Ghislaine Maxwell convicted of recruiting teenage girls for Epstein sex abuse

Published by Reuters UK By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty by a U.S. jury on Wednesday of helping the late financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls, sealing a remarkable fall from grace for the British socialite. Maxwell, 60, was accused of recruiting and grooming https://www.reuters.com/world/us/opening-statements-ghislaine-maxwell-sex-abuse-case-set-begin-2021-11-29 four teenagers between 1994

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Shanda File

Scripps Ranch Theatre’s ‘Heisenberg’ Shows the Risk-Taking Real Life Requires

By Eva Trieger SCRIPPS RANCH, California — We’ve all heard tales ranging from altruistic to beastly behavior since the start of the pandemic, but how to explain a young woman planting a kiss on a stranger’s neck in a London train station? Simon Stephens’ 2015 play, Heisenberg, is making its San Diego premiere at Scripps

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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Iranian-Made UAVs Now Stationed 1,200 Miles From US Soil

By Yaakov Lappin (JNS) Iranian-made unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are stationed in Venezuela, on the northeast tip of South America, where some 2,000 kilometers (1,243 miles) separate them “from skyscrapers in Miami,” the author of a new report on the threat of UAVs has told JNS. Maj. (res.) Tal Beeri, head of the research department

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International, Middle East

Russia and Israel: Cooperating Under the Radar in Syria?

By Shoshana Bryen While staying out of the horrific Syrian Civil War (except humanitarian aid at the border), Israel has long had three red lines for what happens in its northern neighbor: No Iranian or Hezbollah bases near the Israeli border; revised to no Iran in Syria. No weapons delivered by Iran to Hezbollah that Israel considers

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International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen

Eizenstat Reappointed as Special Advisor for Holocaust Issues at State Department

(JNS) The U.S. State Department announced on Monday that political veteran, Amb. Stuart Eizenstat was appointed to serve as Special Advisor on Holocaust Issues to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. According to a news release, the position would have Eizenstat, 78, offer policy advice on contemporary Holocaust-related matters, working in coordination with the Special

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USA

Biblical Brew: Israeli Researchers Uncover 7,200-Year-Old Evidence of Beer Consumption

HAIFA, Israel (Press Release) — Israeli, American, and German researchers have found the first evidence of the consumption of beer within a residential community, at the Chalcolithic settlement of Tel Tsaf, which dates back some 7,200 years. “We have already uncovered evidence highlighting the relative wealth of the residents of Tel Tsaf, including the storage

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Captain Simmon Latutin Marker in UK: The Latest Pinprick for Antisemites

By Jerry Klinger Bigotry, hate, antisemitism, and ignorance are not owned by any one group, nor by any one culture or nationality. There is a universality to it. Antisemites repeat, with vicious relish, the false canard that Galut Jews are disloyal, cowards. They never volunteer as soldiers, fight for their country, and if called to

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International, Jerry Klinger, Jewish History

7 Human Relations Commission Members Endorse Shana Hazan for School Board

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Shana Hazan, former public school teacher, parent of an SDUSD student, and candidate for the San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) Board of Education District B, on Tuesday announced seven new endorsements from members of the City of San Diego’s Human Relations Commission. Hazan unveiled the support of Commission Vice Chair

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San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education

Biden Unlikely to Take Issue With Israel’s Golan Heights Development Plan

By Dmitriy Shapiro (JNS) As Israel is set to invest 1 billion shekels ($317.3 million) into developments to increase the population in the Golan Heights, American experts believe the move announced by Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday is unlikely to elicit much response from the Biden administration. Former Trump administration official Elliott Abrams,

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Middle East, USA

If Israel Strikes Iran, Hezbollah’s Nasrallah Will Obey Iranian Orders

By Yaakov Lappin (JNS) While Israel has refrained from publicly setting clear red lines to act as precise markers for a threshold that, if surpassed by Iran’s nuclear program, would trigger an Israeli attack, it is clear that Jerusalem has been sending warning signals about Iran’s approach towards the danger zone. These warnings appear, in

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Middle East

Israel Cuts Wait Time for 3rd Vaccine Jab, Relaxes Quarantine Rules

Published by DPA Israel has cut the recommended period between receiving a second Covid-19 vaccine shot and a booster dose from five months to three. The country also relaxed its quarantine period for those who test positive but are vaccinated. A statement from the Health Ministry’s director-general, Nachman Ash, said the booster recommendation was changed

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Middle East