Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report was released Thursday, the eve of Passover. While the report, in which almost 12.5% was redacted, was being reviewed and digested, people across the internet couldn’t resist the glaring Passover puns. Maybe we’re loopy from grocery shopping, meal prepping and kashering our homes. Or maybe the news has finally broken…
Yeshiva supporters are cheering a decision issued by an Albany judge on Wednesday, which rolls back the controversial new guidelines regulating private school education that state education authorities laid out late last year. The decision, written by State Supreme Court Judge Christina Ryba, comes in a lawsuit brought by the pro-yeshiva advocacy group PEARLS, among…
(JTA) — Comedian Martin Short, who will emcee the June event awarding Robert Kraft the Genesis Prize, recorded a video urging invitees to RSVP for the ceremony. The brief promotional video arrived Thursday, reminding recipients that registration for the June 20 ceremony closes on May 15. “I’ve never been to Israel, I’m not Jewish and…
Alan Dershowitz is being sued for defamation by one of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers, the Miami Herald reported. In the lawsuit, Virginia Giuffre said that she was sex trafficked and abused by Epstein over a decade ago — and that Dershowitz, his lawyer, falsely accused her of lying about it. And it claims that Dershowitz,…
House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerry Nadler issued a request Thursday for special counsel Robert Mueller to testify to Congress “as soon as possible.” “As I have already communicated to the Department of Justice, I request your testimony before the Judiciary Committee as soon as possible – but, in any event, no later than May 23,…
In the United States, the messaging service WhatsApp is a lifeline for the ultra-Orthodox; the only social media tool in widespread use in the community. But in Germany, according to a new report from BuzzFeed News, the Facebook-owned app is being used by far-right extremists to share Nazi propaganda. In an article published Thursday, BuzzFeed…
Don’t let the redactions in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report get you down — Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former lawyer, is prepared to “tell it all.” According to his lawyer, Lanny Davis, Cohen is familiar with the report and can “fill in the bulk of redactions.” Cohen confirmed in a tweet that he is ready to…
(JTA) — Ivanka Trump said that she is concerned about a “rise in anti-Semitism” while on a visit to Africa. Trump, the Jewish daughter of President Trump, also told The Associated Press that there currently is “less support for Israel than Israel has traditionally experienced.” Trump converted to Judaism with an Orthodox rabbi before her…
A city council in Colorado voted unanimously Tuesday to change the name of one of its neighborhoods so that it will no longer be called “Swastika Acres.” “It’s the right thing to do,” Cherry Hills Village mayor Russell Stewart told the Denver Post. The subdivision in the Denver suburb was named in 1908 after the…
(JTA) — Two professional soccer teams — one in England and one in the United States — will send a joint delegation to the March of the Living. The Chelsea Football Club and New England Revolution announced Wednesday in a statement to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that they will have some 30 members attend the…
Speaking as the guest of honor at a White House reception for Jewish leaders on Tuesday, Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer fulsomely praised President Trump and the administration aides responsible for formulating a Middle East peace plan. “It is true that in every generation they rise up against us (Sheb’chol Dor VaDor…)….
