Britain’s Department for Education has ordered a haredi Orthodox school in north London to close by next month. The Charedi Talmud Torah Tashbar school has operated illegally for 40 years, does not teach children English and, according to inspectors, was failing to meet “minimum” standards, the Independent reported Thursday. The school, which has more than…
JERUSALEM — Israeli prosecutors called for life sentences for two Jewish men convicted of burning a Palestinian teen alive, while the teen’s father called for their homes to be destroyed. The father of Mohammed Abu Khdeir reportedly asked during a closed sentencing hearing in Jerusalem District Court on Wednesday that the court destroy their homes…
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A trial in absentia could revitalize the AMIA case, the new head of the investigative unit looking into the 1994 bombing of the Buenos Aires Jewish center said. Mario Cimadevilla, a lawyer and former senator, has been tasked with reactivating the investigation into the bombing of the AMIA community centet and…
JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was declared the leader of Likud after the party canceled its primary due to the lack of a challenger. The Feb. 23 vote was canceled Wednesday in response to a request by the party’s comptroller citing cost. Likud will save about $1 million by canceling the vote. Though Netanyahu…
Politicians have a lot of choice words for the media — but embattled Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has a whole new view of the press corps that we’ve, frankly, not heard before. The other day he mocked fickle reporters as acting like Jewish mothers. He may, of course, have some experience on the subject: He’s…
They were there on a mission of mercy — and it ended in a heartbreaking tragedy. Three Columbia University students, including an Orthodox Jewish college junior who wanted to be a pediatrician, were killed when their bus fell off a rural road in Honduras Wednesday, down into a ravine. The body of Barnard College junior…
A French Jewish politician found dead in his home was killed by asphyxiation, the autopsy found. The body of Alain Ghozland, 73, a municipal councilor in the Paris suburb of Creteil, was also reportedly riddled with stab wounds when it was discovered in his apartment Tuesday morning. An unnamed judicial source told the French MetroNews…
WASHINGTON (JTA) – Talk of a Bernie Sanders presidency has suddenly become a lot more serious. Recent polling shows the independent Vermont senator and Democratic presidential hopeful dramatically improving his prospects in the first two primary states against front-runner Hillary Clinton. Two polls out this week — by the Des Moines Register and Quinnipiac University…
JERUSALEM — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon must publicly condemn Iran’s Holocaust denial and a cartoon contest that promotes it, Israel’s Knesset speaker said. Yuli Edelstein in a letter dated Wednesday also called on Ban to take up the matter directly with Iran. The Holocaust denial cartoon contest is sponsored by the Tehran municipality, according…
Alan Rickman, a British actor who famously played the role of Professor Snape in the Harry Potter films and staged a play based on the life of slain pro-Palestinian activist Rachel Corrie, has died aged 69, his agent said on Thursday. With his aquiline features and cultured – if often menacing – English accent, he…
WARSAW, Poland – The Palestinian Authority’s Minister of Information, Mahmoud Khalifa, was awarded the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, one of the highest honors that can be given to a foreigner. Khalifa is a former activist of the Palestine Liberation Organization. For many years he lived in Poland and is a graduate…
נאָך איר מאַנס טויט אין 2003 האָט זי געהאָלפֿן אַרויסגעבן זײַן לעקסיקאָן פֿון די ייִדישע שרײַבער אין ראַטן־פֿאַרבאַנד.
