Even with tools like spell check and predictive text, a good once-over can never hurt. New York Assembly candidate Ben Akselrod, who is running against Democrat Steven Cymbrowitz in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood of Brooklyn, learned that the hard way. Last week, The Friends of Ben Akselrod sent out a mailer that read that crime…
Former President Jimmy Carter called “unacceptable” a court ruling that declared the State of Israel is not responsible for the death of an American activist. “The killing of an American peace activist is unacceptable. The court’s decision confirms a climate of impunity, which facilitates Israeli human rights violations against Palestinian civilians in the Occupied Territory,”…
New Orleans Jewish institutions remained closed Thursday as the region continued to bear the torrential rains and winds of a new massive storm. Hurricane Isaac, now downgraded to a tropical storm, lashed the region in the past few days with winds up to 80 miles per hour and drove walls of water up to 11…
Richard C. Levin, who has served as president of Yale University since 1993, announced this morning that he will step down at the end of the school year, the Yale Daily News reported. Levin’s tenure has been highlighted by an increase in financial aid programs and stronger relations with the city of New Haven. He…
A 4-year-old boy was found on Thursday afternoon dead in a ‘burning hot’ car in the ultra-Orthodox settlement Modi’in Illit after was apparently forgotten in the locked vehicle for several hours. Initial investigation indicates that the boy was collected Thursday morning from his home by his Talmud teacher, who usually drives neighboring children attending his…
Tzohar, the rabbinical organization that has recently launched a campaign to “strengthen the Chief Rabbinate” is considering running candidates in the upcoming elections for Ashkenazi and Sephardi chief rabbis. The candidate for Ashkenazi chief rabbi will probably be the organization’s chairman, Rabbi David Stav, though the move and the choice must still be approved by…
The Republican National Convention showed a video highlighting Mitt Romney’s commitment to Israel. The one-and-a-half-minute video featured footage of Romney’s July visit to Israel and several excerpts from the candidate’s speech in Jerusalem. “Mitt Romney believes America shares a deep and cherished relationship with Israel, and like the United States, Israel respects the rights of…
Israel is under “existential threat” and is among the American allies suffering from the Obama administration’s leadership failures, Sen. John McCain suggested in his speech to the Republican convention. “Unfortunately, for four years, we’ve drifted away from our proudest traditions of global leadership – traditions that are truly bipartisan,” McCain said Wednesday evening at the…
A Polish funeral company has announced plans to build a crematory near the Majdanek concentration camp. The Anti-Defamation League said in a statement Wednesday that it had sent a letter to the mayor of Lublin in eastern Poland asking him to block the company, Styks, from going ahead with the plan. Some 360,000 people perished…
Designer John Galliano reportedly has filed an $18.7 million lawsuit against Christian Dior, the fashion house that fired him for anti-Semitic speech. On Tuesday, the website of the London-based The Daily Telegraph reported that Galliano “is believed” to have lodged an employee/employer dispute claim with the French labor court, with a Paris hearing scheduled for…
A new enforcement campaign targeting African migrants will be launched in six weeks, Interior Minister Eli Yishai announced Wednesday. Yishai’s announcement came after the campaign was granted approval by the Prime Minister’s Office. Yishai said that the campaign is set to be launched on October 15, highlighting his office will grant assistance to any migrant…
