Dan Markel, a prominent Jewish Florida law professor and author found murdered in his home, died from a gunshot wound to the head, police reportedly said. Tallahassee Police Chief Michael DeLeo said police want to release as much information about Markel’s murder, without compromising the case. “TPD will strive to release updates in a timely…
He has part ownership of an Israeli basketball team, sports a yarmulke before games and thinks Shabbat is “awesome.” Now, it seems Amar’e Stoudemire is ready for the next step: learning Hebrew. According to an email making the rounds, the basketball star is looking for a tutor: Please let me know if you have any…
Dan Markel, a prominent Jewish Florida law professor and author, was the “intended victim” in his shooting death inside his home, the Tallahassee Democrat newspaper reported Tuesday. Tallahassee Police Chief Michael DiLeo called the Friday killing a “murder” in a Monday press release. He said the killing was not “a random act” and was not…
There was a time, not too long ago, when what we wanted were explanations. Religion, philosophy, art – these were meant to tell us how things fit together, how they made sense. Even today, many of us — religious, secular, spiritual-but-not-religious — hold to this view. “It was meant to be.” “God works in mysterious…
(Reuters) — Despite the red scars on his wrists, a souvenir from a summer vacation to see Palestinian relatives that became a nightmare, Tariq Khdeir felt lucky on Sunday as he described his apparent beating by Israeli police earlier this month. Three cousins arrested with the U.S. teenager during clashes in east Jerusalem are still in…
The Palestinian-American teen beaten by Israeli soldiers in an attack caught on video returned home to Florida after being released on bail and held under house arrest. Tariq Abu Khdeir, 15, and his mother arrived in Tampa late on Wednesday night, where they reportedly were greeted by about 50 family members and supporters. “I am…
A Jewish doctor who was ordered to leave a New York-bound JetBlue flight “ranted” at a Palestinian fellow passenger that she was a “murderer” who might blow up the flight, according to internal reports quoted on an airline security blog. Lisa Rosenberg, an obstetrician with an office in Queens, was ousted because she “made a…
A Jewish woman was ejected from a JetBlue flight after arguing about the Israel-Hamas conflict with a Palestinian passenger. The Jewish woman, physician Lisa Rosenberg of New York, was asked to leave the July 7 John F. Kennedy Airport-bound flight from Palm Beach International Airport not long after concluding a telephone conversation about Israel’s conduct…
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