The Oriental Institute, one of the world’s most valuable collections of ancient world artifacts, takes no position of the historical veracity of the Bible. But one of its most precious holdings testifies vividly to at least part of it. In the early seventh century BCE, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, invaded the kingdom of Judah. The…
In a Rose Garden ceremony on Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that may unleash a new wave of political battles inside American synagogues. “You are now in a position where you can say what you want to say,” said the president, adding in his address to a group of conservative religious leaders…
Hannah Risheq won’t be the first Jewish American in politics, nor is she the first Muslim American running for office. But the 25-year-old Virginian now seeking a seat on the State House Of Delegates is likely the first to run as a Muslim-Jewish candidate. “Most people won’t believe me, but I identify as Muslim and…
Self-driving cars, a car battery that charges in five minutes, a sensor that can analyze a car’s surroundings and cars that talk to each other about road conditions. These are just a handful of the projects that Israeli technology companies are working on to improve the experience of driving — or do away with it…
The publisher of the country’s leading neo-Nazi website has raised tens of thousands of dollars toward his legal defense in a lawsuit involving the anti-Semitic harassment of a Jewish woman in Montana. “The Daily Stormer is being sued by Jewish terrorists,” reads a promotional post on the website of that name, run by Andrew Anglin….
The Trump administration chose to remain ambiguous regarding counterterrorism adviser Sebastian Gorka’s future on Monday, hoping to strike a balance between a wish to end the controversy surrounding him and a desire to display loyalty to someone who has been close to chief strategist Stephen Bannon for years. “I have no belief that he is…
Unionized warehouse workers at the Hasidic-owned electronics retailer B & H Photo Video called a daylong strike on Monday, in protest of the company’s plan to shutter its two Brooklyn warehouses. At a large rally outside B & H’s Manhattan flagship store, workers said that they opposed the move — and praised their union, formed…
When Sebastian Gorka, President Trump’s top counterterrorism adviser, met the British journalist Ruth Sherlock at the White House in late March, the deputy assistant to the president took her deep into the West Wing, proudly waving his blue “all-access” pass. Then, in the Roosevelt Room, at the heart of the White House power center, opposite…
Rapper Kendrick Lamar’s recent lyrics referencing Hebrew Israelite doctrines were widely celebrated by members of that community as a sign that their movement is growing — but decried by some listeners as offensive and even “heretical” to Christians. “It’s a brother returning back to his nationality,” said a member of Israel United in Christ in…
Among many moves aimed at reversing his predecessor’s policies, President Trump recently decided not to make public the White House visitors logs. Had they been open, the lists would reveal the profound change 100 days of a Trump administration had brought about to the Jewish community’s power structure. “The atmosphere has changed, at least for…
Thomas Lopez-Pierre says he’s not an anti-Semite. He just believes a cabal of “greedy Jewish landlords” is conspiring, funded by money from Israel, to conduct “ethnic cleansing” of black and Latino residents from Harlem. He believes the Jewish media are covering it up. And if his rhetoric makes Jews upset? “Too bad,” he says. “I…
