Daily Archives: August 14, 2020
Zisl Slepovitch sings a Belarussian protest song in Yiddish
August 9, 2020 is the presidential election day in Belarus. There is a lot of hope and a lot of courage taking place in the hearts and actions of Belarusians and all people who...
Rejecting the rejectionists
In 1977, shortly after Egyptian President Anwar Sadat’s address to the Knesset in Jerusalem outlining his proposals for peace with Israel, the PLO and five Arab countries formed a bloc whose sole purpose was...
Did the Charlottesville quote define Donald Trump?
Three years later, we’re still quoting, discussing and debating it. If there is a defining moment of the presidency of Donald Trump, it took place at a press conference on Aug. 15, 2017, when...
Boston-born Jake Auchincloss seeks House seat vacated by Joe Kennedy
The race to fill the seat vacated by Rep. Joe Kennedy, who is running for U.S. Senate, has produced one of the most competitive primaries in Massachusetts.
The election, which will be held on Sept....
Could a pro-BDS congressional candidate win in New England’s largest Jewish district?
The Democratic Party has undergone a shift in recent years, with a number of longtime incumbents falling to progressive upstarts. In heavily blue Massachusetts, the race to succeed Democrat Rep. Joe Kennedy (who is...
Lawfare Project reaches agreement with hospital after harassment of Jewish surgeon
The Lawfare Project announced on Wednesday that it has reached a settlement agreement with a Christian-affiliated hospital system that retaliated against a Jewish surgeon who expressed being uncomfortable with hospital-wide emails sent during the...
Ponzi-scheme collaborator Peter Madoff released from federal custody
Peter Madoff, the brother of disgraced financier Bernie Madoff, has been released from federal custody, the U.S. Bureau of Prisons told JNS.
Madoff, 74, was freed from home confinement on Thursday.
He served a 10-year sentence...
US confiscates four Iranian oil tankers, cargo on way to Venezuela
The United States confiscated tankers allegedly consisting of Iranian fuel in violation of sanctions, reported The Wall Street Journal on Thursday, citing U.S. officials.
U.S. federal prosecutors filed a civil forfeiture complaint to confiscate four tankers at sea—Luna, Pandi, Bering and Bella—consisting...
Facebook announces new policy to crack down on anti-Semitism
Facebook has updated its community standards policy to include combatting anti-Semitism on its platform, announced the social-media giant on Tuesday.
“We’ve made progress combating hate on our apps, but we know we have more to...
Abbas calls UAE diplomatic move with Israel ‘treason’
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas called for an urgent meeting on Thursday with other Palestinian leaders following the announcement of the peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.
Abbas spokesman Nabil Abu Rdeneh...