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Casino magnate still has not donated to Trump

Casino magnate still has not donated to Trump

Adelson’s apparent reluctance to invest in Trump runs in stark contrast to his activity in the 2012 election cycle.   WASHINGTON – Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson… Read More ›

Is Donald Trump’s proposal to keep out anti-Semites practical — or ethical?

Is Donald Trump’s proposal to keep out anti-Semites practical — or ethical?

US Jews once pushed for ideological tests to keep out Nazis and anti-Semites, but now worry such tests could be cover for discrimination   WASHINGTON… Read More ›

Hamas threatens to abuse Israeli hostages, renew fighting

Hamas threatens to abuse Israeli hostages, renew fighting

Parading rockets through Rafah and threatening new fighting, Gaza terror group says Israelis held in Strip will receive same treatment as Hamas members in Israeli… Read More ›

Goebbels’ wife had Jewish father, new document shows

Goebbels’ wife had Jewish father, new document shows

Residency card shows that father-in-law of Nazi propagandist was businessman Richard Friedlander, murdered in the Buchenwald concentration camp   The wife of Nazi propaganda minister… Read More ›

Israeli Arab Paralympian takes pride representing Jewish state in Rio

Israeli Arab Paralympian takes pride representing Jewish state in Rio

Goalball team captain uses sound to locate and score goals.   Elham Mhamid doesn’t take her responsibility lightly. Neither does she take her handicap too… Read More ›

Czech activists seek proper burial for assassins of Nazi chief

Czech activists seek proper burial for assassins of Nazi chief

In 1942 Josef Gabcik and Jan Kubis ambushed a Nazi and were killed in a reprisal but buried in unmarked graves.   Czech activists are… Read More ›

New York – For New ADL Chief, Collaboration Is Key

New York – For New ADL Chief, Collaboration Is Key

  New York – Bridge building is key for Anti-Defamation League chief Jonathan Greenblatt’s strategy in implementing the organization’s mission: to stop the defamation of… Read More ›

Houston, TX – 1 Dead, 1 Injured As Fatal Houston Fire Ravages Home Of Prominent Members Of Houston’s Jewish Community

Houston, TX – 1 Dead, 1 Injured As Fatal Houston Fire Ravages Home Of Prominent Members Of Houston’s Jewish Community

Houston, TX – A devastating fire that swept through the one story Houston home of a well known couple in the Orthodox Jewish community Friday… Read More ›

The Jewish Olympians among Hitler’s victims

The Jewish Olympians among Hitler’s victims

Largely forgotten, at least 30 Jewish Olympians were murdered in the Holocaust, often displaying uncommon heroism in the face of death   A century before… Read More ›

Clinton campaign attacks Breitbart News as ‘anti-Semitic’

Clinton campaign attacks Breitbart News as ‘anti-Semitic’

In fundraising letter, Trump slammed for hiring conservative site’s former CEO   WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton’s campaign described Breitbart News as anti-Semitic in attacking Donald… Read More ›

Trump adviser allegedly bragged about firing Jews from Pentagon jobs

Trump adviser allegedly bragged about firing Jews from Pentagon jobs

Former Defense official Joseph Schmitz also accused of making anti-Semitic remarks such as: ‘Ovens were too small to kill 6 million Jews’   WASHINGTON —… Read More ›

Jewish summer camp: A safe space to encounter ‘Hebrew’

Jewish summer camp: A safe space to encounter ‘Hebrew’

Even as some North American summer camps modify Hebrew grammar to fit gender non-binary campers, a study of usage finds the goal is inclusion —… Read More ›

Historians say Polish bill on death camps reference extreme

Historians say Polish bill on death camps reference extreme

Law would jail people who use term “Polish death camps.”   Holocaust experts said Thursday that a Polish bill to jail people who use the… Read More ›

ANALYSIS: Does delayed burial hurt or help the cause of terrorism?

ANALYSIS: Does delayed burial hurt or help the cause of terrorism?

“As time passes, it becomes more and more obvious that the Palestinians learned from Israel that the return of the bodies causes the country to… Read More ›

Police arrest terrorist responsible for Jerusalem stabbing attack

Police arrest terrorist responsible for Jerusalem stabbing attack

“After reviewing intelligence, undercover police units searched the area and arrested the suspect who carried out the attack and lives in A-Tur.”   Less than… Read More ›

Young Israelis in no hurry to get married, new data shows

Young Israelis in no hurry to get married, new data shows

According to Central Bureau of statistics, percentage of single men and women aged 25-29 on the rise   Israeli men and women in their mid-… Read More ›

Brooklyn, NY – Unity Or Insensitivity? Crown Heights Festival Evokes Strong Reactions

Brooklyn, NY – Unity Or Insensitivity? Crown Heights Festival Evokes Strong Reactions

  Brooklyn, NY – A celebration designed to foster unity in a Brooklyn neighborhood 25 years after devastating riots swept through the area is being… Read More ›

Israeli buys Palestinian girl a new bike after border guards broke hers

Israeli buys Palestinian girl a new bike after border guards broke hers

Sami Jolles says he felt prompted to help because incident reminded him of anti-Semitic encounter his father suffered in 1920s   A Palestinian girl whose… Read More ›

Man weds ten months after being stabbed by terrorist

Man weds ten months after being stabbed by terrorist

Meir Pavlovsky, who was stabbed repeatedly in the back by a Palestinian terrorist when he was walking to synagogue, returned to the place of his… Read More ›

Lieberman unveils ‘carrot and stick’ plan against terror

Lieberman unveils ‘carrot and stick’ plan against terror

Defense minister divides carrot and stick based on number of terrorists hailing from villages; seeks to stop return of terrorists’ bodies to families, promises to… Read More ›