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Potential Trump visit to iconic Gottlieb’s deli has Hasidic world aflutter

Published September 18, 2024

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. When the U.S. Secret Service scoped out Gottlieb’s deli this week, a Kosher restaurant in Williamsburg, word spread...

Funeral ceremony held for 4 people who were killed in Lebanon when pagers used by Hezbollah members were detonated, in Dahiyeh neighborhood, south Beirut, Sept. 18, 2024. (Houssam Shbaro/Anadolu via Getty Images)

14 dead, 450 injured in Lebanon on second day of pager attacks

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished September 18, 2024

Hundreds of electronic devices held by Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon exploded for the second straight day, killing 14 people and wounding 450, in a continuation of a mass attack that the terror group has blamed on Israel. The devices exploding on...

Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Sen. Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, speaks during a hearing at the U.S. Capitol, July 11, 2024. (Bonnie Cash/Getty Images)

In contentious Senate hearing, divisions over how to fight antisemitism come to the fore

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished September 18, 2024

WASHINGTON — Should the U.S. government address antisemitism on its own, or as part of the broader fight against prejudice? That’s the question that occupied — and divided — Republican and Democratic senators on Tuesday at an emotional hearing...

Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump holds a fighting anti-semitism event with Miriam Adelson at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster, in Bedminster, New Jersey,  Aug. 15, 2024. (Adam Gray/Getty Images)

Donald Trump targets Kamala Harris in new initiative against antisemitism

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished September 17, 2024

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is again planning to highlight the threat of antisemitism and accuse Kamala Harris of enabling it — the latest spotlighting of a Jewish issue in a presidential election that has seen a heavy focus on American Jews. On...

Lebanese army soldiers secure the area for an ambulance to enter the premises of the American University hospital. Eight people have been killed and some 2,750 injured in suspected coordinated explosions of hand-held telecommunications devices across Lebanon, Health Minister Firas Abiad said during a press conference in Beirut, Sept. 17. 2024. (Marwan Naamani/picture alliance via Getty Images)

At least 8 killed and thousands wounded as Hezbollah pagers explode across Lebanon

Published September 17, 2024

Wireless devices carried by Hezbollah operatives and their associates exploded en masse Tuesday, killing at least eight and wounding more than 2,700 people in Lebanon and Syria, a mass targeted attack on the terror group as tensions on Israel’s Lebanese...

Dr. Ruth Westheimer

Sex, Secrets, and Dr. Ruth: The radical truths you never heard before

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished September 16, 2024

The iconic Dr. Ruth Westheimer died earlier this year at the age of 96. Dr. Ruth was a trailblazer for her candid and joyful talk about sex, regularly using words like "masturbate" and "vibrator" on the air and talking about sexual pleasure—including...

The crew of the Polaris Dawn mission: Jared Isaacman, Anna Menon, Scott Poteet and Sarah Gillis, arrive at Kennedy Space Center, FL Monday, August 19, 2024.They are scheduled to lift off Monday, Aug 26, on a privately funded mission.

Jewish billionaire makes spacewalking history

Miri Weissman, (Israel Hayom via JNS)Published September 15, 2024

U.S. tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman on Thursday become the first civilian to conduct a private spacewalk, venturing outside SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule after traveling farther from Earth than any human in more than 50 years. A little preview...

The bumper of Tony Zinman’s car is a billboard for who he is and what he cares about Courtesy of Tony Zinman

Finding the line between antisemitism and anti-Zionism — on a bumper sticker

By Jodi Rudoren, The ForwardPublished September 15, 2024

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. The blurry line between anti-Zionism and antisemitism is particularly hard to see when someone is shouting at you, defacing...

Political activist Laura Loomer stands across from the Women's March 2019 in New York City on January 19, 2019. (John Lamparski/Getty Images)

Who is Laura Loomer, the Jewish provacateur back in Donald Trump’s inner circle

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished September 13, 2024

Donald Trump is facing a wave of backlash for spending time with Laura Loomer, a Jewish far-right provocateur who was once banned from several social media platforms for hate speech. What makes this backlash different is that it’s coming from another...

Current Vice President and 2024 Democratic Presidential nominee Kamala Harris speaks to several thousand attendees at her presidential campaign rally at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Romulus, Michigan, Aug. 7, 2024. (Adam J. Dewey/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Republican PAC blankets Michigan with ads touting Kamala Harris’ pro-Israel credentials

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished September 13, 2024

Donald Trump claims Israel will disappear if Vice President Kamala Harris is elected in November, but GOP ads in Michigan from a political action committee are telling voters she “stands with Israel. The ads appear to be targeting the swing state’s...

Timothy Hale-Cusanelli Photo by Department of Justice

Trump’s golf club hosted alleged Nazi sympathizer at fundraiser for Jan. 6 rioters

By Jacob Kornbluh, The ForwardPublished September 12, 2024

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Former President Donald Trump is under fire for allowing his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, to host several events...

Steven Cook and Michael Solomonov shot the pictures for "Zahav Home" in Solomonov's Philadelphia house. (Courtesy CookNSolo)

Michael Solomonov aims to simplify Israeli classics for home cooks in ‘Zahav Home’

Rachel Ringler, JTAPublished September 12, 2024

A lot has changed since the last time Michael Solomonov released a cookbook, back in 2018. The celebrity chef has opened several new restaurants. He has expanded his empire beyond Philadelphia to New York City. And of course he has watched his native...

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