(JTA) — An unidentified individual scrawled a swastika and the Nazi SS symbol on a wall of a Jewish cemetery in the city of Oświęcim, Poland, near the site of the former Auschwitz concentration camp. The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum posted a picture of the graffiti on its Twitter account Sunday, noting it was near…
(JTA) — Three restaurants in Portland that serve Israeli cuisine were vandalized with graffiti reading “Free Palestine” and other slogans over the weekend. The vandalism targeted two locations of the Shalom Y’all restaurant chain, as well as Aviv, a hummus restaurant. All of the restaurants had recently removed the word “Israeli” from their signage, according…
(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Monday that he will advance plans to build over 800 new settlement homes next week, days before Joe Biden is sworn in as president of the United States. The move is likely to rile Biden, who like most past U.S. presidents opposes new settlement construction. “We’re here…
The scene in Washington D.C. last week has left many comparing the riots to Kristallnacht, the so-called “Night of Broken Glass,” the Nazi pogrom which served as a prelude to the Holocaust. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the former governor of California, made the connection in a powerful video message, speaking about his father’s alcoholism and the abuse…
(JTA) — Now for some happy news. A Jewish couple in Florida is celebrating two hefty milestones together this year: 100 years of life, and 80 years of marriage. Lou and Edith Bluefeld, of Boca Raton, have known each other since they were 16. They ran a kosher catering business that served visiting U.S. presidents…
In a Jan. 9 post to Instagram, comedian Sarah Silverman made clear her position on the BDS movement: She is “down with it,” so long as it is protesting Israel’s government and its support of the occupation, and not Israelis themselves. “It’s not antisemitism to criticize a government,” Silverman said. “I’m fine with BDS as…
The Hasidic doctor behind an unsubstantiated treatment for coronavirus espoused anti-vaccine and conspiracist views in a video circulating on WhatsApp among Haredi, or Ultra-Orthodox Jews. Dr. Vladimir Zelenko, the man behind a treatment regimen involving the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine adopted by President Donald Trump, said in an undated interview with an Israeli rabbinical leader that…
(JTA) — In an impassioned video, Arnold Schwarzenegger said the deadly mob violence in the U.S. Capitol last week recalled Kristallnacht, the Nazi attack on Jews that is considered the beginning of the Holocaust. Schwarzenegger, the former Republican California governor and actor, posted the video to social media on Sunday and framed his remarks as…
While Senate leaders were considering drawing up articles of impeachment, and the Capitol police were still clearing the debris left behind by Wednesday’s mob, the president’s family was receiving flak on Sunday for something they posted to social media. Ivanka Trump, the president’s Jewish daughter, posted a photo to Instagram celebrating the 40th birthday of…
Despite the ongoing pandemic, hundreds gathered maskless Thursday night at 770 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood to celebrate Chof Daled Teves, a Chabad holiday. The gathering was revealed by Collive, an online outlet which covers the Chabad community. The news site published pictures showing the farbrengen, a type of gathering specific to Chabad…
A man who entered the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday wearing a now-infamous “Camp Auschwitz” sweatshirt has been identified by CNN reporters as Robert Keith Packer of Virginia. The cable network said that it had several sources who identified the man, whose picture circulated widely in the aftermath of the riot. An anonymous Virginia resident told…
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