Moscow – An advisor to Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed as incorrect interpretations of an op-ed he wrote, as containing an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory. A paragraph in the op-ed published Monday in the Zavtra news website by Sergei Glazyev was said to suggest that Vlofymyr Zelensky, the newly-elected president of Ukraine, who is Jewish, is [...]

Washington – Iran announced on Wednesday it was scaling back curbs to its nuclear program under a 2015 deal with world powers, and threatened to do more — including enriching uranium to a higher level — if countries did not shield it from U.S. sanctions. A year after Washington pulled out of the nuclear deal, [...]

Washington – President Donald Trump said Wednesday a New York Times report that his businesses lost more than $1 billion from 1985 to 1994 was “highly inaccurate.” He contended the reported losses were “non monetary,” and that real estate developers like him during that period were entitled to take “massive write offs and depreciation” for [...]

Harlem, NY – The New York Fire Department says six people, including four children, were killed in an early morning blaze in a Harlem apartment building. Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro says they received a call reporting the blaze at 1:40 a.m. Wednesday from a person across the street from the seven-story Fred Samuels Houses on [...]

Washington – President Donald Trump’s definition of religious freedom is being welcomed by many Orthodox leaders and rattling more liberal Jewish leaders. Some of the administration’s proposed new rules aim to protect health care providers who say certain procedures violate their religious conscience, including abortion, assisted suicide and end-of-life issues. The changes would reverse eight [...]

Washington – More U.S. women are dying from pregnancy-related causes, and more than half of those deaths are preventable, government health officials said in a report Tuesday. Although these deaths are rare — about 700 a year — they have been rising for decades, especially among black women. “An American mom today is 50% more [...]

New York – The New York Times reported Tuesday that Donald Trump’s businesses lost more than $1 billion from 1985 to 1994, based on tax information the newspaper acquired. The Times said it has acquired printouts from the future president’s official IRS tax transcripts, including figures from his federal tax form. The newspaper said Trump [...]

Philadelphia – Zahav, an Israeli eatery in Philadelphia, won the James Beard Foundation award for outstanding restaurant. The 2019 winners of the prestigious award were announced Monday during a ceremony in Chicago. Jewish chefs Michael Solomonov, a native of Israel, and Steve Cook founded the restaurant, whose name means “gold” in Hebrew, in 2008. Zahav’s [...]

Washington – James Bond’s shiny silver sports car — with its JB007 rotating license plate — is the first thing visitors see when they step into the new and improved International Spy Museum that opens Sunday in Washington. After that, it’s as if the history of Hollywood’s famous private eye vanishes in invisible ink, while [...]

Washington – The U.S. military said on Tuesday that B-52 bombers will be part of additional forces being sent to the Middle East to counter what the Trump administration says are “clear indications” of threats from Iran to U.S. forces there. White House national security adviser John Bolton said on Sunday that the United States [...]