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Trump Adds Alan Dershowitz To His Impeachment Team
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Alan Dershowitz, the constitutional scholar, will join President Donald Trump’s impeachment defense team.
“Professor Dershowitz will present oral arguments at the Senate trial to...
Synagogues Should Not ARM Ordinary Congregants, Jewish Security Agency Says
NEW YORK (JTA) — If synagogues hire armed guards, they should be trained police officers, a top Jewish security agency says in a new report.
Armed congregants who are not law enforcement officers “...
Mike Pence to Attend Holocaust Forum in Israel
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Vice President Mike Pence will attend a conference on the Holocaust in Israel.
The White House announced Wednesday that Pence and his wife, Karen, would attend the Fifth World Ho...
Meet the Jewish Travel Blogger Who Soon Will Have Visited Every Country
NEW YORK (JTA) - In 2012, Drew Goldberg spent part of his junior year of college studying abroad in Prague. It was only his second time leaving the United States — the other time was for Birthright, t...
Italian Police Arrest Suspected Synagogue Vandal Caught On Video
TRIESTE (JTA) — Police in the northeast Italian city of Trieste analyzed security videos to identify and arrest a man suspected of vandalizing the city’s synagogue twice in the past few months.
The...
Netanyahu And Putin Discuss Fate Of Jailed Israeli Backpacker Naama Issachar
JERUSALEM (JTA) –Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin about regional developments and about the case of an American-Israeli woman jailed for d...
Florida Man Who Hugged Nazi Camp Guard In Court Withdraws As Plaintiff Amid Survivor Controversy
HAMBURG (JTA) — A Florida man who has presented himself as a child Holocaust survivor has withdrawn as a plaintiff in a trial against a former Nazi concentration camp guard.
Moshe Peter Loth made h...
New Jersey Pizzeria Fires Manager Who Went On Anti-Semitic Tirade Over Day Off For Rosh Hashanah
EATONTOWN, NJ (JTA) - A New Jersey pizzeria has fired the manager accused of sending anti-Semitic text messages to a teenage employee after he asked to take off for a Jewish holiday.
The family tha...
Republican Party Leader In Delaware Ousted After Blaming Jews For Impeachment Hearings
DELAWARE (JTA) — A Republican Party leader in Delaware was fired after Facebook posts that were criticized as anti-Semitic.
The Sussex County Republican Party voted on Monday to oust its vice chair...
Rockets Fired At Israel From Gaza And Israel Retaliates
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s military carried out airstrikes on terror group installations in Gaza on Wednesday after terrorists launched rocket attacks on southern Israel.
Four rockets launched in t...
Israel Gets Its First Formula One Race Car Driver
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli race car driver has become the first national to break into Formula One racing.
Roy Nissany, 25, was named the official test driver for the UK-based Williams Group, a t...
Bloomberg Tweets Image Of Meatball With His Face On It During Democratic Debate
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Michael Bloomberg didn’t make the cut for the Democratic debate this week, so his social media team dined out on a meatball. With the mayor’s face on it.
Over the course of Tuesd...
Nazi Flag Removed From Australian Home Following Pressure
SYDNEY, Australia (JTA) — An Australian woman has taken down the Nazi flag she was flying from her home following a joint effort by neighbors and local police, as well as a Jewish member of Parliament...
Box Resembling Home-made Bomb Placed Outside Amsterdam Kosher Eatery
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — A box resembling a home-made bomb was left outside a Dutch kosher restaurant where several anti-Semitic attacks have occurred.
The cardboard box, bearing the logo of the Heineken ...
The Granddaughter Of A Cambodian Princess Had A Bat Mitzvah
PHNOM PENH (JTA) - Members of the Cambodian royal family gathered last month at the Raffles Hotel Le Royal in Phnom Penh for a celebration. There was music, traditional Cambodian dance performances an...
House Bill Would Penalize Compliance With European And UN Boycotts Of Israel
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A House bill introduced Tuesday would extend penalties for boycotting Israel to compliance with boycotts organized by international organizations.
The Israel Anti-Boycott Act int...
Secret Hitler Board Game Removed From 3 Montreal Stores
MONTREAL (JTA) — A board game called Secret Hitler was removed from the shelves of three stores in Montreal.
Branches of the Tour de Jeux chain removed the game following a call from B’nai Brith Ca...
Liverpool Deli Owner Hanged Himself After Rabbis Made Him Paint Over Kosher Symbol On Store’s Sign
MANCHESTER (JTA) — The owner of the deli that was the main outlet for kosher food in Liverpool, England, was “completely broken” after being forced to paint over the sign identifying the store as kosh...
Germany Gives $4.4 Million To Dutch Holocaust Museum
AMSTERDAM (JTA) – Germany has pledged nearly $4.5 million toward renovating the Dutch national Holocaust museum.
Emile Schrijver, director of Amsterdam’s Jewish Cultural Quarter, an organization co...
Rock-Throwing Incident That Killed Palestinian Woman Classified As Terror Attack
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Defense Ministry has recognized as a terror attack an incident in which a Palestinian mother of nine was killed by a thrown rock at her car.
But since the woman, Aisha Ra...