(JTA) — Washington officials denied a report out of Israel that the Trump administration’s still under-wraps Middle East peace plan includes a Palestinian state on most of the West Bank with its capital in eastern Jerusalem. “As in the past, speculation with regards to the content of the plan is not accurate. We have no…
Representative Ilhan Omar said her choice of words in 2012, when she tweeted that “Israel has hypnotized the world” during the war with Gaza, was “unfortunate.” PBS host Christiane Amanpour asked the Minnesota congresswoman Wednesday whether she regretted the statements she made then, and what she would say now to American Jews. “I remember when…
Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro will be the keynote speaker for this year’s March For Life event, which promotes the pro-life movement. Shapiro, editor-in-chief of The Daily Wire, said he is “honored and excited” to speak at the 46th annual march on January 18 in Washington, D.C. Honored and excited to be this year’s March For…
Representative Rashida Tlaib and Senator Bernie Sanders shared their similarly progressive ideals over dinner Wednesday night. Tlaib and Sanders posed for a selfie, which she posted to Instagram. “I had dinner with Amo (Uncle) Bernie tonight! We talked about my passion for economic justice and fighting for corporations to pay their fair share. This man…
Michael Cohen allegedly paid off a small technology company to try to manipulate online polls in President Trump’s favor — with a Walmart bag filled with cash and a boxing glove, The Wall Street Journal reported. John Gauger, owner of company, RedFinch Solutions LLC, told the Journal he was owed $50,000 and was surprised by…
Internet troll Chuck Johnson, who has said he doesn’t believe in Auschwitz and its gas chambers, met with two Republican lawmakers in Congress on Wednesday — to talk about genetics, the The Daily Beast reported. Representatives Andy Harris and Phil Roe were spotted walking with Johnson, HuffPost reporter Matt Fuller first noted Wednesday on Twitter….
(JTA) — The first four Aaron D. Panken Professorships have been named. The professors, who serve on each of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion’s four campuses in Cincinnati, Jerusalem, Los Angeles, and New York, will be funded by a $12 million endowment contributed by nearly 1,000 donors in memory of Panken. Panken, who served…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The architect who designed the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial and museum in Jerusalem was among the winners of the 2019 Wolf Prize. Moshe Safdie, 80, chosen for architecture, was one of five recipients honored Wednesday at the president’s residence in Jerusalem. The Wolf Prize is given by the president of Israel on…
(JTA) Richard Sackler and other members of his family are accused of directing their pharmaceutical firm Purdue Pharma to mislead doctors and patients about the dangers of the opioid painkiller OxyContin produced by the company. The Massachusetts attorney general on Tuesday filed internal company communications that provide the first evidence that the Sacklers made company…
A Jewish commissioner from South Florida accused Representative Rashida Tlaib of being an anti-Semite who might “blow up Capitol Hill,” the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported. Hallandale Beach Commissioner Annabelle Lima-Taub signed an online petition seeking to remove Tlaib, an American of Palestinian descent, from office five days after the Michigan congresswoman said she wanted…
A jet-setting Orthodox rabbi who spent five days in North Korea described hiding his religion as a terrifying experience, Insider reported. Meir Alfasi is a rabbi, photographer and former photojournalist from Israel who has traveled to 80 countries wearing the traditional Lubavich black hat and bekishe, a long black coat. “I travel with the uniform…
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