Congressman: ‘Insanity’ to have Iranian propagandist at US military seminar
Speakers at the 2023 U.S. Strategic Command Deterrence Symposium, which was held Aug. 16-17 in Omaha, Neb., included current and former military leaders, a member of Congress, a governor and a university president.
And then...
Trump: ‘I’d give visas to Iranian leaders to attend UN’
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he would give visas to Iran’s president, Hassan Rouhani, and foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, to attend next week’s U.N. General Assembly in New York.
“If it...
FSU SJP member arrested for throwing chocolate milk at college Republicans
A member of Students for Justice in Palestine at Florida State University in Tallahassee was arrested and charged with battery for throwing chocolate milk last week at a group of student Republicans tabling on...
Orthodox Jewish mayor of Florida town receives neo-Nazi death threat
Shlomo Danzinger, the Orthodox Jewish mayor of Surfside, Fla., is reportedly under police protection following a neo-Nazi death threat against him and his family.
Danziger received a threatening email on Aug. 4 from someone who...
Jewish groups react to Trump nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to US Supreme Court
Jewish groups expressed mixed reactions to U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement on Sept. 26 that he has nominated U.S. Seventh Circuit Court Judge Amy Coney Barrett to succeed the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg on...
Announcing the Sephardi House Fellowship
The American Sephardi Federation (ASF) is announcing today the launch of a new program—the Sephardi House Fellowship—designed to immerse Jewish college students in the intellectual and cultural legacy of the Sephardic tradition.
Henceforth, the ASF will appoint Sephardi House Fellows annually at...
US recognition of Israel’s sovereignty over Golan ‘sends direct message to Arab world’
The formal recognition of Israel’s sovereignty in the Golan Heights by the United States could not have come on a more sobering day for Israelis. As rockets were being launched deep into the central...
BBYO centennial draws thousands of Jewish teens to Orlando convention
Thousands of Jewish teens and adults from 46 countries gathered at a hotel in Orlando, Fla., for BBYO’s annual international convention.
Held from Feb. 15-19, the convention, which took place at Rosen Shingle Creek and was...
Senate confirms Lloyd Austin as US secretary of defense, Haines to intelligence
The U.S. Senate confirmed Lloyd Austin on Friday as U.S. secretary of defense.
Austin, a general who retired in 2016 and needed a congressional waiver due to a law that requires retired military personnel to...
Congress pursues bill to sanction entities aiding Palestinian terror groups
A group of 16 Republican senators signed on to a reintroduced bill that would require the imposition of sanctions on any individual, entity or state that provides support for Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and...