Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer took a break from his routine morning workout in the official Senate gym to beseech Sen. Rand Paul to stop his efforts to prevent the U.S.-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2018 from passing, Jewish Insider reported. Paul is using Senate procedures to single-handedly “hold” the bill, which would ensure…
Michael admitted on ABC’s “Good Morning America” that he knew it was wrong to make the hush-money payments to women ahead of the 2016 campaign to cover up their alleged affairs with President Trump. And, he said, the president knew, too. “I stood up before the world yesterday, and I accepted the responsibility of my…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The ceremony was cozy formal: Yes there was a color guard and a military band, but the Supreme Court justice brought along her personal trainer, and one of the speakers introduced Ruth Bader Ginsburg as “The Notorious RBG.” The Department of Homeland Security randomly selected 31 Washington, D.C.-area residents to be sworn…
(JTA) — Yair Netanyahu said there would not be peace in the land of Israel until either all the Jews or all the Muslims leave — and he would prefer the latter. The son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted the comment on Facebook on Thursday: “There will not be peace here until: All…
(JTA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would look at ways to legalize thousands of illegal West Bank settlement homes in reaction to terrorist attacks. Netanyahu also told the Attorney General’s Office to look into approving 82 new housing units in Ofra, a settlement that saw a deadly terrorist attack this week. He also…
(JTA) — Two men beat an Arab bus driver inside a West Bank settlement in what the alleged victim said was a hate crime. According to Israeli media reports, Thursday’s incident was among several involving settlers targeting random Palestinians this week, likely to avenge terrorist attacks. Nidal Alfakia was lightly injured in the incident, in…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The American Federation of Teachers said vandals defaced its headquarters in Washington D.C. with anti-Semitic graffiti. A number of areas around the building, including a wall, were yellow spray-painted on Tuesday and Wednesday with “I want Jexit!” an apparent anti-Semitic play on “Brexit,” Britain’s planned pullout from the European Union. Randi Weingarten,…
Jared Kushner is already known as the ultimate Trump whisperer, with an office next to the president and a ring on the finger of the orange haired guy’s favorite daughter. But now the presidential son-in-law may be close to being named chief of staff, a move that would at once solidify his power in the…
Yeshivah of Flatbush is angry at the New York Times for using its photo to illustrate an article about poor education in Jewish religious schools, The Yeshiva World News reported. The Times initially used a photo of Yeshiva Darchei Torah, meeting the wrath of its dean Rabbi Yaakov Bender, who penned a letter in YWN…
A queer dance party raged outside White House senior adviser Stephen Miller’s housing complex Wednesday night. Activist group WERK for Peace organized a twerk-filled protest outside CityCenterDC for Miller’s work on the Trump administration’s immigration policy, DCist reported. The group launched the #WerkNotWalls campaign to call attention to the grim treatment of migrants and refugees…
The Illinois state body that sets investment policy gave Airbnb 90 days to explain why it will not list properties in West Bank settlements. At the request of Gov. Bruce Rauner, the outgoing Republican governor, the Illinois Investment Policy Board on Wednesday unanimously voted to notify Airbnb it is in violation of state law that…
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