ADL calls for advertiser boycott of Tucker Carlson’s show on Fox News
The ADL linked their call to Carlson’s promotion of the antisemitic ‘replacement’ conspiracy theory
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Most leading NYC mayoral candidates would continue de Blasio’s policy on risky ritual circumcision
A majority of the leading Democratic candidates running for mayor of New York City said they plan to retain a controversial policy adopted by the de Blasio administration that accommodates the Orthodox Jewish community on a risky circumcision practice known as metzitzah b’peh, which can transmit herpes to an infant. Five candidates who responded to…
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Philip Roth biographer Blake Bailey accused of rape
(JTA) — Blake Bailey, the author of a bestselling biography of Philip Roth, has been accused of grooming former middle-school students for sex, with one woman accusing him of rape. Bailey acknowledged that he had sex with former students but has denied doing anything illegal. In the wake of the allegations, which were reported Tuesday…
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Florida Jewish day school teacher dies after long battle with COVID-19
The faculty and students at David Posnack Jewish Day School in Broward County, FL are mourning the loss of 34 year-old teacher Adam Fraum, who died last Wednesday after a 111 day-long battle with COVID-19. Fraum taught performance and visual arts at Posnack for six years and was a beloved member of the community. “All…
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Conspiracy theorist Naomi Wolf says Anthony Fauci ‘doesn’t work for us’ after getting $1 million from Israel
(JTA) — Conspiracy theorist Naomi Wolf suggested that Dr. Anthony Fauci is beholden to Israel rather than serving the United States. Wolf, an anti-vaccine activist who has also promoted conspiracy theories about ebola and ISIS, appeared Monday on Fox News to criticize pandemic restrictions promoted by Fauci. The one-time Democratic consultant said Fauci was “so…
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Dutch museum will pay $240K to owners of Nazi-looted painting it won’t return
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — A Dutch museum will compensate the rightful owners of a Nazi-looted painting the government said it could keep because displaying it would benefit the public interest. Museum de Fundatie in Zwolle has agreed to give $240,000 to the descendants of Jewish Holocaust victims who under duress sold the 1635 painting “Christ and…
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Hasidic sailor does not have to shave his beard, federal judge rules
(JTA) — An Orthodox Jewish Navy sailor doesn’t have to shave his beard — at least until the end of the month — thanks to a federal judge. Petty Officer 3rd Class Edmund Di Liscia, who is serving aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in Asia, petitioned the U.S. District Court for the District…
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22 senators from both parties urge Biden to name anti-Semitism monitor
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The bipartisan Senate anti-Semitism task force urged President Joe Biden to name a State Department monitor to combat anti-Semitism. “Tragically, 76 years after the end of the Holocaust, anti-Semitism remains a serious and growing danger for Jews in Europe, the Middle East, the United States, and elsewhere in the world,” said the…
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Bahrain airline to launch direct flights to Tel Aviv
(JTA) — Gulf Air, Bahrain’s state-owned airline, is launching direct flights to Tel Aviv in June, another marker in the country’s ongoing normalization of ties with Israel. Globes, an Israeli business daily, first reported on Sunday that flights would start on June 3. Gulf Air signed a code-sharing agreement with El Al, Israel’s national carrier…
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Elizabeth Warren at J Street: Israeli opposition must stop infighting to oust Netanyahu
WASHINGTON – Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Monday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has poorly served Israel’s long-term strategic interests, sharply criticizing him for driving Israel to political crisis as a means to protect himself from criminal charges. “He has precipitated four stalemate elections in two years in his frenzied effort to immunize himself from well-documented…
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‘This is my dream’: NASA names two asteroids after Israeli student who discovered them
Two newly found asteroids will be named after an Israeli student at Technion Israel Institute of Technology, according to a press release from the university. Aseel Nama, an undergraduate student in Technion’s biomedical engineering department, participated in a NASA-led month-long asteroid hunting campaign, a competition where teams of “citizen scientists” can enter and parse astronomical…
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