Sen, Patrick Leahy of Vermont and 10 of his fellow Democratic lawmakers from the House have asked the Obama administration to investigate alleged human rights violations by the Israeli and Egyptian military. The request came in a letter sent last month to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, If such violations are proven, it could…
(JTA) — J Street slammed Israel’s newly named consul general to New York, former settler leader Dani Dayan, for describing the liberal pro-Israel group as “anti-Israel” and “un-Jewish.” Dayan, who was named to the post on Monday in a brief statement from the Prime Minister’s Office, made the remarks during an interview that aired Sunday…
RIO DE JANEIRO – The German airline Lufthansa was ordered to pay nearly $1,400 for “moral damage” to a Brazilian Jewish passenger for not serving the kosher food he had requested when booking his round-trip ticket between Sao Paulo and Zurich. Passenger Isaac Kopfler, who was awarded the damages by a court in Sao Paulo…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Interior Minister Aryeh Deri has been named as one of two high-ranking Israeli politicians who are under investigation for suspected criminal behavior. The existence of the separate scandals, both in the preliminary stages of investigation, was reported in several Israeli media outlets Tuesday night. Few details have been released since the…
Donald Trump’s campaign manager was charged with battery against a Breitbart News reporter on the same day police released a video apparently corroborating her account. Corey Lewandowski was charged by the police in Jupiter, Florida, Tuesday and turned himself in that morning. In a statement soon afterward, Trump said Lewandowski “is absolutely innocent of this…
WASHINGTON – You get to listen to Jews yelling at you. You get to listen to mandarins tell you why they won’t listen to Jews. You get to emcee a cappella competitions. Who wouldn’t want to be White House Jewish liaison? Matt Nosanchuk lasted nearly three years in a post — officially titled associate director…
A Jewish University of Michigan student who was caught on video yelling a torrent of profanities at an Uber driver says he was responding to anti-Semitic remarks. Jake Croman is being investigated by school administrators and his fraternity after the video was shown on YouTube. It has had nearly 350,000 views since it was posted…
Berlin – A Holocaust survivor said on Tuesday that four suspects accused by German prosecutors of being accessory to murder at Auschwitz must have known of the mass killings taking place at the camp because of the “unbearable stench” of burning bodies. Germany is holding what are likely to be its last trials linked to…
The Arabic Twitter account for Hamas’ military wing was closed down, two weeks after its English account was suspended. The social media pages were used to disseminate news about the terrorist group’s military activities and to encourage attacks against Israeli civilians. Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ military wing, said its Arabic Twitter account was closed…
A well-known computer hacker said he was behind anti-Semitic, racist flyers that appeared on printers at more than a dozen colleges last week. Andrew Auernheimer, who goes by the name “Weev,” exploited network printers at the colleges to produce the swastika-covered flyers, he claimed as early as Friday. Auernheimer, 30, was part of a group…
(JTA) — In the wake of last week’s terror attack in Brussels, Belgians transformed a central square in the capital into an impromptu memorial for the victims. Thirty-five people died last Tuesday in a series of suicide bombings at the city’s main airport and a subway station. Starting the next day, people gathered in Place…
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