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Screenshot of the council meeting
February 26, 2022, 11:49 am
Two US lawmakers apologise for use of the phrase ‘Jew them down’
Kentucky politicians said sorry for using the offensive comments, with one saying he grew up using the phrase
By JTA
February 15, 2022, 10:37 am
Antony Blinken thanks Australia for remaking his stepfather after the Holocaust
U.S. secretary of state on mission down under to reassure it has its back as China flexes its muscles
By JTA
Neo-Nazis rally in Orlando, Fla. on Jan. 29, 2022. (Stop Antisemitism via Twitter)
February 8, 2022, 5:12 pm
Three arrested after Jewish man assaulted at neo-Nazi rally in Orlando
Local media identified the men as Joshua Terrell, 46, Jason Brown, 47, and Burt Colucci, 45.
By JTA
Police were stationed outside the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas (Photo: Twitter)
January 16, 2022, 2:12 pm
UK Foreign Office confirms Texas shul hostage-taker was British citizen
Spokesperson said it wa 'aware of the death of a British man in Texas and are in contact with the local authorities'
By Jenni Frazer
Police were stationed outside the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas (Photo: Reuters)
January 15, 2022, 9:28 pm
Texas synagogue hostages freed and ‘British’ captor dead after hours-long siege
Police say they are still trying to determine why the man took the rabbi and three other people captive at the Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville
By Michael Daventry
November 1, 2021, 7:35 pm
Jewish student groups plan rally after a Torah was destroyed during a vandalism spree
Vandalism at George Washington University included damage to a small scroll used by the Tau Kappa Epsilon Jewish fraternity
By JTA
Prison (Photo by Eric Ward on Unsplash)
October 19, 2021, 9:26 am
Texas Jewish death row inmate who argued judge was antisemitic wins new trial
Randy Halprin, 44, was set to be executed in 2019 but won a stay from the after he alleged the judge referred to him using antisemitic slurs, including “f—in’ Jew” and “k-ke.”
By JTA
Michael Herzog, seen in 2019, is the son of the late Chaim Herzog, who also served as Israeli president. (YouTube via JTA)
August 9, 2021, 10:51 am
Israel to name Michael Herzog, the president’s brother, as US ambassador
Brigadier general was adviser to multiple peace negotiating teams since the 1990s and has strong ties with a Washington think tank
By JTA
In February 2021, Kestenbaum & Company, a Brooklyn firm that has specialized in Judaica, pulled off its catalogue what the Jewish Community of Cluj says is a 19th-century ledger from its Jewish burial society. (Kestenbaum & Company)
July 26, 2021, 4:00 pm
Judaica from Brooklyn auction house in probe over Holocaust loot
Federal US authorities took 17 items including scrolls and manuscripts over claims Kestenbaum and Company was selling them without permission or documentation
By JTA
A photo of the Watergate Complex taken from a DC-9-80 inbound to Washington National Airport on January 8, 2006. (Wikipedia/Author Indutiomarus at English Wikipedia/ Indutiomarus.)
July 24, 2021, 5:18 pm
Harry Rosenfeld, key editor in exposing Watergate, dies at 91
He was the assistant managing editor for metropolitan news in 1972 when journalists were closing in on the scandal behind the bungled burglary at the Democratic campaign HQ
By JTA
In-person events are held by Limmud FSU
July 5, 2021, 12:16 pm
Russian-speaking Jews return to old-school face time on the west coast
150 people bid farewell to on-screen gatherings and said hello in-person at Limmud FSU in Palo Alto
People mourn at the memorial site created by neighbors in front of the partially collapsed building where the rescue personnel continue their search for victims, in Surfside near Miami Beach, Florida, U.S., June 26, 2021. REUTERS/Maria Alejandra Cardona
July 2, 2021, 3:34 pm
These are the Jewish victims of the Surfside building collapse
Following the devastating collapse of a residential tower in Miami, we look at the lives of the Jewish victims who have either been pronounced dead or are still missing
By Ben Harris (JTA) and Shira Hanau (JTA)
Dr. Fidaa Wishah was fired this week after accusing Israel of "cannibalism." (Screenshot from Twitter)
June 28, 2021, 5:18 pm
Children’s Hospital fires doctor who accused Israel of ‘cannibalism’
Palestinian-American paediatric radiologist was let go by a Phoenix hospital over comments she posted on social media
By JTA
Picture posted by the Governor of Florida with Hatzalah volunteers
June 25, 2021, 2:08 pm
Mass fatalities feared in building collapse in heavily Orthodox area near Miami
Hatzalah of South Florida established a command centre at the collapse site as Jewish groups help the rescue operation
By JTA
New York police officers respond to an attack at one of four synagogues in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, April 26, 2021. (NYPD via Twitter)
May 2, 2021, 9:55 am
Suspect arrested for vandalising Bronx synagogues
Jordan Brunette, 29, arrested in early hours of Saturday, after he allegedly broke into a shed at the shul
By JTA
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