A minister in the new Greek government has resigned less than 48 hours after being appointed over an outcry about a series of anti-Semitic and homophobic tweets. Dimitris Kammenos of the Independent Greeks Party had been appointed deputy transport minister following Sunday’s election. The Independent Greeks are the junior coalition partner in the government of…
The sheriff’s deputy who arrested actor Mel Gibson and was subjected to his anti-Semitic rant must be given his job back, a commission ruled. The Los Angeles County’s Civil Service Commission ruled Wednesday that James Mee, who is Jewish, should never have been fired from his position following a 2011 incident in which a drunk…
The former program director of the oldest Jewish congregation in America said she was fired from her job because she was pregnant at the time of her wedding. Lawyers for Alana Shultz said in a lawsuit filed in federal court on Tuesday that Congregation Shearith Israel, a Spanish and Portuguese synagogue founded in 1654, fired…
The Israel Police announced Wednesday evening that the Temple Mount complex in Jerusalem will not be open to Jews or other visitors Thursday, during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice). Muslim worship at the site, which has been a seen increasing violence in recent weeks, will be unrestricted and Palestinians from the West…
A Chicago news station used a graphic of a yellow badge, like those the Nazis forced Jews to wear during the Holocaust, to illustrate its report on Yom Kippur. WGN-TV aired the report on Tuesday night, hours into the Jewish Day of Atonement. The badge — shaped like the Star of David and featuring the…
A no-fly zone was reinstated over the wedding of Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli. On Tuesday, Israel’s Civil Aviation Authority announced that it would override the transportation minister, Israel Katz, reinstating the no-fly zone in the 4-square-mile airspace over the site of the wedding on Thursday evening in the Carmel Forest in northern Israel. In canceling…
An Israeli-Russian coordination team set up to prevent the countries accidentally trading fire in Syria will be headed by their deputy armed forces chiefs and will hold its first meeting by Oct. 5, an Israeli military officer said on Thursday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Monday to set…
President Barack Obama said Yom Kippur was a time of hope and also of being honest with oneself. “The Day of Atonement is a time for humility, reflection and repentance, a chance to be honest with ourselves and one another about our shortcomings,” he said in a message sent out about two hours before East…
The state must compensate the Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes for the arson attack against it in June, Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein has decided. Two “hilltop youth” from the West Bank settler outposts are currently standing trial for this attack, and there are three other suspects. The church, located in Tabgha…
Lloyd Blankfein, the chairman and chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs Group Inc, said on Tuesday he had a “highly curable” form of cancer and would be able to work mostly as normal during treatment. The veteran Wall Street boss, who steered the U.S. investment bank through the financial crisis, told employees and shareholders he…
Republican U.S. Senator Ted Cruz said on Tuesday Congress should use the threat of a government shutdown to force President Barack Obama’s administration to hand over more information about the nuclear agreement with Iran. Days after a deadline passed for Congress to vote on the nuclear pact, the 2016 presidential hopeful said any legislation to…
