Tuesday, April 30th 2024 |
(JTA) — Bernard Lewis, a leading Middle Eastern and Oriental studies scholar, has died.
Lewis died in a retirement facility in Voorhees Township, N.J. on Saturday at the age of 101. He was 12 days from his 102nd birthday.
Lewis, who was a professor emeritus of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University, was an expert in the history of Islam and the interaction between Islam and the West.
He is...
(JTA) — A cougar injured a mountain biker and killed his friend in rural Washington state.
Isaac Sederbaum, 31, survived the Saturday morning attack, but the cougar killed S.J. Brooks, 32, and dragged his body to his den where the animal brutally mauled it.
While cougars usually do not attack humans, and usually hunt at night, this cougar attacked in broad daylight. The cougar, which was found to be emaciated...
(JTA) — A Dallas pastor who has disparaged Jews, Mormons and Muslims was invited to deliver a prayer at the Jerusalem embassy dedication by U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, the State Department said.
Robert Jeffress, the pastor of a Southern Baptist megachurch, is a Fox News contributor, a prominent supporter of President Donald Trump and host of radio and television shows broadcast throughout the United States.
He has said...
By BEN SALES
NEW YORK (JTA) — It’s hard to say what inspired Aaron Schlossberg to go off on a bigoted tirade against employees at a local cafeteria.
But one day later, he has officially transformed from being a random lawyer in midtown Manhattan to being the new face of internet shame. His office is being bombarded by bad reviews. Videos are surfacing of his previous outbursts. He made the...
(JTA) — The Palestinian Authority recalled its envoy to Washington, D.C., after the United States moved its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas asked Husam Zomlot to return to Ramallah, Foreign Minister Riad Malki told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
“When they opened their embassy in Jerusalem there was a need for a decision from our side and this was our decision,” Malki...
(JTA) — Turkey recalled its ambassadors to the United States and Israel after at least 50 Palestinian protesters were reportedly killed at the Gaza border.
South Africa also recalled its envoy to Israel earlier on Monday, Agence France-Presse reported.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Israel of “genocide” over the killings in Gaza. Tens of thousands gathered of Palestinians gathered there for protests in the hours before the dedication of the new U.S. embassy...
By MARCY OSTER
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The United States dedicated its newly established embassy in Jerusalem in a high-profile ceremony attended by prominent Trump administration officials.
Both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin pronounced the “Shehechyanu” prayer during the Monday afternoon ceremony, which is said when one is thankful for a new or unusual experience.
“Today we officially open the United States embassy in Jerusalem. Congratulations it’s...
(JTA) — The Dallas pastor slated to lead a prayer at the opening of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem has made derogatory remarks about Jews, Muslims, and Mormons.
Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, who currently is running for the Senate in Utah, said in a tweet Sunday evening that “Robert Jeffress says ‘you can’t be saved by being a Jew,’ and ‘Mormonism is a heresy from the pit of...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner and the rest of the official American delegation to Israel for the opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem arrived in Israel.
The delegation is led by Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin also arrived with the White House advisors on Sunday. Jason Greenblatt, the president’s Middle East envoy, is also part of the delegation.
Kushner and Trump both warmly...
By RON KAMPEAS
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Donald Trump may have expected fanfares when he announced the U.S. would be leaving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, and certainly Israel, Saudi Arabia, a number of Jewish groups and some foreign policy hawks exulted.But some of that support was tempered by Republicans and Democrats who agreed with Trump that the deal was a bad one, but were wary about leaving it with...
