House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff is expected to face a vote of condemnation when Congress resumes after the high holidays, whether he does teshuvah or not. House Republicans, led by Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona, are planning to take a vote to formally condemn Schiff, one of the leaders of the Trump impeachment probe, Politico…
The Germany city of Aachen walked back its support for an award for a Lebanese-American artist over concerns about his stance on the Boycott, Divest and Sanctions movement (BDS) — but he’ll receive the prize anyway, thanks to a defiant art institution. The artist, Walid Raad, was set to receive a €10,000 prize from the…
An Orthodox father of three appears to be leading a life that is not completely kosher. No, he’s not sneaking bacon, he’s holding sex parties in his East Village apartment — and charging for entry, which allegedly violates the terms of his lease. On Friday, a Manhattan Supreme Court justice ruled that 33-year-old Avraham Adler,…
(JTA) — New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accused President Donald Trump of anti-Semitism for his attacks on Rep. Adam Schiff of California. “Understand that Trump is engaged in deliberate, atrocious, targeted antisemitism towards Chairman Schiff,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted with a retweet of an article in The Intercept suggesting that Trump’s attacks against Schiff come from the…
Less than a week before he was scheduled to die, a Jewish death row inmate in Texas has received a stay of execution from the state’s criminal appeals court, which cited the prisoner’s accusations of anti-Semitism against the judge who sentenced him. Randy Halprin was a member of the Texas 7, a group of inmates…
A British student has been suspended following complaints that one of his Tinder profile pictures featured a sleeping Jewish man. The picture, taken on London’s “Tube” subway system, features the student making the “hang loose” gesture with his one hand while leaning over toward a sleeping Orthodox man. In the picture, a small Palestinian flag…
(JTA) — A Jewish death row inmate in Texas who says his judge was anti-Semitic has appealed to the Supreme Court. Randy Halprin was set to be executed on Oct. 10. On Friday afternoon, however, a Texas court stayed his execution because of his most recent appeal. Halprin was part of the “Texas 7” group…
(JTA) — Emily Austen, a reporter who was fired by Fox Sports in Florida for derogatory comments about Jews and minorities, has been hired by the evangelical Christian Liberty University. Fox dismissed Austen in 2016 as a sideline reporter for the Tampa Bay Rays baseball team and the Orlando Magic basketball team after she recorded…
The leader of a national Orthodox group has committed to reviewing the criteria for awards recipients after learning two recent honorees are wanted for questioning in the House’s impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. In March, National Council of Young Israel, an umbrella group for a network of Orthodox synagogues, awarded Lev Parnas and Igor…
Jared Kushner is one of two senior White House officials leading Donald Trump’s defense strategy against the growing impeachment inquiry, according to reports. Administration officials who spoke to CNN said that Kusher, one of Trump’s senior advisers as well as his son-in-law, is working alongside White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney in handling the…
Three swastikas were found in a middle school in Pelham, NY, prompting the school administration to call in the police and educate the student body on the significance of the symbol. Two of the swastikas were found in a boys bathroom in Pelham Middle School this week, a student paper reported. Last Friday, a Pelham…
