Could Anthony Weiner be on the comeback trail? The disgraced ex-congressman is reportedly eying a return to politics and is thinking about giving a tell-all interview. Nearly a year after his career blew up in a scandal over a barrage of inappropriate text messages to women, sources close to Weiner told the New York Post…
Dozens of elderly non-Jewish Poles who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust were honored in Warsaw. Some 55 Poles who have been named Righteous Among Nations over the years by Yad Vashem attended a luncheon gathering Sunday at the Marriott Hotel sponsored by the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous. In a series…
Vandals set fire to the entrance of a branch of the Israeli Insurance Institute (Bituach Leumi) in Ramat Gan early Monday morning. The words “Price tag Moshe Silman,” were written on the wall, referring to the man who set himself on fire during a protest in Tel Aviv on Saturday night. Shortly after midnight on…
Politicians from Bosnia and Herzegovina discussed changing the country’s constitution to end discrimination against Jews and other minorities. The politicians met on July 13 but did not come up with a concrete plan. Two days earlier, an Irish minister had urged Bosnia’s government to allow Jews, Roma and other minorities to run for high elected…
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who began her visit to Israel with meetings in Jerusalem on Monday morning, hinted after her meeting with President Shimon Peres that there are differences of opinion between the U.S. and Israel over how to deal with Iran. Talking to the press, Clinton said, “It is a time of…
A Philadelphia-area synagogue will feature a Republican speaker to balance an appearance by U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee. Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) is set to speak Monday at the Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel in Elkins Park, Pa., on behalf of President Obama. The synagogue’s senior rabbi, Lance Sussman, told…
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should meet, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said, but the Obama administration will not force the issue. “It is up to the two nations and the president and the prime minister to make their own scheduling plans,” Clinton said Saturday during a news conference…
A Jewish Obama campaign staffer collapsed in the Chicago campaign headquarters and died. Alex Okrent, 29, died on July 13. He was part of the campaign’s advertising department, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. He had worked on Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign and his 2004 U.S. Senate campaign, the newspaper reported. Obama personally Tweeted: “A beloved…
A letter to Benjamin Netanyahu signed by at least 40 American Jewish leaders expresses concern about the findings of a government committee which said that West Bank settlements are legal. The letter, initiated and organized by the Israel Policy Forum, was delivered to the Prime Minister’s Office on Sunday. “As strong advocates for Israel’s security…
A social justice protester who set himself on fire at a Tel Aviv demonstration is the victim of “a great and personal tragedy,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, while ordering the relevant ministries to look into the case. Moshe Silman, 57, of Haifa, poured gasoline on his body and set himself alight Saturday night during…
Professor Shlomo Bentin, a world expert in cognitive neuropsychology was killed on Friday in Berkley, California, after he was hit by a truck while cycling. He was 65 years of age when he died. Bentin, professor of psychology at the Hebrew University, and recipient of this year’s Israel Prize, was also well known for his…
