Lufthansa ordered to pay $4M penalty for denying boarding to 128 Jewish passengers in 2022

The U.S. Department of Transportation has ordered the German airline Lufthansa to pay a $4 million fine for a 2022 incident in which 128 Jewish passengers were denied boarding. The incident, which occurred in May 2022, affected passengers wearing traditionally Orthodox Jewish clothing who were traveling from New York City through Frankfurt to Budapest. In […]

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After a bomb threat interrupted Kol Nidre, this congregation kept praying on the streets of Manhattan

Shortly after 6 p.m. on Friday, as the members of Town and Village Synagogue welcomed Yom Kippur by gathering for the Kol Nidre service, an anonymous man called with a message: Five bombs had been placed at the Conservative congregation in downtown Manhattan. Immediately after the call came in, the synagogue security guard alerted both […]

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Palestinian-owned Oakland cafe features drink named for Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar

A Palestinian-owned cafe in Oakland, California, has introduced a menu to celebrate its first anniversary that includes an item celebrating the leader of Hamas. Near the bottom of its menu, the Jerusalem Coffee House advertises the “Sweet Sinwar” orange, ginger, and carrot juice. The $10 drink shares a name with Yahya Sinwar, the terror group’s […]

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Brown University rejects pro-Palestinian protesters’ demand to divest from Israel

Brown University’s board of governors has rejected a closely scrutinized, student-led proposal to divest from companies with business in Israel. The rejection allays concerns expressed by some pro-Israel groups that the divestment movement was gaining momentum after the pro-Palestinian student encampments at universities across the country last spring. “Baruch Hashem,” Rabbi Josh Bolton, executive director […]

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