Controversial professor’s views on Israel prompt concern before convention appearance
A Jewish group is speaking out about the upcoming appearance of a Rutgers University professor who has been criticized for her anti-Semitic and anti-Israel writings, and who is set to serve as a keynote...
Chassidic rabbi, award-winning professor becomes Colorado’s first Jewish military chaplain
Rabbi Yerachmiel Gorelik, who runs the Chabad Jewish Center of Northern Colorado and Chabad Jewish Student Center @ CSU with his wife, Devorah Leah, and teaches at Colorado State University, is a recipient of the Best Teacher and Outstanding Faculty...
House bill introduced to counter worldwide money-laundering by Hezbollah
A bill has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives to counter money laundering by the U.S.-designated terrorist group Hezbollah.
Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) introduced “The Hezbollah Money Laundering Prevention Act of 2020” on Sept. 30,...
Pompeo calls on Saudi Arabia to normalize ties with Israel
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to normalize ties with Israel.
Addressing the media alongside Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud at the U.S. State Department,...
Poll: 83 percent of Orthodox Jews would vote for Trump
If the U.S. elections were held today—three weeks before the Nov. 3 election—83 percent of Orthodox Jews would vote for U.S. President Donald Trump, according to a poll released on Wednesday.
An Ami magazine poll of 1,000...
US-brokered Israel-Lebanon maritime border talks get underway
Negotiating teams from Israel and Lebanon met on Wednesday for the first session of U.S.-brokered maritime-border talks, the United States and United Nations confirmed in a joint statement.
During the meeting, the representatives held “productive...
Jewish mayor of Anchorage resigns after sexting, anti-Semitic response
The Jewish mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, has resigned after admitting to a sexting affair with a local anchorwoman that included an anti-Semitic element.
After leading Alaska’s largest city since 2015, Ethan Berkowitz submitted his resignation...
Father of murdered daughter condemns BBC for giving platform to Ahlam Tamimi
Arnold Roth, whose 15-year-old daughter, Malki, was among 15 people killed and more than 130 wounded by terrorist Ahlam Tamimi in a 2001 bombing attack at a Sbarro pizzeria in Jerusalem, condemned the BBC...
Trump’s Jewish point person: President has fought anti-Semitism ‘everywhere and anywhere’
Boris Epshteyn, a strategic advisor for U.S. President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign, has been the campaign’s point person for Jewish outreach for a while now, though the “Jewish Voices for Trump” coalition only launched in September.
Lately,...
American Jewish Congress appoints Joel Rubin as new executive director
The American Jewish Congress announced on Tuesday that it has picked Joel Rubin, who served as the liaison to the Jewish community for the Democratic presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), as its...