International

Still teaching at 96, a WWII hero professor receives the French Legion of Honor

Justus Rosenberg worked for the American Rescue Committee, the French resistance, the US Army, and the UN, to clandestinely save thousands from the Nazis By Cathryn J. Prince Professor Justus Rosenberg receiving the French Legion of Honor from the French ambassador to the United States, Gerard Araud on Thursday, March 30, 2017. (Emily Stern) Justus

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International, Jewish History

Gorsuch wins approval from Senate panel, setting up historic filibuster

WASHINGTON — Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, won approval Monday on a party-line vote from the Senate Judiciary Committee, setting the stage for a filibuster showdown on the Senate floor later this week. At the same meeting, Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware announced he would provide the crucial 41st vote

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USA

Fox News contributor Julie Roginsky files a sexual harassment suit against Roger Ailes and Bill Shine

Fox News was hit with another sexual harassment claim Monday, as on-air contributor Julie Roginsky filed a lawsuit against the network’s former chief executive Roger Ailes and its current co-president Bill Shine. The suit filed Monday in New York State Supreme Court is the latest legal salvo in what has become a spiraling crisis for

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

WikiLeaks’ Assange celebrates asylum safety, gives Lasso one month ‘to leave’ Ecuador

CUENCA, Ecuador — Ecuador’s ruling party candidate Lenin Moreno on Monday extended his lead over former banker Guillermo Lasso even as the opposition vowed to challenge the results. And while the National Electoral Council has not declared a winner yet, across the Atlantic there was one man who seemed to be gloating. WikiLeaks founder Julian

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International, USA

North Korean Defector Speaks Out Against Kim Jong Un

One of the most high profile North Korean defectors in modern history warned the United States that the reclusive regime’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un was maintaining power through the development of intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of long-range attacks – and would use a nuclear bomb against the nation if he felt threatened. Thae Yong

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International, USA

Susan Rice ordered unmasking of Trump team in intel: Bloomberg View report

Susan Rice, who Newsweek once described as former President Barack Obama’s “right-hand woman,” was at the center of unmasking Trump administration officials, a new report concludes. Eli Lake, who broke the story for Bloomberg View, wrote on Monday morning: “White House lawyers last month discovered that the former national security adviser Susan Rice requested the

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International, USA

‘Babi Yar’ poet Yevtushenko dies

  TULSA, Oklahoma (WJC) — Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko, whose 1961 poem about the Nazi massacre at Babi Yar near Kiev helped to expose rampant anti-Semitism in the Soviet Union, died Saturday at 84. Yevtushenko passed away in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He had been a faculty member at the University of Tulsa since the mid-1990s.Some 34,000 Jews were

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History, Obituaries & memorials

Middle East Roundup: April 3, 2017

With Passover in mind, Jerusalem security bolstered after attacks (JNS.org) Following two Palestinian stabbing attacks in Jerusalem’s Old City within a week, a senior officer from the Israel Police has warned of a possible increase in terror attacks during the upcoming Passover holiday. Tens of thousands of people are expected to visit Jerusalem during Passover,

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Middle East

Students asked to debate Final Solution from Nazis’ perspective

A New York teacher has come under fire for giving an assignment asking students to debate the final solution from the Nazis’ point of view, The Algemeiner reported. In the assignment, titled “Top Secret: Memorandum for Senior Nazi Party Members,” students were asked to recreate the debate that took place at the infamous Wannsee Conference,

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Jewish History, USA

American presidents typically lack foreign knowledge

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It’s no surprise that Americans vote their interests. Most likely, citizens of all countries with a meaningful right to vote are parochial, i.e., most concerned about what’s close to them. For many, national political matters are less important that what they get from local authorities– whether their streets and parks are

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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

US-Israel talks on settlement building suspended — report

Negotiations said put on ice after Netanyahu, Greenblatt fail to agree on formula; comes days after Israel announces self-imposed restrictions By Times of Israel staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Jason Greenblatt, US President Donald Trump’s special representative for international negotiations, at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, March 13, 2017. (Matty Stern/US Embassy

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Middle East, USA