BERLIN (AP) – Germany marked the 30th anniversary Saturday of the opening of the Berlin Wall, a pivotal moment in the events that brought down Communism in eastern Europe. Leaders from Germany, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic attended a ceremony at Bernauer Strasse — where one of the last parts of the Berlin […]

BROOKLYN, NY (VosIzNeias) – A NYC man who was raised in the chasidic sect of Bobov has filed a law suit claiming he was repeatedly raped as a child by two Hasidic rabbis at A Yeshivah in Borough Park. The NY Post is reporting that Yonah Kohn, 37 and a father of four is suing […]

OMAHA, NE (AP) – Police say about 75 headstones have been toppled and more than $50,000 in damage caused at a Jewish cemetery in Omaha. The Omaha World-Herald reports the vandalism was carried out at Temple Israel Cemetery in northeastern Omaha. The incident was reported to police Tuesday by the cemetery’s executive director, who said […]

ATLANTA (AP) — During the 2016 campaign, candidate Donald Trump stood in front of largely white crowds and asked black voters to consider, “What the hell do you have to lose?” Four years later, the president has a new message for black voters: Look what I’ve delivered. Trump and his campaign will be launching a […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – All is not well in the Democratic Party’s quest for a presidential nominee. Just ask Michael Bloomberg. The New York billionaire, whose career in business and politics has been guided by data and analysis above all, is stepping toward a Democratic run of his own less than 90 days before the first […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Steve Bannon appeared as a reluctant witness Friday in the federal criminal trial of political operative Roger Stone. Bannon said he had been given a subpoena to testify against Stone and otherwise would not have come as he took the stand at the federal court in Washington. Stone is being tried on […]

JERUSALEM (AP) – French authorities reopened one of Jerusalem’s most magnificent ancient tombs to the public for the first time in over a decade, despite a dispute over access to the archaeological-cum-holy site in the city’s volatile eastern half. After several aborted attempts, the French Consulate General reopened the Tomb of the Kings last month. […]

SEATTLE (AP) — Family and friends of a former Twitter employee accused of spying for Saudi Arabia call him a dedicated husband and father who has overcome recent mental health struggles, according to letters of support filed to federal court. Ahmad Abouammo, a U.S. citizen and a media partnership manager for Twitter’s Middle East region, […]

WASHINGTON (AP) It’s “excruciating.” It smells like a “locker room.” And what happens there is supposed to stay there. When history is written about President Donald Trump’s presidency, a key chapter in the House’s drive to impeach him will be set in a spy-proof bunker tucked beneath a spiral staircase just to the east of […]

SEATTLE (JTA) — Swastikas have been found painted on the shells of several turtles in a park outside Seattle, and local animal control officers are having trouble catching them. Federal help is now being called in to help apprehend the tagged turtles, according to KIRO, a local TV station. The turtles are at Gene Coulon […]