International

Puerto Rico reopens 119 schools but it could be months, or never, for many more

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — If it weren’t for the tangled clump of power lines on a nearby corner and the partially unhinged stop sign down the street, Tuesday might have seemed like the first day of a normal school year at Julio Selles Sola School in San Juan’s Rio Piedras neighborhood. Hundreds of students […]

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Trump associate Cohen sold four NY buildings for cash to mysterious buyers

WASHINGTON—Donald Trump’s longtime business lawyer Michael Cohen may be best known for his aggressive campaign television defenses of the real estate mogul, his role in an abortive effort to build a Trump Tower in Moscow and allegations that he attended a meeting last summer with Russians in Europe. But while serving as a top executive

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USA

North Korea Attack Could Kill 90% of Americans: Report

A North Korean electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack could possibly eliminate 90 percent of U.S. population, according to a new report. Peter Vincent Pry, a nuclear strategist formerly with the CIA, told Forbes Monday an EMP attack would be detrimental to the U.S. by targeting electrical grids. “The U.S. can sustain a population of 320 million

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International, USA

In Israel, descendants of Aboriginal ANZAC soldiers retrace forgotten stories

By Melanie Lidman One hundred years ago, the sound of hoofbeats and war cries rolled across northern Israel, as soldiers from Australia and New Zealand, mounted on horseback, fought against German soldiers at one of history’s last great cavalry battles. Descendants of the Australian soldiers who fought in Palestine during WWI returned to the site

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International, Middle East

Attorney General Charges Jersey Town Council for Civil Rights Violations; Seeks to Take Back $3.4 Million in Green Acres Funding

From the Office of Christopher Porrino, NJ Attorney General TRENTON – Likening the conduct of Mahwah township officials to 1950s-era “white flight” suburbanites who sought to keep African-Americans from moving into their neighborhoods, Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced today that the State has filed a Superior Court complaint against the Mahwah Township Council and

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USA

Attorney general calls PM immunity bill ‘absurd, wrong’

By Raoul Wootliff Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit on Monday harshly criticized a controversial bill that would grant serving prime ministers immunity from criminal prosecution as “absurd,” “wrong and inappropriate.” At a Justice Ministry conference held at Tel Aviv University, Mandelblit raised concerns that such a law could significantly obstruct police investigations into a prime minister

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Middle East

Austria leader seeks coalition talks with far-right FPOe

Austria’s newly elected leader Sebastian Kurz on Tuesday invited the far-right Freedom Party (FPOe) to begin coalition talks, in a fresh boost for European populists. The announcement by the incoming conservative chancellor paves the way for the FPOe’s return to power nearly two decades after it last entered government in 2000. The last time the

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International

Egypt reaffirms commitment to Alexandria synagogue

Egypt”s Ministry of Antiquities reaffirmed on Monday that the Egyptian government has allocated EGP 100 million (more than $5 million) toward the restoration of the ancient synagogue in Alexandria. Yasmin El-Shazly, the General Supervisor of the Department of International Organizations for Cultural and the International Cooperation, also denied reports that the Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue has

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Jewish Religion, Middle East

Knesset event cheering immigrants marred by fighting on Ethiopians, conversion

By Marissa Newman It was supposed to be an upbeat and apolitical celebration of Jewish immigrants to Israel, lauding their accomplishments and numerous contributions. But the Knesset’s second-ever commemoration Tuesday of a new national holiday — Aliyah Day — devolved at times into a fracas, as coalition and opposition lawmakers criticized the government over its

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Middle East

Lazio to take 200 fans to Auschwitz after Anne Frank slur

Lazio president Claudio Lotito said Tuesday the club would take 200 fans every year to visit Auschwitz after images of Holocaust victim Anne Frank were used to offend hated rivals Roma. Lotito made the announcement as he visited the Rome Synagogue two days after Lazio fans posted stickers of Frank in a Roma jersey alongside

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International, Sports & Competitions

Filmmaker: Jews killed in Holocaust because they didn’t blend in

[twittervideo:2034193] An American filmmaker is under fire for comments she made in a television interview regarding the role Jewish tradition played in the Holocaust. Heidi Ewing, a documentary director best known for the Academy Award-nominated Jesus Camp and Freakonomics, was interviewed by Charlie Rose last Thursday, discussing among other, things her latest film, One of

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Jewish History, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA