(JTA) — Rep. Ilhan Omar appeared at a rally for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders in her home state of Minnesota, offering a strong endorsement that noted his Jewishness. An estimated 10,000 supporters attended the Sunday night event for the Vermont senator at the University of Minnesota. Omar, also a Democrat, endorses the Boycott, Divestment…
A white nationalist was arrested Friday and charged with attempting to bomb the Temple Emanuel synagogue in Pueblo, Colorado. Here are some of the most shocking allegations in the FBI’s affidavit: The suspect had a history of hate on social media: Richard Holzer, 27, allegedly used several Facebook accounts to promote white supremacy and chat…
Hell hath no fury like a Ukrainian scorned. Lev Parnas, one of the Ukrainian associates of Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, has agreed to begin talks with House Democrats leading the impeachment inquiry, and is accusing Trump of falsely denying that he had ever met Parnas. Parnas had resisted speaking to House investigators, but…
(JTA) — The principal and a teacher at an elementary school in Utah have been placed on paid administrative leave after a student dressed in an Adolf Hitler costume and participated in the schools Halloween parade. The student at the Creekside Elementary School in Kaysville, Utah wore a brown long-sleeve shirt with a red swastika…
Senior White House Adviser Stephen Miller is getting engaged to Katie Waldman, Vice President Mike Pence’s press secretary. News of their relationship first broke in September, when Waldman, 28, took on the role. Before that, she worked as the communications director for Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.), and before that as deputy press secretary for the…
An audio leak purporting to contain a recording of white nationalist leader Richard Spencer going on a racist and anti-Semitic tirade was published Sunday by “alt-right” provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos. Yiannopoulos claimed that the audio was recorded in an “emergency meeting” after the death of counter-protester Heather Heyer at the “Unite the Right” white nationalist rally…
(JTA) — A group of men wearing large white kippas and tallesim handed out fliers promoting Holocaust denial and hung up cards bearing anti-Semitic canards on a pedestrian mall in Boulder, Colorado. The fliers handed out at Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall by the men who appeared to be posing as Jews claimed the Holocaust was…
The FBI arrested a white supremacist Friday when he met with undercover agents to plan a bombing of the Temple Emanuel synagogue in Pueblo, Colorado. The man, Richard Holzer, 27, was charged with one count of attempting to obstruct religious exercise by force using explosives and fire, Denver 7 ABC reported. According to a criminal…
(JTA) — Jewish astronaut Jessica Meir posted photos of Israel that she took from space. “My father’s globe spanning journey as a surgeon from the Middle East, to Europe, and eventually to the U.S. was an inspiration to many in my immediate and extended family. #TheJourney,” Meir tweeted on Friday. My father’s globe spanning journey…
Democratic presidential frontrunner Sen. Elizabeth Warren and billionaire investor Leon Cooperman continued their war of words on Thursday after CNBC reported that the hedge fund guru had written a five-page letter to her criticizing her economic policies. It started when Cooperman told Politico on October 23 that Warren was too anti-billionaire. “I believe in a…
Neo-Nazis considered to be domestic terrorism threats by the U.S. government are increasingly communicating and meeting with European hate groups, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Christopher Wray, told Congress Wednesday. Speaking to the House Homeland Security Committee, Wray said that these meetings did not appear to be about organizing terrorist actions, but…
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