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Jews reported as victims in Nice attack

Jews were among the 84 victims killed and nearly 100 injured following a terrorist attack with a truck in Nice, France. According to a report from Ynet News of Israel, a spokesman for the Chabad House there announced that several...

Demonstration in support of Israeli soldier on trial is attacked

JERUSALEM (JTA) — A demonstration in solidarity with the Israeli soldier on trial in the shooting death of an incapacitated Palestinian assailant was attacked by counter-demonstrators.

The five assailants, whose faces were covered, disrupted the estimated dozens of youths marching...

‘Diamond Joe’ Gutnick, Australian mogul, declares bankruptcy

SYDNEY (JTA) — Mining magnate “Diamond” Joe Gutnick, once ranked among the wealthiest men in Australia with a fortune totaling more than $230 million, has declared bankruptcy.

Gutnick, who is an ordained rabbi, made his fortune in gold and diamond...

Trump says Ginsburg’s mind is ‘shot,’ calls on her to resign from Supreme Court

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Donald Trump called for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to resign, saying her “mind is shot” after she called him a “faker.”

“Justice Ginsburg of the U.S. Supreme Court has embarrassed all by making very dumb...

White supremacist David Duke planning congressional bid

(JTA) — White supremacist leader David Duke is gearing up to run for Congress, saying his decision was bolstered by the killing last week of five white Dallas policemen at the hands of a black gunman.

Duke, a former grand...

Stop playing Pokémon Go, U.S. Holocaust Museum asks visitors

(JNS.org) — The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has asked visitors to refrain from playing the popular game “Pokémon Go” after characters from the augmented reality game were found inside the museum.

“Playing the game is not appropriate...

Facebook closes Hamas leader account for seventh time

(JNS.org) The American social media giant Facebook has closed the account of Hamas politburo member Ezzat al-Rishq for the seventh time.

“I condemn Facebook’s administration for closing my personal account for the seventh time in a row, and...

Accompanied by hundreds of Israelis, terror victim’s parents visit Temple Mount

By MICHAEL BACHNER

Jerusalem (TPS) — Hundreds of Jews gathered in Jerusalem’s Old City on Tuesday morning to visit the Temple Mount. They came to accompany the parents of Hallel Yaffa Ariel, the 13-year-old girl who was murdered in her...

After Elie Wiesel, can anyone unite American Jews?

By BEN SALES

NEW YORK (JTA) — Being an American Jew, more than anything else, means remembering the Holocaust.

That’s what nearly three quarters of Jewish Americans said, according to the Pew Research Center’s landmark 2013 study on American Jewry. Asked to pick...

3 Palestinians carrying loaded shotgun captured near Amona

By MICHAEL BACHNER

Ofra (TPS) — Three Palestinians carrying a loaded shotgun were arrested on Tuesday morning near Amona, an Israeli outpost in Samaria. The arrest followed a night during which 17 terror suspects were arrested throughout Judea and Samaria,...