Hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malaria drug touted by President Donald Trump as a treatment for Covid-19 — and taken by him to prevent contracting the disease — does not prevent against coronavirus infection when taken prophylactically, a new study found. The study, published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, is the first double-blind, placebo-controlled study…
(JTA) — U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a progressive Democrat in her first term, has endorsed the Democratic primary challenger in her home state of New York facing veteran congressman Eliot Engel. In a late-night series of tweets Wednesday, Ocasio-Cortez backed Jamaal Bowman, an African-American educator, over Engel, a 16-term lawmaker who heads the powerful House…
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Wednesday that he is looking to cut up to $150 million from the budget of the Los Angeles Police Department, a reversal from his previous plans to boost their spending by 7%. Garcetti, who is Jewish, said in a press conference that those savings would go towards “reinvesting in…
At the request of a National Guardsman from Utah, protestors sang a canonical Jewish plea for peace at protests outside the White House on Tuesday night, according to video from the scene. “Shalom rav al Yisrael amcha, tasim l’olam,” sing multiple voices out of the frame, as three Guardsmen watch and one in particular grins…
(JTA) — A Los Angeles synagogue found itself having to deny misinformation about the George Floyd protests after a rumor spread — and was briefly amplified by the White House — that its security barriers were actually tools for looters. Chabad of Sherman Oaks installed vertical barriers filled with rocks last year in a move…
(JTA) — U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff David Goldfein, the highest-ranking Jewish officer in the American military, called the death of George Floyd a “national tragedy.” In a memo distributed late Monday asking commanders to “ensure wide distribution of this message,” Goldfein, a general, said that “every American should be outraged that the conduct…
NEW YORK (JTA) — “Pray for the welfare of the state,” Rabbi Hanina writes, “for if it were not for the fear thereof, people would swallow each other alive.” As cities around the nation burn with righteous indignation over yet another horrific incident of police brutality directed against a black man, Jewish leaders must reflect on…
(JTA) — Right-wing conspiracy theorists are increasingly claiming that George Soros is funding recent protests and riots across the United States in the aftermath of the George Floyd killing. According to the Anti-Defamation League, “aggressive language towards Soros has exploded on social media” this week. Negative tweets about the billionaire Jewish philanthropist rose from 20,000…
Iowa Rep. Steve King lost his congressional primary on Tuesday night, putting an bookend to the controversial congressman’s 17-year tenure. King had for years been criticized for his anti-immigrant views and remarks, but over the past few years had made an increasing number of steps toward outright white nationalism. State Sen. Randy Feenstra, who defeated…
The Austrian Parliament officially adopted a resolution May 30 calling to ban commemorations of the Nazi-era Croatian Ustase regime and the WWII event known as the Bleiburg Repatriations on Austrian soil. The move the comes after protests and declamations swept across Balkans when the Archdiocese of Vrhbosna, who oversees Catholic faithful in the eastern region…
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday that he still supported quarantine measures that limited attendance at houses of worship to 10, even as he supported mass protests in the city against police brutality. While appearing at a virtual press conference, de Blasio was asked by a reporter for the Jewish outlet Hamodia…
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