MSNBC host tweets libel about IDF sniper targeting Palestinian boy
The host of MSNBC’s “The Mehdi Hasan Show” tweeted a libelous claim on Saturday about a supposed Israel Defense Forces sniper injuring a Palestinian boy, reported the media watchdog group CAMERA.
Hasan retweeted a post by Palestinian activist Issa Amro...
Anti-Semitic football play-calling in Massachusetts town hints at long history of ‘systemic bias’
In this well-groomed coastal town, members of the small Jewish community and others are trying to determine why its vaunted high school football team used the terms “Auschwitz,” “rabbi” and “dreidel” while calling plays...
Bipartisan bill proposed to reclaim Holocaust-era unpaid insurance policies
Legislation brought forth in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday would allow insurance beneficiaries to recover billions in unclaimed payments from World War II.
The Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act of 2021 was re-introduced by Rep. Debbie...
Biden administration to proceed with $23 billion arms sale to UAE
The Biden administration has announced its intention to Congress to move ahead with weapons sales to the United Arab Emirates, following a review of the deal struck by the Trump administration, Reuters reported on...
Landmarks across America to light up blue and white for Israeli Independence Day
Buildings across America will light up in the blue-and-white colors of the Israeli national flag to honor Yom Ha’aztmaut, Israel’s 73rd Independence Day, which starts on Wednesday evening and lasts through Thursday.
The buildings will...
NASA names two asteroids after Israeli student who discovered them
NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, is naming two recently discovered asteroids after an Israeli student who found them during an asteroid-hunting project, it was announced on Friday.
Aseel Nama, a biomedical engineering student at the...
Delegation of American Jewish leaders to visit Israel in first post-pandemic travel
The Religious Zionists of America-Mizrachi announced a leadership delegation visit to Israel in late May, designed to be the first organized group of Jewish communal leadership to visit Israel since the coronavirus pandemic brought...
America’s Middle East allies unite against Iran, see start of talks as ‘betrayal’
The renewal of indirect talks last week between the United States and Iran to revive the 2015 nuclear deal—the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)—appears to have escalated tensions in the Middle East, as...
University of Wisconsin to start fall academic year on Rosh Hashanah
The University of Wisconsin is coming under fire from Jewish students, staff and community leaders as the fall semester for its schools is set to start on Sept. 7 or 8, both of which...
South Florida mayor’s proposal to add menorah to holiday display sparks outrage, debate
A proposal by the mayor of the South Florida community of Miami Shores to place a menorah in the village town hall during the holiday season has led to a major pushback from the...