You might think Donald Trump would want to put his controversial Tweet using a Star of David in the rear view mirror as fast as possible. Instead, he is keeping the story alive by pointing to a Disney sticker book with a similar six-sided star as evidence that his Tweeet of an anti-Hillary Clinton meme…
Last week the world lost Elie Wiesel, a powerful voice of the Holocaust experience and a man honored by many as one of the world’s moral authorities. At the same time, towards the end of his life Wiesel drew criticism for his refusal to condemn Israel’s policies in the West Bank and Gaza. The meaning…
‘Binyamin” is a formerly ultra-Orthodox Jew from Lakewood, New Jersey. He was raised in a household with over a dozen siblings, and stopped receiving secular education after sixth grade. Binyamin’s parents, he said, were emotionally abusive to him and his siblings. There wasn’t a time when things were better, he remembers. It was always that…
This article is part of a series of profiles of formerly Orthodox Jews. A report released last month found that though many formerly Orthodox — or “Off the Derech” — Jews struggle to find new communities and feel acceptance from their families, nearly all retain their Jewish identity. You can read more about this community…
Despite complaints from civil libertarians and the New York Times editorial board, women-only swimming hours used largely by Hasidic Jews will continue at a public swimming pool in Brooklyn. In a decision first reported by the local news site dnainfo, the New York City Commission on Human Rights will allow the Parks Department a limited…
Max Blumenthal, the journalist and harsh critic of Israel, harshly condemned Elie Wiesel after his death last weeekend, Tweeting that the iconic Holocaust survivor did “more harm than good” with his unswerving support of the Jewish state. “Elie Wiesel went from a victim of war crimes to a supporter of those who commit them,” said…
This week Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on a four-day tour of East Africa, becoming the first prime minister to visit sub-Saharan Africa in almost 30 years. He visited Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda. He will also visit Ethiopia. “Israel is coming back to Africa,” Netanyahu announced. “Africa is coming back to Israel.” The goals…
AIPAC never spelled the threat out. But last summer, Congress got the message. Politicians had to decide whether they would vote yay or nay on President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran, which lifted economic sanctions in exchange for reductions to the country’s nuclear program. A vote in favor, pro-Israel activists indicated, would be viewed negatively…
A Louisiana sheriff who allegedly called a federal prosecutor a “son-of-a-bitch Jew bastard” and threatened to shoot him “right between [his] goddamned Jewish eyes” is facing a recall push over the shocking rant. Despite protests calling for Iberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal’s resignation since April, he has remained employed as the sheriff. Donald Broussard, vice…
Michael L. Weinstein has spent the last decade highlighting the hidden phenomenon of proselytizing in the military. As head of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, a watchdog group, Weinstein has earned many critics — and last week was sent a violent threat. The typed letter was sent by an individual claiming to be an ex-Army…
For Valerie Weisler, repairing the world began close to home. After suffering bullying in her school, the newly minted New York high school graduate founded the Validation Project, a program that connects struggling kids with mentors who can help them explore and build on their passions “This is a larger, global issue,” she said. “This…
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