A group of professors is suing the American Studies Association over its academic boycott of Israel. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court in the District of Columbia charges the ASA with violating the District of Columbia law governing tax-exempt nonprofit organizations. The four plaintiffs, who are longtime members of the association, also charge that…
Six young Jews were arrested for trespassing Tuesday night at AIPAC’s Boston office after they chained themselves to a Seder table in protest of the organization’s support of Israel. The protestors were participating in an event organized by the Jewish group IfNotNow, which calls on Jewish institutions to oppose Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land. The…
The orderly world of archives is in tumult in Israel after an effort to enhance transparency has instead led to allegations that access to sensitive documents is being restricted. The dispute is rooted in laws requiring online publications to be submitted for military censorship, which means that as the Israel State Archive digitizes its vast…
The Boulder, Colorado city council agreed to hire a moderator and to convene a citizen panel for a facilitated discussion between local proponents and opponents of a entering into a sister-city relationship with the Palestinian city of Nablus. The city council at its meeting on Tuesday night agreed to spend the $5,000 allocated annually for…
Israel has arrested six West Bank settlers for violence against Palestinians that included an assault and an attempt to set fire to a home, the Shin Bet security service said on Wednesday, describing the suspects as a “Jewish terror cell.” The group, which included a soldier and two minors, sought to copy the 2015 torching…
The umbrella body of Jewish organizations in South Africa is being sued for discrimination over its decision not to allow women to sing at the annual Holocaust memorial ceremony. The South African Centre for Religious Equality and Diversity, or SACRED, and two Cape Town Jewish women, Gilad Stern and Sarah Goldstein, filed the complaint against…
President Barack Obama will host a Passover seder this year, but not on either of the nights it is required according to Jewish custom. A spokeswoman told JTA that Obama will host the seder next week following his return from travel overseas. Obama will be in Saudi Arabia on the first and second nights of…
A Tel Aviv rally for the Israeli soldier charged with manslaughter after shooting dead a disarmed Palestinian stabber drew approximately 2,000 people on Tuesday night, according to police estimates. The number of demonstrators at the rally in Rabin Square was considerably lower than the tens of thousands anticipated by organizers and police, according to the…
Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton scored sweeping victories in nominating contests in their home state of New York, and immediately cited them in arguing they are all but unstoppable as their respective parties’ presidential nominees. Trump’s crushing defeat of Ted Cruz in Tuesday’s primary election tilted the energy in the Republican race back…
Jerusalem — Security has been ramped up throughout Jerusalem in the wake of the bus bombing on Monday that injured 21 people. “Extra police units and border police are patrolling public areas,” Israel Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told the Times of Israel. Rosenfeld cited bus stations and the light rail tram system in the city…
Budapest (Reuters)- Miklos Heisler was 17 when the Arrow Cross Party took power in Hungary in the final years of World War Two and began a short reign of terror in which thousands of Jews, previously spared from deportation, were killed in Budapest. But Heisler was young and careless, and Arrow Cross paramilitary members caught…
