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Meet Arnon Milchan, the Hollywood Magnate Who Plied Bibi With Cigars and Booze
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has seen the pressure on him mount, as the police announced questioning him a second time as a suspect for possible graft charges. And as the details spill out, it appears that at the center of the scandal is Arnon Milchan, a Hollywood producer who plied the premier with high-end…
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House, Check. Shul, Check. Now Jared and Ivanka Hunt for a School.
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner have settled on a home in Washington, D.C. — a mansion right around the block from where President Barack Obama and his family will soon live. And now the question looms, which school will the couple’s three children attend? As Orthodox Jews, it’s likely the two will opt to send…
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Neo-Nazi Posts Application for Armed March Against Montana Jews on MLK Day
The neo-Nazi website organizing an armed march against Jews in Whitefish, Montana is firming up details about the much-discussed event — setting a date, time and location for the rally of white supremacists. “As promised, we have filed our paperwork for the March on Whitefish, which is scheduled for January 16th,” Andrew Anglin, who runs…
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Did Wendy’s Become the Accidental Neo-Nazi Happy Meal?
Fast-food giant Wendy’s may have accidentally become the happy meal of white nationalists, but the burger joint is giving them a frosty reception. On Wednesday Wendy’s tweeted a meme of Pepe the Frog, icon of the so-called “alt-right,” recast as the company’s mascot, a red-headed girl in pigtails. The tweet was in response to another…
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The Secret Russian Backstory Behind Ivanka and Jared’s New House
Washington is a town of transient citizens living in timeless homes, with large swaths of the population turning over as one administration exits and another enters. Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner’s new, but century-old, house holds one such story. Ivanka Trump’s father, president-elect Donald Trump, has a long-running, if possibly one-sided, bromance with Russian president…
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WATCH: Mike Huckabee Waves ‘Build Israel Great Again’ Hat
Mike Huckabee wants to “Build Israel Great Again.” The conservative onetime presidential candidate waved a hat bearing the awkward twist on president-elect Donald Trump’s slogan during an event at the West Bank settlement of Ma’ale Adumim. “I’m going to take an extra hat, I’m going to get it to president-elect Trump,” Huckabee said. “Who knows,…
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Following France, Knesset Considers ‘Facebook Bill’ To Fight Incitement
Israel’s Knesset is getting closer to passing its “Facebook bill,” legislation that when implemented would allow the police to seek court orders for the removal of content that it deems amounting to incitement to violence. “[Facebook’s] policy of removing [content] is very, very, very strict and the bar is set very high,” a spokesman for…
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Jailed Jewish Radical’s 75-Year Prison Sentence Is Commuted by Gov. Andrew Cuomo
A Jewish radical jailed since 1981 could go free this year, following a rare commutation of her sentence by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. Judith Clark, a veteran of the Weather Underground and other violent 1970s-era left-wing groups, drove the getaway car during the deadly 1981 robbery of a Brink’s armored truck in Nyack, New…
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New York Councilman Hunts for Anti-Trump Staffer As Democrats Plan Resistance
Brad Lander is a city councilman in New York. But that’s not preventing him from setting his sights nationally, as he casts about for a new staffer who will take the fight to President-elect Donald Trump. According to the job posting, the Brooklyn Democrat is looking for a communications director to “resist the threats of…
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Neo-Nazis Set Date for Armed March Against Jews in Montana
A much-discussed march of neo-Nazis holding “high-powered rifles” against Jews and Jewish businesses in Whitefish, Montana, now has a date: Sunday, January 15. Andrew Anglin, who runs the neo-Nazi Daily Stormer website and conceived of the march, announced the date through a local ABC FOX station. “Jews have operated with impunity for decades, destroying the…
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Drool Over 9 Photos of Ivanka and Jared’s To-Die-For Washington Mansion
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are leaving behind the glitzy lifestyle of New York’s Upper East Side. But the ultimate power couple’s new Washington D.C. home still has plenty to offer for them and their three children. The six-bedroom, seven-bathroom 6,870-square-foot home in the tony Kalorama neighborhood is clearly one of D.C.’s prestigious homes —…
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