JTA Reports
November 9, 2018, 10:37 am
Man suspected of writing ‘Kill all Jews’ on Brooklyn synagogue arrested
James Polite is also suspected to have set fires in front of several yeshivas and synagogues in the Chasidic Williamsburg neighborhood.
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Jeremy Corbyn meets with asylum seekers in Glasgow, Scotland, August 22, 2018. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
November 9, 2018, 10:37 am
British Labour Party branch votes down motion condemning Pittsburgh attack
Critics of the motion at the Labour branch had said the text should have condemned all racism instead of calling out anti-Semitism specifically.
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Some 4,700 Chabad-Lubavitch emisaries from 100 countries pose for the annual group photo in front of the organization’s Brooklyn headquarters. (Courtesy photo)
November 9, 2018, 10:36 am
4,700 Chabad emissaries from around the world gather in NY for conference
The conference is the movement’s 35th and was held just days after the shooting attack on a Pittsburgh synagogue that left 11 worshippers dead.
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House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy. (Photo from JTA)
November 2, 2018, 10:34 am
House leader deletes tweet saying Soros et al. are buying elections
Many Twitter users objected that the tweet attacking Soros appeared a day after an explosive device was found at Soros’ suburban New York home.
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Madonna performs at the 2015 iHeartRadio Music Awards in Los Angeles, March 29, 2015. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)
November 2, 2018, 10:34 am
Madonna looking for a kosher chef
The pop singer is offering a yearly salary of nearly $142,000 for the personal chef to prepare the kosher meals for her and her six children.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meeting with Oman’s Sultan Qaboos Bin Said al Said. (Photo courtesy of Embassy of Oman)
November 2, 2018, 10:33 am
Netanyahu first Israeli prime minister to visit Oman since 1994
The visit featured talks on “ways to advance the peace process in the Middle East," according to a joint statement released later.
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Police respond to a mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Oct. 27, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)
October 28, 2018, 9:39 am
Pittsburgh synagogue gunman charged with 29 counts
Robert Bowers, the alleged gunman, reportedly shouted “All these Jews need to die.”
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Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu, left, with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. (Brian Hendler photo)
October 18, 2018, 3:26 pm
Russia will not recognize Israel’s sovereignty over Golan
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Former Astro Josh Zeid, a former pitcher for Israel’s World Baseball Classic team (Photo by Hillel Kuttler)
October 18, 2018, 3:26 pm
10 US baseball players to become Israeli citizens in Olympics bid
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Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 economic summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 7, 2017. (Photo by Morris MacMatzen/Getty Images)
October 12, 2018, 12:54 pm
In rare rebuke, Russian chief rabbi slams missile transfer to Syria
“I think it’s a mistake that will only augment the region’s problems,” Berel Lazar, of the Chabad movement, said.
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Police arrive after a synagogue was attacked in Gothenburg, Sweden, Dec. 9, 2017. (Photo by Adam Ihse/AFP/Getty Images)
October 12, 2018, 12:47 pm
Swedish prosecutors appeal decision not to deport firebomber
The man, Gaza-born Feras Alnadim, attacked a synagogue in Gothernburg in December with two accomplices.
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A man brought for a court hearing at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court, under suspicion of Issuing fake bomb threats against Jewish institutions around the world, on March 23, 2017. (Photo by Flash90)
October 12, 2018, 12:42 pm
Trump signs law expanding hate crime protections
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Sweden is only one of five countries where the slaughter of animals without stunning — a requirement for producing kosher and halal meat — is illegal. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
October 5, 2018, 10:19 am
Swedish officials shutter Malmo’s only kosher meat shop, citing health reasons
The shop has sold frozen kosher meat for the past 20 years per an agreement with the leaders of Malmo's Jewish community of 800 people.
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Sheldon Adelson at the Republican Jewish Coalition spring leadership meeting in Las Vegas in 2014. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
October 5, 2018, 10:16 am
Adelsons listed as the ‘biggest spenders’ in all of American politics
The couple recently gave $55 million to groups working to ensure Republican control of the House and Senate after the midterm elections.
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Sen. Heidi Heitkamp arriving at the U.S. Capitol, Aug. 22, 2018. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
September 27, 2018, 5:55 pm
RJC launches $1 million ad campaign against senator who backed Iran Deal
The Republican Jewish Coalition launched the advertising campaign in North Dakota against its incumbent senator Heidi Heitkamp over her support for the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
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