International

Trump plans to shrink two national monuments in Utah, senator says

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said President Donald Trump told him that he plans to shrink the boundaries of Bears Ear and Grand Staircase Escalante national monuments, the first hint of Trump’s plans under a review of national monuments established under Democratic administrations. Hatch said Trump assured him during a phone call Friday that he planned […]

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USA

Actress Annabella Sciorra accuses Weinstein of rape

Actress Annabella Sciorra has accused Harvey Weinstein of rape, detailing to The New Yorker Magazine her harrowing encounter with the now-disgraced movie mogul. She joins dozens of women who have already leveled allegations of sexual abuse against the 65-year-old Weinstein. Sciorra — who received an Emmy nomination for her role in the acclaimed television series

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Israeli Anthem and Flag Banned for Judo Gold Medalist

A champion Israeli judo fighter was forced to sing his own national anthem beneath an International Judo Federation (IJF) flag during an awards ceremony Thursday because of a ban on Israeli symbols at the sport’s Grand Slam competition in Abu Dhabi. Tal Flicker, who won gold in the men’s under-145lbs category, had to sing his

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International, Middle East, Sports & Competitions

Genealogy show unlocks Holocaust family tragedy for Scarlett Johansson

By TOI staff In the forthcoming episode of the PBS series “Finding Your Roots,” American Jewish actress Scarlett Johansson discovers the tragic fate of her relatives who died in the Holocaust. Johansson is overcome by emotion when she learns for the first time that her great uncle died in the Warsaw Ghetto during the Nazi

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Jewish History, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Israel to postpone controversial ‘annexation’ bill: source

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to postpone a vote on a controversial bill that critics say would amount to the de facto annexation of Israeli settlements surrounding Jerusalem, an official said Saturday. The bill had been expected to be voted on by a ministerial committee on Sunday, in a move that would fast-track its

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Middle East, USA

Gal Gadot pulls out of event for Brett Ratner amid sexual harassment scandals

By TOI staff Israeli actress Gal Gadot withdrew from an awards dinner honoring director Brett Ratner amid growing scrutiny of sexual harassment in Hollywood following the allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein. Gadot was scheduled to present the Tree of Life award at event for Jewish National Fund on Sunday before deciding to cancel her appearance,

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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

100 years on, international conferences debate Jewish role in Russian Revolution

By Julie Masis It is now 100 years since the revolution that brought down the Russian Tsar Nicholas II. For Jews, the fall of Tsarist Russia meant a new relative freedom: the end to the Pale of Settlement, which had prevented Jews from living in big cities, and the abolition of all other anti-Semitic laws,

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International, Jewish History

Campus Anti-Zionists Reveal Their Anti- Semitism

By Richard L. Cravatts, PhD BOSTON — In the campus war against Israel, the all too familiar refrain from student anti-Israel activists, many of whom form the loose coalition of groups and individuals spearheading the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, is that their quarrel is only with Israel and its government’s policies, not with

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International, Middle East, Richard L. Cravatts, USA

Wisconsin governor orders ban on boycotts of Israel

MADISON, Wisconsin (Press Release) – Wisconson Governor Scott Walker issued Executive Order #261 Friday prohibiting state agencies from contracting with any business entity that discriminates against Israel. The executive order was issued as Governor Walker leads a 15-member trade delegation to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. The trade mission runs through November 2. “We stand firmly against

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Middle East, USA

Indian doctors separate twins joined at the head

Doctors in India have successfully separated conjoined twin boys who were attached at the skull in a marathon surgical procedure that lasted more than 36 hours and involved 40 doctors. The two-year-old twins, who suffered a rare condition occurring once in about 2.5 million births, underwent the operation at a government-run hospital in New Delhi

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International, Science, Medicine, & Education

Tel Aviv beach craze makes the jump from paddle ball to fine art

By Gavin Rabinowitz ODESSA, Ukraine — A mention of matkot (paddle ball) usually brings to mind Israeli men in Speedos on a Mediterranean beach, not a fine art gallery on the Black Sea. But this week, Israel’s unofficial national sport was the subject on display in the Museum of Modern Art in the Ukrainian port

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International, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Sports & Competitions