Three New York City police commanders and a business consultant were arrested on Monday as part of a wide-ranging federal corruption probe that has also been examining Mayor Bill de Blasio’s fundraising. The latest arrests mark an escalation of an investigation that has led to discipline for nearly a dozen police officers and forced de…
Trousers with leather pockets worn by Adolf Hitler and a brass container that held the cyanide used by a top deputy to commit suicide were among a trove of Nazi memorabilia sold for hundreds of thousands of euros at an auction in Germany. The sale of items from a collection of an American medical officer…
Hollywood titan Harvey Weinstein is reportedly hosting a plush fundraiser for Democrat Hillary Clinton — kicking off a day of cash-raining events hosted by wealthy Jewish Democrats. Weinstein will be joined by superstars Leo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lopez, Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick at the cozy event for 50 big-money types at his Manhattan townhouse,…
JERUSALEM — The Chief Rabbinate will not renew the contract of the chief rabbi of Israel’s Ethiopian community, reportedly because of his criticism against the rabbinate over discrimination in marriage registration of Ethiopian Israelis. Rabbi Yosef Hadane’s contract expires at the end of July. Army Radio first reported on Monday, citing unnamed senior officials in…
— The Brooklyn mathematics professor who gained notoriety after reports that he has offered his sperm for free and has sired 22 children over the past 18 years is married and has three children of his own. The New York Post reported on Sunday, which was Father’s Day, that Ari Nagel’s wife of ten years, Roxanne,…
Repairing cars in the Gulf, a Palestinian mechanic from the Gaza Strip once spotted a vehicle that took his breath away. It was a classic: a Mercedes Gazelle. Munir Shindi knew that he had to have one. So, after returning home to Gaza, he set about building a replica of the 1927 model of the…
The U.S. Senate will make its strongest push in years to tighten gun controls on Monday, voting on four proposals a week after the Orlando shooting massacre prompted new calls to keep firearms away from people on terrorism watch lists. But while the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history has spurred quick action in…
On the sidelines of a nuclear security summit in Washington in March, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a private meeting with Israel’s energy minister, Yuval Steinitz. It was the highest level contact between Israel and Turkey since diplomatic relations broke down six years ago after Israeli forces raided a Turkish ship bound for Gaza,…
AMSTERDAM — The Dutch government made a special exception to its own pensions laws in order to keep paying its citizens living in the West Bank, a Dutch newspaper reported. The practice, which applies to several dozen Dutch citizens living in the West Bank, was revealed in a 4,000-word expose published on June 18 in NRC…
A group of Beit Shemesh women fighting to remove “modesty signs” plastered around their city won a key battle in court. The Jerusalem District Court gave Beit Shemesh Mayor Moshe Abutbul three weeks to remove the illegal signs and to act more vigilantly against offenders. Some of the signs instruct women how to dress, requiring…
WASHINGTON — Tensions between Donald Trump’s campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and Jewish son-in-law Jared Kushner reportedly were behind Lewandowski’s departure announced Monday by the campaign. On the same day, Lewandowski said separately that he stood by Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. The New York Times first reported what it said was a firing, and CNN followed up by reporting that…
