‘Jared Kosher’: Fox news ticker misidentifies Jared Kushner
Fox News on Wednesday misidentified senior White House adviser and President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner as “Jared Kosher.” The eyebrow-raising mistake, first noticed by Mediaite, appeared on the network’s news ticker during the 7 a.m....
Romanian Nazi victims now eligible for German compensation
About 1,000 living survivors of Nazi persecution in Romania are now eligible for compensation from the German government, an organization that negotiates with Germany on behalf of Jews who suffered under the Nazis, said...
For the first time, Spain-born liberal rabbi ordained
The main rabbinical seminary in Europe for Reform and Masorti Jews ordained the first ever Spain-born Progressive rabbi, the seminary’s spokesperson said.
Rabbi Haim Casas, who was born and raised in Cordoba, was ordained at...
El Kantoniko de haketia
La 'hilula de un rabino o de un saddik es la konmemorasion del dia aniversario de su muerte. En este dia, munchos djudios de Maroko uzan suvir al sementerio para "zorear" (ziyarar) la tomba...
L’honneur du Capitaine Alfred Dreyfus et de la France
Du jugement de 1894 au Conseil de guerre de Rennes, en 1899
Le 3 juin 1899, la Cour de cassation annule le jugement rendu le 28 décembre 1894 contre Alfred Dreyfus, et le renvoie devant...
Netanyahu’s attorney one of 6 arrested in German sub corruption probe
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s personal attorney in a corruption investigation into the purchase of German submarines was placed under house arrest.
Police questioned David Shimron, 65, who is also a cousin and friend of Netanyahu,...
20 countries sign Argentine letter against terrorism as anniversary of ’94 Jewish center bombing...
Representatives of 20 countries joined Argentine lawmakers in signing a statement decrying global terrorism ahead of the 23rd anniversary of the Buenos Aires AMIA Jewish center bombing.
The French Embassy in Buenos Aires and the...
Obituary: Clementine Brodsky / Lifelong social justice activist was committed to Jewish community
When Clementine Brodsky and her husband, Allan, walked across the Roberto Clemente Bridge to attend Pittsburgh Pirates games, they often passed by a saxophonist. The Brodskys were regular Pirates fans, and after hearing the...
The meaning of UNESCO’s decisions regarding Jewish heritage in the Holy Land
The latest UNESCO decision to recognize Hebron and the Cave of the Patriarchs as a threatened "Palestinian" world heritage site sparked a tantrum among Israeli leaders.
Though it is a given that Hebron is an...
Belated Bar Mitzvahs for five college students in Vienna
Joined by their families from Switzerland, Germany, Hungary and Ukraine—and their friends and fraternity brothers from around the world—five young men from the Lauder Business School in Vienna were called to the Torahand celebrated their bar...