NEW YORK (JTA) — A Jewish man being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in New York state has complained of receiving meals that are not strictly kosher, according to Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y. In a statement Tuesday, Velazquez said that the law enforcement agency “has a troubling pattern of ignoring important religious considerations for…
Representative Ilhan Omar called White House senior adviser Stephen Miller a white nationalist on Monday, a comment that sparked more accusations of anti-Semitism. However, she’s not the only one — and many more piped in in agreement. Stephen Miller is a white nationalist. The fact that he still has influence on policy and political appointments is…
White House senior adviser Stephen Miller used a conservative media outlet to get around Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen and implement harsher immigration policies, Quartz reported. Whenever Nielsen would decide against tougher measures, Miller would forward the latest numbers on aspiring migrants at the border to the Washington Examiner, former agency officials told Quartz….
Stephen Miller is not shy about his hardline stance on immigration. Currently he’s directing an overhaul of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security with plans of enacting harsher immigration policies. The Jewish aide, best known as the face of the controversial travel ban last summer, recently said he’d be “happy” with no new refugees — despite…
Former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen’s departure was part of an overhaul in the DHS, directed by Stephen Miller, one of President Trump’s top advisers, CBS News reported. Nielsen tweeted on Sunday that she “agreed to stay on as Secretary through Wednesday, April 10th” to ensure that there is a smooth transition in…
Esperanza, a domestic worker in a suburb of New York City, cleans the homes of four ultra-Orthodox families every week for $12 an hour. About a month ago, the mother of one of the families called Esperanza and told her not to come: All seven of her children, including her seven-month-old baby girl, had measles….
Thanks to the creativity of starving peasants bent on pushing the limits of human gastronomy, every culture has a variation on fried chicken, from Jewish-German schnitzel to Japanese chicken karage to Southern fried chicken specials. If you’ve ever been intrigued by how food can have so many cross-cultural similarities, “You and I Eat The Same,”…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — More than half of the immigrants to Israel in 2018 were not recognized as Jewish under religious law. According to end of the year data released by the Central Bureau of Statistics, of the 30,300 immigrants who arrived in Israel last year under the Law of Return, some 12,600 were recognized as…
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