The Women’s March is moving on from three of its original four co-chairs, whose struggles to respond to anti-Semitism accusations undercut the movement they led, The Washington Post reported Monday. Bob Bland, Tamika Mallory and Linda Sarsour will no longer sit on the board of the Women’s March. They stepped down July 15, but the…
(JTA) — The Sackler family-owned Purdue Pharma filed for bankruptcy as part of a tentative $12 billion settlement with dozens of state and local governments that filed lawsuits accusing the company of fueling and profiting from the opioid epidemic. The company’s board met Sunday evening to approve the move, Reuters reported, and the bankruptcy was…
(JTA) — A suspect was arrested in connection with the fire that burned to the ground a historic synagogue in northern Minnesota. The Adas Israel Synagogue in Duluth, Minnesota caught fire early on the morning of September 9. The building was more than 100 years old. Matthew James Amiot, 36, was arrested on Friday on…
(JTA) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson attempted, and failed, to blow a shofar while on a visit to northern England. During a visit on Friday to meet voters in Doncaster, Yorkshire, the newly minted prime minister was approached by a woman who invited him to “blow the holy shofar.” She explained that the instrument,…
(JTA) — A rock in the center of the University of Tennessee-Knoxville that students paint with inspirational messages was painted over with a message accusing Jews of being behind the 9-11 attack. The graffiti painted on The Rock on Wednesday night read, “Jews did 9-11. Google: Dancing Israelis.” The message that was painted over by…
(JTA) — A hand-drawn swastika was found inside the Washington D.C. headquarters of the Department of Homeland Security. The Nazi symbol was discovered on the building’s third floor on Friday. CNN first reported the incident. Staff members were informed of the incident in an email from Brian Murphy, principal deputy undersecretary for the Office of…
(JTA) — A former professor has sued Pace University in New York for discrimination, claiming observant Jewish and older teachers were pushed out of the math department. Jonathan Gersch, who is Jewish and wore a yarmulke to the school’s Manhattan campus, said he worked as an adjunct math and statistics professor at Pace for more…
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — A Dutch man charged with the attempted manslaughter of a Jewish father and son said he forgot why he stabbed them. During the first hearing in the case, the victims asked the judge to consider a religious or racist motive, which currently is not included in the incitement. Taha Ewis Bakri Abdel…
First Daughter and presidential advisor Ivanka Trump told a gathering of Republican donors in August that she had acquired her moral compass from her father, Politico reported Friday. Trump made her remarks at a fundraising event in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, two attendees told the news website. She was being interviewed by former “Entertainment Tonight” host…
Editor’s note: The original version of this article, published Sept. 13, as well as a prior one published Sept. 11, contained several significant errors, which the Forward regrets. This Sept. 18 update includes new information and removes the erroneous material; details about the errors are appended. The Sept. 11 article has been removed from our…
(JTA) — The popular video blogger PewDiePie announced a donation of $50,000 to the Anti-Defamation League, then rescinded it a day later after fan feedback. PewDiePie, whose name is Felix Kjellberg of Sweden, made the announcement of the donation on Wednesday during an online celebration of surpassing 100 million subscribers, saying he wanted to get past…
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