Vice President Joe Biden said on Wednesday his wife Jill and their grandchildren were dining on a Tel Aviv beach when a Palestinian killed an American tourist with a knife and wounded 11 other people on the seafront “not very far” away. Since October, Palestinian stabbings, shootings and car rammings have killed 28 Israelis and…
A First Temple-era stamp that is distinctive both for its age and the fact that it belonged to a woman, was recently discovered in excavations in Jerusalem. The 2,500-year-old personal seal, made of semi-precious stone and bearing the words in Hebrew “To Elihana bat Gael,” was uncovered at the City of David, the Israel Antiquities…
A Jewish businessman was killed while crossing a street in front of his office in the small Uruguayan town of Paysandu. The assailant stabbed David Fremd, 54, in the back ten times and reportedly called out “Allahu Akbar,” or “God is Great,” in Tuesday night’s attack. “There is no evidence that the attack has something…
Two Palestinian assailants opened fire at cars in Jerusalem, wounding one man before police shot them dead on Wednesday, the force said, as violence surged during a visit by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. Soon after in the occupied West Bank, Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian who tried to stab them, the military…
Bernie Sanders won Michigan’s Democratic primary, an upset that gave new life to his candidacy and edged him closer to a chance at being the first Jewish major party nominee. Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state, trailed the Independent senator from Vermont by 2 percentage points in Michigan’s primary on Tuesday, 48 percent to…
Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and several other American philanthropists — as well as numerous corporations and nonprofit organizations — are being sued for $34.5 billion for their involvement with Israeli settlements in the West Bank. In a lawsuit filed Monday in the Federal District Court of the District of Columbia, a group of more than…
While commemorating its 100th birthday, the German auto company BMW expressed regret for its actions during the Holocaust. In a statement on its website under the heading “Facing up to the past,” the car company said it “operated exclusively as a supplier to the German arms industry” under the Nazis, using “forced labourers, convicts and…
A 16-year-old Danish girl was charged with planning attacks on two schools, one of them Jewish. The girl, who was 15 when she was arrested in January, allegedly planned bombing attacks on a Jewish school in Copenhagen and another school in Denmark. She had acquired chemicals to create the explosives, according to Danish prosecutors. A…
(JTA) — Donald Trump is not happy with the Hitler comparison. Prominent people have lately likened the Republican presidential front-runner to Adolf Hitler for his comments targeting Mexicans and Muslims and for his populist politicking style. Most recently, Trump has had his supporters raise their right hands and pledge to vote for him. Some, including former…
The Republican Party in Washington, D.C., is extending its primary hours to allow observant Jews to vote. Patrick Mara, the director of the District of Columbia Republican Party, told the Washington Post in a report posted on the newspaper’s website Monday that the party would extend voting this Saturday to 9 p.m., five hours later…
A 29-year-old American business school student on a school trip to learn about Israeli tech was reportedly killed and as many as 10 people were wounded in stabbing attacks at the popular Jaffa waterfront in Tel Aviv. The victim was identified as Taylor Force, a Texas native and student at Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of…
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