Vandals broke into several Jewish-owned summer cottages in the Laurentian Mountains north of Montreal, defacing at least two with anti-Jewish hate messages and swastikas. Quebec Provincial Police are investigating the break-ins in Val Morin, 60 miles northwest of Montreal, the Montreal Gazette reported Monday. No one was in the homes during the incidents, the newspaper…
The former Brown’s Hotel, once a popular resort in the Catskill Mountains, has burned down. The fire, which began at approximately 6 p.m. Saturday, destroyed seven of the nine buildings in what are now the Grandview Palace condominiums in Fallsburg, N.Y. About 100 people were evacuated; no injuries were reported. Earlier this year, the town…
A Ponzi scheme targeting the Persian-Jewish community in Los Angeles was shut down by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC obtained an emergency court order on April 13 to stop the scheme. According to the SEC, Shervin Neman, also known as Shervin Davatgarzadeh, allegedly raised more than $7.5 million from investors in the…
A Reform congregation in Omaha, Neb., has broken ground on a new synagogue building as part of a tri-faith campus. The 140-year-old Temple Israel broke ground Sunday on a building that will seat 900 in its sanctuary. The campus is set to include a mosque, an Episcopal church and a center for all faiths. Each…
A former school nurse at the Ramaz School in New York who says she was fired for reporting a possible case of child abuse can sue the school under the state’s whistleblower law. The New York State Court of Appeals court ruled April 12 in a 3-2 vote that Joyce Villarin can sue the school…
An Ohio Graduation Test question that draws a direct correlation between the Holocaust and Arab resentment over the formation of the State of Israel was withdrawn for future tests. The question on a test given to Ohio 10th-graders in five subject areas raised concerns among Ohio Jews, the Cleveland Jewish News reported. Joyce Garver Keller,…
President Obama responded to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim that world powers gave Iran a “freebie” by agreeing to hold more talks. “We’re going to keep on seeing if we make progress. Now, the clocking is ticking and I’ve been very clear to Iran and to our negotiating partners that we’re not going to…
A senior Israeli military officer caught on tape hitting an activist in the face with the butt of his rifle has been suspended pending the results of an investigation. The International Solidarity Movement posted on YouTube a video of the incident, which took place Saturday during a protest bike ride in the Jordan Valley. Approximately…
A senior IDF officer was filmed hit a leftist activist in the face with an M-16 rifle on Saturday. In the video, which was posted by the International Solidarity Movement on YouTube on Sunday, Lt.-Col. Shalom Eisner is seen beating youths who took part in a pro-Palestinian bike ride in the Jordan Valley. On Saturday,…
Attorneys for convicted Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk, who died last month in Germany, have asked a U.S. appeals court to restore his citizenship. The attorneys asked the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati to reinstate Demjanjuk’s citizenship or to order a hearing on the question, the Associated Press reported over the weekend….
About 30 pro-Palestinian activists were held by security forces at Ben-Gurion Airport after arriving on a flight from Paris on Sunday, ahead of what Israel Police estimates will be hundreds of activists and protesters due to arrive as part of the “Welcome to Palestine” fly-in protest. All in all, 30 activists were detained by security…
