DC Report By Douglas Bloomfield Donald Trump has repeatedly declared he has done more for African-Americans than any president since Abraham Lincoln, produced “the best economy in the history of the world,” saved “hundreds of thousands” of American lives, possibly “billions” with his quick and decisive response to the coronavirus pandemic and given this country “the world’s cleanest and safest […]

By JOSEFIN DOLSTEN NEW YORK CITY (JTA) – Many Americans have been paying tribute to the popularized version of Ruth Bader Ginsberg — the feisty workout-devoted octogenarian Supreme Court justice who had morphed in the past decade from admired legal trailblazer to beloved feminist pop icon, the subject of a Hollywood biopic, a documentary, “Saturday Night Live” sketches and late-night interviews, […]

By SARAH WILDMAN WASHINGTON (JTA) – Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the first Jewish woman to serve on the Supreme Court and a tireless advocate for gender equality, has died at 87. A fierce jurist known for her outsized presence and outspokenness, Ginsburg died from “complications of metastatic pancreas cancer,” the Supreme Court announced Friday night, Sept. 18. She had survived multiple […]

DC Report By Douglas Bloomfield The warning was sounded early by an unlikely squad of messengers: an evangelical Christian, a former Soviet Jewish refugee, a former PR man for Vladimir Putin, the president’s former lawyer, a notorious dirty trickster and a highly respected Jewish leader who said Donald Trump “threatens American democracy.” Their message, intentional for some, inadvertent for others, […]

By BEN SALES NEW YORK CITY (JTA) – More than one in 10 American adults under 40 believes that Jews caused the Holocaust. That’s one finding from a survey published Wednesday trying to gauge Holocaust knowledge among millennials and Generation Z, a cohort  ranging in age from 18 to 39. The survey found that most respondents had heard of the […]

By RON KAMPEAS WASHINGTON (JTA) – Donald Trump spent much of his 20-minute call with American Jewish leaders (Conference Of Presidents) making the case for more American Jews to vote for him. He closed by repeating a line that has raised their eyebrows before. A Campaign Call? “We really appreciate you,” Trump said as he signed off the call, an […]

(JNS) – Jessica Krug, a Jewish professor at George Washington University who falsely identified as a black person, has resigned, announced the Washington, D.C.-based university on Wednesday. The university tweeted that “Dr. Krug has resigned her position, effective immediately. Her classes for this semester will be taught by other faculty members, and students in those courses will receive additional information this […]

(JNS) – A group of 100 Orthodox rabbis has called on Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos to stop relying on the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) in determining which charities are eligible and which ones are “hate groups,” and therefore are ineligible from receiving charitable donations through the company’s AmazonSmile initiative. “AmazonSmile, launched in 2013, allows customers to select […]

By RON KAMPEAS WASHINGTON (JTA) – A suburban Milwaukee man has been charged with disorderly conduct and a hate crime after he allegedly removed a Joe Biden campaign sign from a neighbor’s yard and called the neighbor a “dirty Jew.” Police added the hate crime enhancement to the charges against Gregory Kirst, 49, because of the epithet and alleged shouted […]

By BEN HARRIS NEW YORK CITY (JTA) – One morning last week, Henry Rosenthal got in his van and headed north from his home in Washington state toward Canada. Though it’s been closed to inessential travel for months due to coronavirus restrictions, Rosenthal breezed across the border, where he’s familiar to the guards. He then drove about 24 miles across […]