a leader of Ukraine’s Jewish community said. Eduard Dolinsky, the director of the Ukrainian Jewish Committee, wrote Thursday on Facebook that an administrator at Uman City Plaza told him the policy was in place because the last time that Jews were allowed to…
Partway through a Trump Tower interview with two dozen reporters and ultra-Orthodox activists Thursday afternoon, the leading Republican candidate for president deferred to a real estate attorney for help answering a question about Israel. “Jason, how would you respond to that?” Trump asked, gesturing to the chief legal officer of the Trump Organization, Jason Greenblatt….
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