In 2016 there were nine Jews in Her Majesty’s Prison Edinburgh. The next year, there were 100. Now, there are 23. What is going on? Scottish prison authorities recently cracked down on inmates claiming to be Jewish in HMP Edinburgh in order to receive kosher — and better — food, The Scotsman reported. The prison…
(JTA) — Unionized campaign organizers working for Bernie Sanders’ presidential effort complained that their employment terms fall short of Sanders’ rhetoric on labor standards. Campaign hires have demanded an annual salary equivalent to a $15-an-hour wage, which Sanders, a senator who is Jewish and who describes himself as a democratic socialist, for years has said…
(JTA) — The Lowell Cafe in Los Angeles is set to make history in Los Angeles as the country’s first cannabis lounge. The West Hollywood Business License Commission voted unanimously Tuesday night to allow it to open next month. According to the Los Angeles Times, customers will sit outside, surrounded by “lush greenery,” and be…
(JTA) — Howard Dean, a former Democratic National Committee chairman and ex-governor of Vermont, said Israel’s government has “lost its soul and purpose.” Predictably, Dean’s tweet from Friday, which was inspired by an Israeli Cabinet minister’s endorsement of conversion treatment for gay people and his support of annexing the West Bank, set off a Twitter…
A legal document expected to be released within days is likely to reveal allegations of sexual abuse by “numerous prominent American politicians, powerful business executives, foreign presidents, a well-known prime minister, and other world leaders” with ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Vanity Fair reported Wednesday. The document will be unveiled by the United…
(JTA) — Police in Teaneck, New Jersey identified three of four people suspected of a hate crime, in which they allegedly sprayed dark liquid on Jews near a synagogue. The three suspects, who are said to have used water guns to squirt the liquid on July 12 outside the Young Israel synagogue after Friday evening…
Michael Neuman’s yarmulk stayed perfectly in place as he went on to win his episode of the CBS show “Million Dollar Mile.” Neuman outran pro athlete Veejay Jones for more than a half a mile and through three obstacles, winning $25,000, the Jewish Journal reported. He proudly wore his yarmulke, a traditional Jewish head covering….
(JTA) — Amid growing external pressure on Labour over its Anti-Semitism problem, more than a third of the British party’s upper house lawmakers signed an ad criticizing their leader, Jeremy Corbyn. “The Labour Party welcomes everyone* irrespective of race, creed, age, gender identity, or sexual orientation. (*except, it seems, Jews),” reads the ad published Wednesday…
Representative Ilhan Omar introduced on Tuesday a Congressional resolution defending the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel. The resolution does not explicitly mention Israel, but does state that “all Americans have the right to participate in boycotts in pursuit of civil and human rights at home and abroad” and criticizes anti-boycott legislation that has…
White supremacist Richard Spencer said on CNN on Tuesday that he didn’t think President Trump’s racist tweets went far enough. CNN reporter Sara Sidner interviewed Spencer for “The Lead with Jake Tapper” for a segment about white nationalists’ reactions to Trump’s statements telling Democratic congresswomen of color to “go back” to their ancestral countries. Spencer,…
Producers at NBC News uncovered a 1992 clip showing President Trump and accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein talking about women at a party at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. The footage was captured for a profile of Trump’s then-bachelor life on Faith Daniels’ NBC talk show. It features a party Trump threw with NFL cheerleaders at Mar-a-Lago…
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