A leading U.S. Congressional opponent to allowing Syrian refugees into the United States said that Middle Eastern nations have “more room” to take in the huge wave of people fleeing their war-torn homeland. The United States faces significant security risks by agreeing to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees, which the Obama administration said it would do…
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders brought his liberal message to evangelical stronghold Liberty University, delivering an impassioned moral plea for economic equality. Speaking on the first day of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish senator told a crowd of conservative Christians that he made no apologies for his liberal social views. “I understand that issues such as…
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani Tweeeted ‘Shana Tovah’ to Jews on Sunday in another sign that the reformist leader is seeking better ties with the West. “May our shared Abrahamic roots deepen respect & bring peace & mutual understanding. L’Shanah Tovah. #RoshHashanah,” Rouhani Tweeted as the Jewish New Year neared, the Associated Press. The Islamic Republic…
South African parliamentarians and supporters of the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement are attacking five opposition leaders for making a recent trip to Israel, South Africa’s Independent Online reported. In turn, the lawmakers who traveled to Israel this week called on the African National Congress to “not take sides in the conflict” but rather “to stand on the side…
The head of a global prosecutors group on Monday demanded an independent investigation into the death earlier this year of the Argentine prosecutor looking into the bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires. Alberto Nisman was found dead under unexplained circumstances in January after accusing Argentina’s president, Cristina Fernandez, of trying to cover…
The U.S. State Department on Monday voiced concern about violence at the compound surrounding Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque, an area revered by Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and by Jews as the Temple Mount. “The United States is deeply concerned by the increase in violence and escalating tensions surrounding the (al-)Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount,” said State Department…
(JTA) — Rabbi Rakhmim Murdukhashvili had come to think of a crowded synagogue as a distant childhood memory. In 1979, the year he was born, the Jewish population of Georgia was more than 28,000. But during his lifetime the Jewish population has dwindled to just 4,000 as the republic coped with war and instability in…
The New York Times’ public editor called a graphic about the Iran nuclear deal that singled out Jewish lawmakers “insensitive and inappropriate.” Margret Sullivan addressed the issue Friday in her column a day after the graphic titled “Lawmakers against the Iran deal” was posted online and published in the newspaper. The chart originally included a…
Jeremy Corbyn, a left-wing British politician who reportedly holds anti-Israel views and is a vocal supporter of the Palestinian cause, was elected the new leader of Britain’s Labor Party. Corbyn won in the first round of voting with 59.5 percent of the vote. Britain’s last Labor leader was Ed Miliband, who is Jewish. He stepped…
President Obama joined Israeli and world leaders in issuing Rosh Hashanah greetings in advance of the holiday. Chag Sameach everyone, Obama said in a video-taped greeting broadcast on YouTube. On the Jewish high holiday of Rosh Hashanah, we “recognize our tremendous power to make a difference, in our lives and the world,” he said. “Faith…
A recently hired administrative coordinator in California was forced to resign from his municipal job after his supervisors learned that he ran an anti-Semitic website which lauded Adolf Hitler and blamed the Israeli government for the 9/11 attack on the New York Trade Center. John Friend, 29, was hired three months ago by the Escondido…
