Michael Karfunkel, an eye-poppingly rich Orthodox Brooklyn billionaire who was virtually unknown outside of the religious Jewish community, has died. He was 72. Together with his brother George Karfunkel, who survived the 1976 raid on Entebbe, Michael and his family rank among the top hundred wealthiest families in the United States, according to Forbes. Their…
The April 26 primary results in five Northeastern states have left Bernie Sanders with practically no path to winning the Democratic presidential nomination. But as Democratic Party insiders prepare to move beyond the primary race into the general elections, many argue that Sanders, despite his apparent defeat, has shaped the race and the party’s ideology…
In a foreign policy speech panning President Barack Obama’s foreign policy, Donald Trump said Obama has been no friend to Israel. “Israel, our great friend and the one true democracy in the Middle East, has been snubbed and criticized by an administration that lacks moral clarity,” Trump said in his speech delivered at the Mayflower…
Two top Jewish public relations professionals say that Rabbi Marc Schneier’s prominent charity owes them $91,000 in debts dating back five years — raising serious questions about the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding’s financial health. Schneier, who was expelled from Modern Orthodoxy’s largest rabbinical association last year over infidelity allegations and is now leaving the Long…
The first thing to know about David Goldfein is that he’s the Jewish general whom Obama nominated to serve as chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force. But there’s more. 1) Goldfein, who was born in 1959, was one of only two pilots who was shot down during a 1999 air campaign against Serbian…
South Florida retirees are turning their local country clubs into an unlikely battlefield in the fight over Israel. Following global security provider G4S’s announcement in March that they would be severing all contracts with Israel, retirees responded in kind, and at least seven local country clubs say they are considering terminating their decades-long relationship with the…
Tuesday’s primary races in five states left Bernie Sanders once again facing the question he’s been avoiding for weeks: What next? Hillary Clinton, with victories in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Connecticut and Delaware, has now passed the 90% mark on her way to winning a majority of delegates needed to secure the Democratic nomination. Sanders’ path to…
Dozens of Arab families who were planning to build homes in the Jewish city of Afula have lost their leases to the land after an Israeli judge said that they illegally coordinated their bids. Last November, hundreds of Jewish residents of Afula protested the prospect of Arab neighbors after Arab families won tenders to build…
Some of America’s most influential Jewish organizations apparently have no problem with a letter sent in their name seeking leniency for convicted felon Sheldon Silver, the former New York State Assembly speaker awaiting sentencing on corruption charges. Malcolm Hoenlein, the executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, used Conference…
The nation will be watching tonight to see if Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump can win big in five states holding primary votes. But the pro-Israel community will be keeping a special eye on one toss-up U.S. Senate primary in the state of Maryland. Vying to fill the seat being vacated by Senator Barbara Mikulski,…
As a Dutch Jewish couple hiding separately from the Nazis, Emmanuel Joels and Hetty van Son were literally drawn together by a comic book of Emmanuel’s romantic invention. After narrowly avoiding deportation to Auschwitz thanks to a policeman’s tip, the young couple spent 2 1/2 years living less than a mile apart, each in the…
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