March 2015
- Right-wing activists riot outside Israeli-Palestinian memorial event at Reform synagogue in Israel(JTA) — Right-wing activists rioted outside a Reform synagogue that was screening a joint Israeli-Palestinian ceremony on Israel’s Memorial Day, mobbing and harassing one woman as others exited under police protection. Three people were arrested on the scene, according to reports in Israeli media, and several people reported injuries, including police officers. Footage from the... […]
- Trump fires Doug Emhoff from Holocaust Memorial Council(JTA) — Douglas Emhoff, the Jewish former second gentleman, was fired from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council Tuesday along with a number of other board members appointed by former President Joe Biden. Emhoff, Kamala Harrs’ husband, was the first Jewish spouse of a vice president, one of the most prominent Jewish figures in the Biden... […]