International

Body camera didn’t record Chicago cop’s fatal shooting of teen in back

CHICAGO — The body camera of a Chicago police officer who fatally shot an unarmed teenager on the South Side last week was not recording when he opened fire, police officials said Monday. Police Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said the department is investigating why the equipment didn’t capture the shooting of 18-year-old Paul O’Neal, who […]

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USA

Khamenei: Israel- Saudi warming a ‘stab in the back’

TEHRAN (WJC) — Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a harsh rebuke of Saudi Arabia on Monday for allegedly seeking better relations with Israel. “Revelation of Saudi government’s relations with Zionist regime was stab in the back of Islamic Ummah,” Khamenei posted on his Twitter account. In another message, he wrote: “Today, #Saudi government is in

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Middle East

Reflections on a somber interview with Elie Wiesel

    By Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall SAN MARCOS, California — In 2007, I received an unexpected invitation: interviewing Elie Wiesel for a program at the Carlsbad Library (California). The city has an annual program in which residents discuss a common book; that year, it was Wiesel’s Holocaust memoir Night. To culminate the program, the city

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International, Jewish History, San Diego County

Humoring the headlines: August 1, 2016

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Criticizing President Obama’s characterization of Donald Trump as a “homegrown demagogue,” Republican Vice-Presidential candidate Mike Pence indignantly asserted, “I don’t think name calling has any place in public life.”  Either Pence doesn’t consider Trump’s epithets for rivals like crazy Bernie, crooked Hillary, lyin’ Ted, little Marco, low-energy Jeb, 1 for

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Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

2016 Olympics: 7 Jewish American Olympians to watch in Rio

There are athletes, and then there are Olympic athletes. And then there are Jewish Olympic athletes. When the 2016 Summer Olympics open Friday, we’ll of course be cheering the American athletes — all 555 of them — and we’ll be rooting for Israel, too, which this year is sending its largest ever cohort to Rio.

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International, Sports & Competitions, USA

PA insists on timeframe for any peace talks with Israel

Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday said that any reboot of peace talks with Israel should happen within a clear timeframe and under international supervision. Abbas made the comments after his meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Paris, reported the AFP news agency. Abbas also held talks with French Foreign

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International, Middle East, USA

It’s billionaire vs. billionaire as Mark Cuban targets Donald Trump for Hillary Clinton

PITTSBURGH — Mark Cuban, the flashy billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team, made a surprise stop here in his hometown to support Hillary Clinton and mock Donald Trump. “Leadership is not yelling and screaming and intimidating,” Cuban said. “You know what we call a person like that in Pittsburgh? A jagoff,” using some

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USA

Netanyahu: Israel will remain neutral in U.S. election

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel would remain neutral in the U.S. presidential election campaign and avoid any intervention on behalf of any candidate. The remarks were made in a press conference with diplomatic correspondents and quoted by Haaretz. Netanyahu told the reporters that although he is attending the United Nations General

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Middle East, USA