Strictly speaking, grilling food inside cabins has never been allowed at Camp Ramah in Wisconsin. But for Seth Rich, the Jewish Democratic National Committee staffer tragically killed in Washington on July 10, the prohibition rarely got in the way of a late-night salami cook-in or a marathon grilled cheese-making session. “Seth had a whole kitchen…
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein criticized Sen. Bernie Sanders’ endorsement of presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton Tuesday in a series of brutal tweets. “If you don’t want to vote for a war monger or racist billionaire, there are more options,” Stein tweeted right before Sanders announced his endorsement of Clinton in New Hampshire. “The…
Nathan and Joshua Katz, two brothers from Australia now headed to the Olympics, are Jews with judo in their blood. Nathan, who is 21, and Joshua, age 18, inherited their love for the Japanese martial art from their parents, both of whom were judo fighters, too. Now they’ve made it to the Olympics. The two…
Donald Trump’s reported pick of Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate could give him a boost among pro-Israel voters amid widespread concerns that Trump is losing ground among Jewish voters. Several news outlets reported that Trump will announce Pence as his vice presidential candidate on Friday. Some Republican insiders are trumpeting Pence aa…
What does it take to get booted from the Jewish charity industry? Being the second-in-command during the biggest Jewish charity catastrophe in decades, and walking away from the mess with a $92,000 bonus, is apparently not enough. Ira Machowsky, who was executive vice president of the $200 million Jewish charity FEGS at the time of…
Seth Rich, a promising employee of the Democratic National Committee from a prominent Jewish family in Omaha, Nebraska, was shot and killed as he walked home on his Washington D.C. block early Sunday. Police were investigating the crime and said there were no suspects and no motive known for the slaying, which took place at…
Taking yet another shift to the right on the Israeli – Palestinian conflict, the Republican Party is poised to drop reference to Palestinians from its platform and to reinforced the call for keeping Jerusalem “undivided” under Israeli rule. According to a CNN report based on a leaked first draft of the platform presented to party’s…
In its last round of debates, the Democratic Party once again refused to insert language seen as pro-Palestinian into its platform. The party’s platform committee, convened in Orlando for two days of voting on proposed amendments to the platform, maintained the language agreed upon in the earlier round of debate and defeated amendments aimed at…
Rejecting decades-old policy, the Republican Party approved on July 12 a platform that does not include a call for a two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Instead, it defers to Israel to determine whether it is interested in negotiating a deal with the Palestinians, and omits any reference to a solution that would establish an…
New revelations about one of Donald Trump’s for-profit educational ventures have turned the spotlight on a Jewish Florida couple with their own checkered past in business — and a record of devotion to Jewish causes, especially Israel. Though the now-defunct Trump Institute bore the name of the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, in reality it had…
Elie Wiesel, who passed away last Saturday, left behind a moral legacy that will continue to shape the world’s views on history, humanity and the danger of bigotry. He was close to President Obama but also a harsh critic of his policy at times. He was a willing ally to almost all politicians who sided…
