(JTA) — Etsy has removed a T-shirt with the phrase “Camp Auschwitz” on it after images of a rioter involved in the deadly Capitol insurrection with the same words on his sweatshirt circulated in recent days. The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum tweeted at the e-commerce company, which sells customized craft items, saying that the shirt…
(JTA) — GitHub, a software developing host owned by Microsoft, reportedly fired a Jewish employee days after he warned of “Nazis” among the mob that stormed the Capitol last week. According to Business Insider, the Jewish employee posted on Jan. 6 on a company channel on Slack, the work messaging platform, that colleagues in the…
U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider became the third House Democrat to test positive for COVID-19 after sheltering in place with unmasked GOP colleagues during the Capitol riot last week. Schneider disclosed his positive test results on social media. “Wearing a mask is not a political statement, it is public health guidance, common courtesy, and simply what…
(JTA) — Rep. Elissa Slotkin, the Jewish Democratic moderate from Michigan whose role was critical in impeaching President Donald Trump in 2019, is in favor of impeaching him a second time. Slotkin was among the last Democrats to sign on to this week’s impeachment effort, and the last of the 25 Jewish Democrats to do…
The son of a Brooklyn Supreme Court judge was arrested Tuesday morning by the FBI for his participation in the Capitol siege last week. Aaron Mostofsky, the son of Shlomo Mostofsky (who also goes by Steve) is facing four federal charges. He was photographed and videotaped inside the Capitol wearing a fur pelt. Aaron Mostofsky’s…
Sheldon Adelson — the billionaire casino magnate, philanthropist, and Republican mega-donor –– fractured his relationships with both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump in the final months of his life. His death from complications related to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma was announced on Tuesday morning. The 87-year-old Boston native and son of immigrants became synonymous…
(JTA) — Three of the four Democrats leading the charge to impeach President Donald Trump for a second time are Jewish: David Cicilline of Rhode Island, who is the lead sponsor, and Jamie Raskin of Maryland and Jerry Nadler of New York, who are among the three lead co-sponsors. The fourth lead co-sponsor of the…
(JTA) — An unidentified individual scrawled a swastika and the Nazi SS symbol on a wall of a Jewish cemetery in the city of Oświęcim, Poland, near the site of the former Auschwitz concentration camp. The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum posted a picture of the graffiti on its Twitter account Sunday, noting it was near…
(JTA) — Three restaurants in Portland that serve Israeli cuisine were vandalized with graffiti reading “Free Palestine” and other slogans over the weekend. The vandalism targeted two locations of the Shalom Y’all restaurant chain, as well as Aviv, a hummus restaurant. All of the restaurants had recently removed the word “Israeli” from their signage, according…
(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Monday that he will advance plans to build over 800 new settlement homes next week, days before Joe Biden is sworn in as president of the United States. The move is likely to rile Biden, who like most past U.S. presidents opposes new settlement construction. “We’re here…
The scene in Washington D.C. last week has left many comparing the riots to Kristallnacht, the so-called “Night of Broken Glass,” the Nazi pogrom which served as a prelude to the Holocaust. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the former governor of California, made the connection in a powerful video message, speaking about his father’s alcoholism and the abuse…
