JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s schools and universities will close due to the spread of coronavirus, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Thursday. Netanyahu also called to form an emergency national unity government for a limited time, saying “We will deal with the current crisis together and continue later” with the business of politics. The number of Israelis…
Sen. Bernie Sanders is highlighting the support that he’s receiving from American Jews ahead of presidential primaries on Tuesday in states like Florida which have large Jewish populations. On Wednesday, the campaign sent out a press release highlighting the endorsement of the progressive Jewish group IfNotNow. “IfNotNow is building an inspiring movement of young Jews…
(JTA) — Fabio Wajngarten, the press secretary for Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, tested positive for coronavirus days after meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, according to news reports from Brazil. Wajngarten, who is Jewish, tweeted a photo Sunday of himself standing with Trump and Vice President Mike Pence at Mar-a-Lago, the president’s resort in Florida….
(JTA) — Rome’s Jewish community is in a “state of complete uncertainty” amid Italy’s coronavirus crisis, according to its president. “We are a proud and ancient community in the midst of the worst situation we have faced since World War II,” the president of Rome’s Jewish community, Ruth Durgello, said in a press release distributed…
(JTA) — A Louisiana man was arrested for allegedly spray-painting anti-Semitic graffiti on a local synagogue in 2018. Caine Zander Brown, 20, of Jefferson Parish, was arrested Tuesday for vandalizing the Northshore Jewish Congregation. Two swastikas and a cross, and the words “burn” and “synagogue of satan,” were spray-painted on its exterior. Brown will be…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The State Department referred to Palestinians living in East Jerusalem as “Arab residents” and “non-Israeli citizens,” ditching the traditional term “Palestinian residents” in a move that continues the Trump administration’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Reuters first reported the change Wednesday, which was evident in language in the latest State Department…
NEW YORK (JTA) — Purim celebrations at Oakland Hebrew Day School on Tuesday included a surprise, un-festive addition: farewells to two young Israeli women whose work in the Northern California school was being cut short by the global coronavirus pandemic. The women were assigned to work at the school as part of their national service,…
NEW YORK (JTA) — The run-up to Passover is the busiest time of the year for Masbia, a nonprofit that operates three kosher soup kitchens in Brooklyn and Queens. The organization has to order all kosher-for-Passover food and scrub one of its locations’ kitchens so it can prepare food without any trace of bread or…
(JTA) — The Auschwitz Memorial and the site of the former Nazi camp are closed to visitors due to concerns over the coronavirus. The memorial announced on Wednesday that it would shut down until March 25. The announcement comes on the heels of the decision by the Polish government to close all museums and cultural…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Joe Biden was projected to win the Michigan Democratic presidential primary, the state Bernie Sanders won in 2016 and that was key to salvaging his presidential run this year. News networks and The Associated Press called Michigan for the former vice president on Tuesday evening. Biden also took Missouri and Mississippi, rendering…
An imam who spoke at a Bernie Sanders campaign rally in Michigan once said that he thought Sanders was an honorable man, “even though he is a Jew.” Imam Sayed Hassan Qazwini of the Islamic Institute of America was one of several figures who spoke before Sanders at a rally in Dearborn, Mich. on Saturday….
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