Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of Jewish affairs in Washington, D.C., the nation’s capital.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of Jewish affairs in Washington, D.C., the nation’s capital.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of Jewish affairs in Washington, D.C., the nation’s capital.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of Jewish affairs in Washington, D.C., the nation’s capital.
Stephen Miller blasted a CNN reporter last week for his “cosmopolitan” bias, but the White House adviser looks like a consummate cosmopolite in his own right since the revelation that he lives in a luxury Washington, D.C., complex partly owned by a foreign government. Miller’s apartment is part of the CityCenterDC complex, a sleek new…
Sean Hannity will skip a prestigious right-wing media award ceremony amid growing backlash to his obsession with conspiracy theories swirling around the 2016 murder of Democratic staffer Seth Rich. According to CNN, Hannity will not be at the conservative Media Research Center’s September gala to receive the William F. Buckley Award for Media Excellence in…
A Spokane, Wash. rabbi is facing online anti-Semitism after advertising a Holocaust memorial event on Facebook. “It’s not a good feeling to have hundreds of Jew haters verbally attack you,” said Rabbi Yisroel Hahn, who had created a Facebook page to advertise an upcoming speaking event of Holocaust survivor Marthe Cohn. Hahn told local TV…
Why is the official residence of Israel’s ambassador in Washington sitting empty for the past 4 years? A Haaretz investigation found that the residence, in Washington’s Forest Hills neighborhood, was left untouched since the previous ambassador Michael Oren returned to Israel in 2013. His successor, Ron Dermer, who is Orthodox and who has a larger…
(JTA) — A death threat was among the anti-Semitic graffiti found on the Georgetown University campus in a public restroom next to the campus Jewish center. The graffiti was discovered Saturday morning next to the Makóm Jewish gathering space in the Leavey student center of the Washington, D.C., school, The Hoya student newspaper reported. The…
(JTA) — A building housing community support services and non-profit groups in downtown Spokane, Washington was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti. The epithets written in chalk on the side of the building were discovered on Friday morning. Among the anti-Semitic statements were: “Hitler did nothing wrong,” “Gas the Kikes,” and “Juden Raus,” German for Jews Out….
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner have gotten off to a rocky start with their neighbors in D.C.’s posh Kalorama neighborhood — including Fox News anchor Chris Wallace. It all started when two “No Parking” signs sprung up in front of the Trump/Kushner residence, and Secret Service SUVs began clogging up the block. Things got worse…
The parents of slain Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich are resorting to crowdsourcing to keep the investigation into their son’s murder alive. The fundraising campaign aims to raise $200,000 to increase public awareness; hire investigators and forensic experts; and offer rewards for information. Rich was 27 when he was murdered next to his Washington,…
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