Car Bomb Kills At Least 11, Wounds 36 In Central Istanbul
Eleven people have been killed and 36 injured in a bomb attack targeting a police vehicle in central Istanbul, the Turkish city’s governor has said.
Women of The Wall Director Lesley Sachs Detained By Police
Lesley Sachs, director of the provocative Reform group Women of the Wall (WoW), was detained for investigation by Jerusalem district police on Tuesday over suspicions of smuggling a Torah scroll into the women’s section of the Kotel (Western Wall) Plaza.
NY Attorney General Blocks Nursing Home Sale To Allure Group Amid Investigation
New York – The New York State Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman has waded into the controversial, potential sale of two more nursing homes to a company already caught up in one of the ongoing probes into Mayor de Blasio and his administration.
Brock Turner’s Father Sparks Outrage In Rape Case
The father of the Stanford University swimmer convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman is coming under fire on blogs and social media for playing down the attack as “20 minutes of action” during a public statement at the swimmer’s sentencing on Sunday.
Martin Shkreli Pleads Not Guilty to New Conspiracy Charge
Former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli pleaded not guilty Monday to a new conspiracy charge filed by Brooklyn federal prosecutors.
Muhammad Ali’s Forgotten Legacy of Anti-Semitism
When three-time heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali passed away last Friday, media outlets were swamped with eulogies for the 74-year-old former boxer, highlighting his cultural impact at the height of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s.
California Congressional Candidate Hit With Anti-Semitic Harassment
Erin Schrode, 25, is hoping to become the Democratic candidate for Congress from California’s second district after the state’s Democratic primary this week.
PM’s Office: Netanyahu Received $40K From French Tycoon Arnaut Mimran In 2001
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received $40,000 in 2001 from Arnaut Mimran, a French tycoon on trial for fraud, a statement by the Prime Minister’s Office on Monday said.
Jerusalem – Rabbi Naftali Maklev Arrested For Raping Nieces “Hundreds of Times” Seen Denting Insularity of Jerusalem’s Haredim
A court in Jerusalem extended the remand of a haredi Orthodox school supervisor from Jerusalem whose indictment for the alleged rape of two girls from his own family is reportedly eroding taboos on reporting sex crimes within his community.
Borough Park Shomrim Organized By Shaya Lichtenstein Indicted In NYPD Gun Permit Scandal, Delayed In Notifying NYPD of Boy’s 2011 Kidnapping
In the hours after 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky disappeared in Borough Park, Brooklyn, a key figure in the heavily Jewish neighborhood’s security patrol coordinated the effort to find him.