A member of the Neo-Nazi group known as Atomwaffen who conspired with other white supremacists to threaten Jewish journalists was sentenced to 16 months in prison and three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to interference with federally-protected activities because of religion, mailing threatening communications and cyberstalking. In January, Johnny Roman Garza, a resident…
The Jewish pro-Palestinian group Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) sparked controversy Tuesday after it tweeted out a poster with the phrase “L’chaim intifada” on it. The tweet, which was quickly deleted, was in honor of the 33rd anniversary of the First Intifada, a Palestinian uprising which was defined by a series of mass protests and…
The San Diego Jewish Academy’s (SDJA) roofs and much of its 56-acre campus will soon be lined with solar panels, Solar Builder Magazine reports. The project is part of the K-12 pluralistic Jewish day school’s sustainability initiative, which the school hopes will put it on a path to energy self-sufficiency. The solar project is set…
(JTA) — A statue of Anne Frank in Boise, Idaho, was vandalized with stickers bearing swastikas and the message “We are everywhere.” The Boise Police Department found and removed nine of the stickers from the Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial, according to KTVB, a local station. One of the stickers was placed over the diary…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — To cries of “four more years,” President Donald Trump told guests at a White House Hanukkah Party that he could stay in office “if certain people have wisdom and courage.” Trump lost the Nov. 3 election to Joe Biden, resoundingly, and Biden is preparing to assume office on Jan. 20. But Trump…
Jeffrey Epstein’s estate faces hundreds of restitution claims The Victims’ Compensation Program set up by the estate of Jeffrey Epstein has paid out more than $30 million in restitution after receiving over 100 claims since July, The New York Times reports. The American Jewish financier died by suicide in August 2019 in a Manhattan federal…
New York’s Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Facebook for what her office says is the social media giant’s effort to illegally stifle competition. New York is joined in the suit by 46 other state attorneys general and the attorneys general of the District of Columbia and Guam. Separately, the Federal Trade…
New York Mayor Bill De Blasio threatened Tuesday that he may close the Satmar Hasidic sect’s flagship synagogue in Brooklyn “once and for all,” after the group flouted measures intended to minimize the spread of the coronavirus by hosting a large funeral. On Monday, hundreds showed up, largely without masks, to the funeral of Rabbi…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Rev. Raphael Warnock, a Democrat running for Senate in Georgia, said Tuesday that he had an “increasing recognition” of the danger that Hamas poses to Israel since his harsh criticisms of Israel in a 2018 sermon at his church. Warnock also said he opposed the boycott Israel movement. “There has been…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Vice President Mike Pence in a Hanukkah-eve call with Jewish leaders reviewed the Trump administration’s policies on Israel and on religious freedoms. Pence spoke for 10 to 15 minutes on Tuesday afternoon, the day before President Donald Trump is hosting his last two Hanukkah parties, and two days before the first night…
Read this article in Yiddish A lawsuit brought by a Canadian ex-Hasidic couple who testified in court that they suffered years of underemployment after receiving a substandard secular education in suburban Montreal Hasidic schools has been tossed out, according to a report in the National Post. On Thursday, Quebec Superior Court Justice Martin Castonguay rejected…
