Kamala Harris recently called for Trump’s Twitter account to be suspended for violating the site’s own terms of service against hate speech. Many in the media mocked her for focusing on what they saw as a trivial issue. However if you’re a member of a marginalized group, subject to the constant onslaught of Twitter harassment,…
(JTA) — A rabbi accused of sending sexually inappropriate text and voice messages to a woman living on a Tacoma-area military base is resigning his position. “I write to notify you that I am resigning my position as Rabbi of Chabad of Pierce County effective Sunday, August 11, 2019,” Rabbi Zalman Heber said in a…
(JTA) — An Israeli woman who lives in Massachusetts chased down and held a man who exposed himself to her while she was jogging. Single mother Aia Polansky, 33, was running in Cambridge when the male jogger dropped his pants to his knees as she ran by. Polansky, a 6-foot-1-inch-tall veteran of the Israel Defense…
Wynn Resorts executives knew about and tried to hide allegations of sexual misconduct against Steve Wynn, the company’s founder, New York Daily News reported. The Massachusetts Gaming Commission released on Tuesday its investigation into whether the company was concealing information about Wynn when it applied for a license in 2014. Wynn, who is Jewish, resigned…
Michael Steinhardt has been a megadonor to Jewish causes for decades. A recent report by ProPublica and The New York Times shows that, throughout his years of giving, he repeatedly sexually harassed women: allegedly propositioning them for sex; requesting that they have sex with other men; commenting crudely on their physiques; and shaming them for…
(JTA) This is a developing story. (JTA) — Michael Steinhardt, the megadonor who helped found Birthright Israel and supports a wide range of Jewish institutions, has been accused of a pattern of propositioning and making sexually inappropriate remarks to women who have approached him as part of their work in Jewish philanthropy or the arts….
Aaron Schlossberg’s racist outburst against Spanish-speaking people in a deli wasn’t his first ugly moment caught on video. In a video from 2016, he was captured calling a man on the street “an ugly f—king foreigner” after barging into him. You have to see this. My friend @MoreWillie was randomly assaulted on a New York…
Despite a massive backlash from his viral racist rant, Aaron Schlossberg likely won’t be disbarred for the outburst. Lawyers facing complaints for incidents like the one involving Schlossberg, who went off on people speaking Spanish in a deli, generally result in reprimands, experts said. “Mr. Schlossberg could be disciplined for this conduct but it will…
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