Presidential candidate Andrew Yang, who recently revealed he is against circumcision, has met both the poll and donor requirements to qualify for the Democratic debates, The New York Times reported. Yang confirmed in March that if he were elected, he would work his views on circumcision —the practice of cutting a newborn’s foreskin, which is…
Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, the rabbi of Chabad of Poway who survived the shooting at the synagogue, visited the White House Thursday for the National Day of Prayer, RNS reported. Goldstein called Trump “a mensch par excellence,” and spoke about how amazed he was to still be alive after the shooting, saying that he should have…
(JTA) — Rep. Betty McCollum, a Minnesota Democrat, has introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives that would withhold funding from Israel over its detention of Palestinian children. The bill establishes the Human Rights Monitoring and Palestinian Child Victims of Israeli Military Detention Fund, authorizing $19 million annually for nongovernmental organizations to monitor human…
(JTA) — The FBI arrested a man in Washington State for allegedly making death threats against Ben Shapiro, the conservative political commentator. The suspect had allegedly made “extremely serious” threats against Shapiro and his family, TMZ reported Tuesday. Shapiro, who is Jewish, filed a report with the Los Angeles Police Department, who transferred the case…
Facebook will ban Nation of Islam Leader Louis Farrakhan, InfoWars’ Alex Jones and a number of far-right figureheads from their platform the social media site announced Thursday afternoon. The figures being removed from the platform, CNN reports, were deemed “dangerous” by the website. “We’ve always banned individuals or organizations that promote or engage in violence…
Authorities in Washington state arrested a person suspected of threatening the conservative podcast host Ben Shapiro, the website TMZ reported yesterday. According to TMZ, local and federal law enforcement cooperated to make the arrest, which came after Shapiro filed a report with the Los Angeles Police Department. Officials told TMZ that the alleged targeted Shapiro…
The religious background of the suspect in the synagogue shooting that killed one woman in San Diego last weekend, and the articulation of Christian theology in a manifesto attributed to him, is setting off a debate among Christian pastors, the Washington Post reported Wednesday. John Earnest, the 19-year-old man who has pled not guilty in…
The Portuguese artist behind an anti-Semitic cartoon published in The New York Times International Edition on April 25 believes that the controversy around his drawing is the result of “the Jewish propaganda machine.” António Moreira Antunes, who has been a professional cartoonist for 45 years, told CNN that the outrage around the cartoon is overblown….
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The New York Times is taking disciplinary measures against a production editor who okayed an anti-Semitic cartoon. “We are taking disciplinary steps with the production editor who selected the cartoon for publication,” publisher A.G. Sulzberger said in a note sent to staff, according to CNN reporters posting excerpts Wednesday on Twitter. “We…
When Attorney General William Barr failed to appear before the House Judiciary Committee this morning, Representative Steve Cohen had the perfect rejoinder – unfortunately, it may come with a side of heartburn. In a taunt sure to grease up the House floor, Cohen, a Democrat of Tennessee, produced a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken and…
In fiery remarks delivered early Thursday morning, Congressman Jerry Nadler said he would hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress if Barr “fails to negotiate in good faith” over a Congressional subpoena of an unredacted version of the Mueller report. Nadler delivered his speech from a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee, which…
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