Colleagues of Edward Gutting, the Missouri State University lecturer who allegedly stabbed retired history professor Marc Cooper to death, are expressing their “shock” over what conspired. “He was the most laid-back, placid guy, genial,” Robert Kaster, a professor at Princeton University, told the News-Leader. “I wrote a letter of recommendation for him when he was…
Israel had made plans to sit down at an historic meeting with 15 West African countries this year — but the Nigerian president is not signing off on the deal. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamim Netanyahu had previously made plans to attend a summit with the Economic Communtiy of West African States, or ECOWAS, this year….
The headlines are shocking. Muslim women “Demand Criminalization of Fat White Men in Speedos.” The Islamic State announces “Activities for Kids in Heaven.” “Palestine to Legalize Weed, Become the ‘Occupied Holland of the Mideast.’” And following each headline is a short story — delivered in cool newsroom deadpan. Introducing Israel’s answer to the Onion, the…
Ari Odess lived for 10 years in Tel Katifa, a Jewish settlement on Gaza’s coastline, before he left under Israeli order eleven years ago. Though he has found a new home in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, he dreams of returning his family of 12 to live near the Gaza seaside. Now, Odess is the leader…
— Esther Jungreis, a pioneer in the Jewish outreach movement and founder of the organization Hineni, died Tuesday. She was 80, according to the Vos Iz Neias blog. An announcement published in October on the site Only Simchas indicated Jungreis was “in serious condition” and fighting an infection, but did not specify her ailment. Jungreis was born in Szeged,…
Jill Stein may forever hold the title of first Jewish woman presidential candidate, but Jewish voters refuse to embrace her as a historic figure. Nationally, between 3% and 5% of voters say they will cast their ballot for Stein, 66. That’s not a figure that would draw any attention under ordinary circumstances. But in an…
At day camps for young Satmar Hasidim, children hold mock protests — against the State of Israel. In video clips, captured this summer on cellphones and published by the religious website Yeshiva World News, campers are seen chanting “Israeli government, shame on you!” In another clip, children are seen pelting a car with eggs, made…
Israeli police are warning Scottish soccer fans against waving Palestinian flags during tonight’s match between Celtic and the Israeli team Hapoel Be’er Sheva. The warning comes amid repeated incidences of the Glasgow team’s fans demonstrating pro-Palestinan support, including the waving of more than 100 Palestinan flags during a soccer match against the Israeli team last…
Here’s the bottom line: Yes, General Joseph P. Schmitz, who is a top foreign policy advisor to Donald Trump, stands accused of anti-Semitism, by not one but two staffers at the Pentagon. But that’s not quite the whole story. In an official complaint presented to the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), Daniel Meyer, a top…
Israel and China have a robust economic relationship — China is Israel’s third biggest trading partner — and the two nations have even discussed creating a free trade zone. Now, in addition to Chinese money and markets, Israel wants Chinese tourists. In August, Israel’s Tourism Ministry announced that it had eased the way for Chinese…
African-American churches are split over Black Lives Matter’s stand on Israel, with younger clergymen rallying to the activists’ defense after a group of more conservative pastors rejected Black Lives Matter’s harsh criticism of the Jewish state. The schism, which reflects broader divisions between emerging activists and more conservative leaders, was brought into sharper relief when…
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