A liberal organization is asking Democratic presidential candidates not to attend this year’s AIPAC policy conference, Politico reported. MoveOn, a progressive public policy advocacy group and political action committee, said that AIPAC is too close to the Israeli government, run by Benjamin Netanyahu, and has a history of Islamophobia. “It’s no secret that that AIPAC…
The digital Talmud study app Sefaria has released a special update for Purim: The app now has a built-in grogger. Purim, the raucous holiday of spiels, drinking and dress-up, is beloved also for its participatory reading of the Scroll of Esther, the holiday’s principal text. Traditionally listeners are invited to boo the name of the…
Ari Fleischer, the prominent Jewish Republican who helped build the case for America’s disastrous invasion of Iraq as President George W. Bush’s press secretary in 2002 and 2003, yesterday tweeted a lengthy defense of the Bush Administration’s conduct in the buildup to the war. He’s getting flamed in response. In a long thread, Fleischer, now…
(JTA) — A health food store in southeast New York fired an employee several days after he made anti-Semitic comments and actions toward her. The worker at Mother Earth’s Storehouse in Ulster, New York turned the light off in the produce cooler and told an employee named Sarah, “You’re in the gas chamber,” then called…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Two former top AIPAC staffers are helming a new political action committee that will steer donations to candidates in both parties who adopt a centrist pro-Israel position, at a time when that gold standard for pro-Israel giving is being challenged by the right and the left. Pro-Israel America launched Tuesday endorsing 27…
(JTA) — Russian President Vladimir Putin made a joke invoking the anti-Semitic trope about Jews and money during a visit to Crimea. During a visit with local residents and religious leaders on Monday in Crimea, a local Jewish leader made a comment about financial difficulties. Putin replied “So the Jews have problems with finances! Only…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israeli spacecraft Beresheet successfully conducted its final major maneuver as it continues on its journey to the moon. The spacecraft burned its engine for 60 seconds as it moved to an elliptical orbit around the earth that will intersect the moon’s orbit and be captured in it. The rendezvous is scheduled for…
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — The Netherlands’ main Jewish weekly is the kingdom’s oldest commercial magazine and one of its most reputable publications. Which is why many Dutch were shocked to read a column Tuesday by its editor announcing that she is leaving for Israel because of rising anti-Semitism here. “I am leaving for the only country where…
Adam Milstein, the chairman of the hawkish Israeli American Council, backed out of a commitment to moderate a panel at the upcoming AIPAC conference amid a controversy over a tweet in which he said that the values of Muslim congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib “clash with American values.” Milstein, who also serves on the…
Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang revealed he’s against circumcision, and if elected, he would include that view into public policy. In a tweet that fell under-the-radar, Yang said that he was against the practice of cutting a newborn’s foreskin, which is often done for religious purposes. He doubled down in an interview with The Daily…
A new Israeli political ad from the conservative party The New Right has garnered laughs, scorn and confusion in both Israel and the U.S. The satirical ad features Israeli Justice Minister Ayeley Shaked as the face of a perfume, “Fascism.” It features Shaked posing in slow motion, showing off the fragrance bottle, as taglines float…
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