A member of a British Muslim family that was prevented from flying to the United States for a trip to Disneyland had been refused entry to Israel two years ago. Eleven members of the family traveling together, two brothers and nine of their children, were not allowed to board a plane departing from Gatwick Airport…
The Shin Bet security service, in an unusual move, issued a statement denying allegations that it has tortured Jewish teens held in connection with the firebombing of a Palestinian home that killed three. The statement issued on Thursday comes after accusations by the detainees’ families and attorneys, and an ongoing debate among Israeli politicians and…
California Governor Jerry Brown on Thursday pardoned actor Robert Downey Jr for drug and weapon offenses from the 1990s, following a request for clemency, according to a copy of the pardon on the governor’s website. The pardon signed by Brown said the 50-year-old Downey has obtained a court order “evidencing that since his release from…
The editor of Nevada’s largest daily newspaper, the Las Vegas Review Journal announced his resignation, days after the new owner was revealed to be billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson. Mike Hengel announced Tuesday that he had taken a voluntary buyout, the Associated Press reported, which was confirmed Wednesday in a “message from the new owners…
—A law facilitating resettlement for Iranian religious minorities, including Jews, seeking refuge was extended for another year. The language, known as the Lautenberg amendment, was included in the massive spending bill passed by Congress and signed this week into law by President Barack Obama. “The Lautenberg amendment has served as a lifeline for over two…
An investigation has been opened into a video aired on Israel television that shows Jewish revelers at a wedding celebrating the murder of three Palestinians in a West Bank firebombing. The video, released Wednesday night on Channel 10 and filmed at the Jerusalem wedding of a right-wing couple last week, features friends of the suspected…
A law facilitating resettlement for Iranian religious minorities, including Jews, seeking refuge was extended for another year. The language, known as the Lautenberg amendment, was included in the massive spending bill passed by Congress and signed this week into law by President Barack Obama. “The Lautenberg amendment has served as a lifeline for over two…
Israeli Interior Minister Silvan Shalom officially tendered his resignation following multiple accusations of sexual harassment. Shalom gave his resignation letter to Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein on Thursday. He met Edelstein in the Tel Aviv area after avoiding the Knesset since he announced Sunday that he would resign, the Jerusalem Post reported. “According to article 40…
A retired Jewish businessman from Cherry Hill, New Jersey, has given away a parcel of land valued at up to a quarter of a million dollars to an Atlantic City church. James Horowitz, 82, was planning to sell the vacant parcel of land in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, when he was approached by Pastor…
The number of anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim hate crimes recorded this year by police in London was 61 percent higher than in 2014. The figures released this week by the Metropolitan Police listed 483 anti-Semitic hate crimes documented over the 12 months that preceded Nov. 1, 2015. In the previous 12-month stretch, 299 incidents were reported….
Tram traffic in the Dutch capital will grind to a halt in commemoration of a general strike orchestrated 75 years ago in protest of Nazi persecution of Jews. Amsterdam’s tram network — the city’s primary means of public transportation — will observe a moment of inactivity on Feb. 25, 2016, the 75th anniversary of the…
געוויסע עקספּערטן האַלטן, אַז מע דאַרף באַטראַכטן ל״ג־בעומר ווי אַ פֿרילינגדיקן מײַ־פֿעסטיוואַל
