Former Neo-Nazi Who Converted To Islam Kills Roommates For Disrespecting Muslim Faith

A Florida man who was formerly a neo-Nazi but recently converted to Islam killed his two roommates Friday for “disrespecting” the Muslim faith. Police in Tampa, Florida arrested Devon Arthurs after he held three people hostage inside a smoke shop before leading authorities to the bodies of his two roommates. Arthurs, 18, yelled “Allah Mohammed” […]

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USA

Billy Bush regrets that ‘Access Hollywood’ tape, especially his daughter’s reaction to it

It’s been more than seven months since the leaked release of a 2005 “Access Hollywood” tape featuring Donald Trump and Billy Bush crudely discussing women in an exchange that Trump later dismissed as “locker room talk.” Since then, one of those men has become president and the other has been unemployed. Bush broke his silence

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Gorsuch dissents as Supreme Court upholds ban on big-money gifts to parties

WASHINGTON — New Justice Neil M. Gorsuch joined Clarence Thomas in dissent Monday when the Supreme Court rejected an appeal from a Republican Party lawyer seeking to strike down limits on big-money contributions to political parties. By a 7-2 vote, the high court upheld limits set in the McCain-Feingold Act of 2002. The dissent by

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USA

Trump: ‘Rare Opportunity’ to Bring Security to Middle East

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday there is now a “rare opportunity to bring security and stability and peace” to the Middle East, as he arrived in Israel for his first visit there as the U.S. leader. Speaking at a welcome ceremony at Ben-Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Trump said the opportunity involved defeating terrorism

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Middle East, USA

Journalist Eric Lichtblau to discuss ‘Nazis next door’

LA JOLLA, California (Press Release) — When World War II came to a close in 1945, the U.S. Government recruited a few leading German scientists, who it judged could contribute to America’s space and military programs. In addition, the rationale was that if the government hadn’t done this, these top scientists, along with their scientific

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International, Jewish History, San Diego Calendar, USA

Israeli couple tells their Six-Day War memories

  Editor’s Note: Yaakov and Toby Greenwald vividly remember what they were doing during the Six-Day War of June 1967.  In these two articles, they relate their personal histories.  Yaakov Greenwald is a veteran teacher of Talmud, History and Mathematics. They married in 1976, live in Efrat, and are the parents and grandparents of children

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Jewish History, Middle East, Toby Klein Greenwald, USA

Cabinet approves gestures to PA – despite Jewish Home opposition

Israel”s Security Cabinet approved a package of goodwill gestures for the Palestinian Authority Sunday evening by a wide margin, despite objections by two senior Jewish Home ministers. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu had proposed the gestures in the cabinet, hoping to have the measures approved prior to President Donald Trump”s arrival in Israel on Monday. President

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Middle East

Re-elected Rouhani vows Iran’s more interaction with world and ‘no’ to extremism

Re-elected Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivers a televised speech in Tehran, Iran on May 20, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua] TEHRAN – Iran’s incumbent moderate President Hassan Rouhani won the presidential election by garnering 57 percent of the votes, the Interior Ministry announced Saturday. Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said that out of 41,220,131 counted votes, which accounts

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Middle East