(JTA) — Elon Musk says he will restore the X account of Nick Fuentes, the Holocaust denier and antisemite who has said “perfidious Jews” should be executed.“Very well, he will be reinstated, provided he does not violate the law, and let him be crushed by the comments and Community Notes,” Musk said Thursday on the social media platform he bought in 2022 and renamed from Twitter. “It is better to have anti whatever out in the open to be rebutted than grow...… (JTA) — Elon Musk says he will restore the X account of Nick Fuentes, the Holocaust denier and antisemite who has said “perfidious Jews” should be executed.“Very well, he will be reinstated, provided he does not violate the law, and let him be crushed by the comments and Community Notes,” Musk said Thursday on the social media platform he bought in 2022 and renamed from Twitter. “It is better to have anti whatever out in the open to be rebutted than grow...WW…

As the High Holidays near, Rabbi Mara Nathan doesn’t expect the recent wave of fake bomb threats directed at synagogues to significantly change the way she and her congregation worship together. After all, her synagogue will already have its usual, extensive array of security measures in place: from bomb-sniffing dogs and security checks for each attendee to coordination with the local police department and FBI office. But she said emotions were running high as news reports piled up about synagogues evacuated after facing threats, often while livestreaming services. “I think we’re on...…As the High Holidays near, Rabbi Mara Nathan doesn’t expect the recent wave of fake bomb threats directed at synagogues to significantly change the way she and her congregation worship together. After all, her synagogue will already have its usual, extensive array of security measures in place: from bomb-sniffing dogs and security checks for each attendee to coordination with the local police department and FBI office. But she said emotions were running high as news reports piled up about synagogues evacuated after facing threats, often while livestreaming services. “I think we’re on...WW…

Ron KampeasJul 12, 2020Jul 12, 2020Lou Kornreich’s Shabbat table is a microcosm of the Maine Jewish community, of the national Jewish community, of Maine and of the nation. And he doesn’t like it.“When I have a discussion at the Shabbos table, there are those on the left who are angry at Susan and those on the right who staunchly support her,” the retired judge told me this week, describing increasingly fraught Friday night meals in Bangor.The intensity unsettles him.“It’s just politics,” Kornreich said.“Susan” is Susan Collins, the 67-year-old Maine Republican who is seeking a fifth term...…Ron KampeasJul 12, 2020Jul 12, 2020Lou Kornreich’s Shabbat table is a microcosm of the Maine Jewish community, of the national Jewish community, of Maine and of the nation. And he doesn’t like it.“When I have a discussion at the Shabbos table, there are those on the left who are angry at Susan and those on the right who staunchly support her,” the retired judge told me this week, describing increasingly fraught Friday night meals in Bangor.The intensity unsettles him.“It’s just politics,” Kornreich said.“Susan” is Susan Collins, the 67-year-old Maine Republican who is seeking a fifth term...WW…

Ron KampeasJun 15, 2020Jun 15, 2020U.S. President Donald Trump boosted a Georgia Republican candidate who refuses to disavow a white supremacist she posed with in a photograph and has seemingly promoted antisemitic conspiracy theories.“A big winner,” Trump said in a tweet Friday attached to a story on a pro-Trump website noting that Marjorie Taylor Greene in the heavily Republican 14th District had performed well in the primary despite having an ad banned by Facebook. “Congratulations!”Greene, the owner of a construction company, was the leader in Tuesday’s primary but did not secure 50...…Ron KampeasJun 15, 2020Jun 15, 2020U.S. President Donald Trump boosted a Georgia Republican candidate who refuses to disavow a white supremacist she posed with in a photograph and has seemingly promoted antisemitic conspiracy theories.“A big winner,” Trump said in a tweet Friday attached to a story on a pro-Trump website noting that Marjorie Taylor Greene in the heavily Republican 14th District had performed well in the primary despite having an ad banned by Facebook. “Congratulations!”Greene, the owner of a construction company, was the leader in Tuesday’s primary but did not secure 50...WW…

SubscribeCloseAdvertisement() — When they were born, Yael came first, and then came her twin sister, Avital.The twins preserved that sequence 31 years later when they gave birth on the same day on Monday to boys at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek hospital.That’s not where the coincidences stopped, according to and an a religious news outlet. The sisters Yael Yishai and Avital Segel, who live in the Gush Etzion bloc in the West Bank, were each bearing a fourth child, and each had two girls and a boy already.The nursing staff made sure the sisters shared a room, which they appreciated. “It was so...…SubscribeCloseAdvertisement() — When they were born, Yael came first, and then came her twin sister, Avital.The twins preserved that sequence 31 years later when they gave birth on the same day on Monday to boys at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek hospital.That’s not where the coincidences stopped, according to and an a religious news outlet. The sisters Yael Yishai and Avital Segel, who live in the Gush Etzion bloc in the West Bank, were each bearing a fourth child, and each had two girls and a boy already.The nursing staff made sure the sisters shared a room, which they appreciated. “It was so...WW…

US President-elect Joe Biden stands with his wife Jill Biden after speaking at the Major Joseph R. "Beau" Biden III National Guard/Reserve Center in New Castle, Delaware, January 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)JTA — A Delaware rabbi blessed US President-elect Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, before they left the state for the presidential inauguration, by citing this week’s Torah portion describing the Israelites’ flight from Egypt.Rabbi Michael Beals explained at the farewell ceremony in New Castle the meaning of “bashert,” the Yiddish term for destiny often used to describe a married...…US President-elect Joe Biden stands with his wife Jill Biden after speaking at the Major Joseph R. "Beau" Biden III National Guard/Reserve Center in New Castle, Delaware, January 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)JTA — A Delaware rabbi blessed US President-elect Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, before they left the state for the presidential inauguration, by citing this week’s Torah portion describing the Israelites’ flight from Egypt.Rabbi Michael Beals explained at the farewell ceremony in New Castle the meaning of “bashert,” the Yiddish term for destiny often used to describe a married...WW…

Ron KampeasDec 15, 2020Dec 15, 2020Dawn Johnson, a Republican just elected a state representative in New Hampshire, apologized for sharing a post from the neo-Nazi website the Daily Stormer.“I have removed the report as it came from a source I do not agree with and thanks to a couple of people who showed me,” she said.Johnson declined to comment to InDepthNH, the New Hampshire Center for Public Interest Journalism, about why she was reading material posted on a website.Johnson, who also serves on the school board in Laconia and who has backed President Donald Trump’s false claims that he...…Ron KampeasDec 15, 2020Dec 15, 2020Dawn Johnson, a Republican just elected a state representative in New Hampshire, apologized for sharing a post from the neo-Nazi website the Daily Stormer.“I have removed the report as it came from a source I do not agree with and thanks to a couple of people who showed me,” she said.Johnson declined to comment to InDepthNH, the New Hampshire Center for Public Interest Journalism, about why she was reading material posted on a website.Johnson, who also serves on the school board in Laconia and who has backed President Donald Trump’s false claims that he...WW…