PHILADELPHIA — For Israel, would a Hillary Clinton administration continue the tone set by Barack Obama? Or would she be a much warmer and closer friend to the Jewish state? It depends who and what you want to listen to at this Democratic convention On one end of the liberal spectrum, there was the burning…
The Jewish internet was eating up the news that former president Bill Clinton wore a Hebrew lapel pin in support of his wife at the Democratic National Convention. But Hillary Clinton isn’t the only candidate with Hebrew swag. For those supporting Donald Trump for president, there’s a pin for you. But why stop there? The…
A large fire damaged the Boston-area home that serves as headquarters of the local Jewish social justice group Moishe Kavod House on Thursday morning. No residents were hurt in the three-alarm blaze, according to Helen Bennett, a member of the local group’s board. But local television station 7 News Boston reported that a firefighter suffered…
After months of campaigning marked by vitriol, it may be up to two daughters (both with Jewish hubbies) to set things straight. Chelsea Clinton told NBC Thursday she’s open to meeting with Donald Trump’s children — specifically, her acquaintance Ivanka Trump — to seek ways to calm the divisive tone of the presidential campaign. “It’s…
PHILADELPHIA — A brief mention at a Jewish gathering on July 26 demonstrated how fast and dramatic the fall was for the Democrat Party’s top Jewish official. “I’d like to applaud Debbie Wasserman Schultz,” New York Rep. Jerrold Nadler said as he opened his speech at a Jewish roundtable discussion on the sidelines of the…
A black Jewish member of the Republican National Committee called the recent release of nearly 20,000 hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee “a false flag” meant to distract from Hillary Clinton’s “trangressions.” Ada Fisher, who formally declared North Carolina’s 29 delegates for Donald Trump at the GOP convention last week, told The Guardian that…
Surveillance video captured footage that apparently depicts a vandal pulling down a controversial Brooklyn eruv, the Forward has learned. Printed stills from the video are circulating in Crown Heights as police seek those responsible for the repeated vandalization of a controversial ritual boundary used by Orthodox Jews on the Sabbath. The new revelation came as…
Two summers ago, thousands of people poured buckets of icy water on themselves and posted videos of it on social media in the name of a disease most had barely heard of — amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), somewhat better known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Although ALS, a neurodegenerative disorder that leads to permanent paralysis of…
Donald Trump brushed off questions about whether he will travel to Israel before Election Day. The Republican presidential candidate insisted at a Wednesday press conference that he would not necessarily follow in the footsteps of other White House hopefuls who have journeyed to Israel. “It’s a tradition, but I’m not traditional,” said Trump. “I don’t…
New York State’s Attorney General recommended in court filings that the Orthodox Jewish businessmen who made a quick $72 million selling a Lower East Side nursing home to a condo developer should no longer be allowed to buy nursing homes in New York State, the New York Post reported. The Brooklyn-based Allure Group has been…
A pro-Palestinian protestor wearing a bandana over her face and chanting “long live the intifada” burned an Israeli flag outside the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia last night, reported the AP. The anti-Israel demonstration came as a crowd of 2,000 protestors marched on the convention last night, shouting pro-Bernie Sanders chants and holding signs reading…
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