Speaker scuttles Iran vote to maintain House discipline
Rep. Paul Ryan, the House speaker, scuttled a vote on Iran sanctions to punish tardy lawmakers.
Rep. Paul Ryan, the House speaker, scuttled a vote on Iran sanctions to punish tardy lawmakers.
“We’ll provide the ticket. You provide the dream.”
A schmatta, it’s not.
Los Angeles businessman Shlomo Rechnitz reportedly bought a winning Powerball ticket on Jan. 12, below is a collection of stories the Jewish Journal has written about him.
The events of the last few weeks have shaken me to the core. Beyond the devastation I felt over the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, I was heartbroken to learn that the police officers involved would not stand trial. “Hands up! Don’t shoot!” and “I can’t breathe” have become harrowing reverberations of a broken justice system.
Matisyahu’s personal and religious journey — from non-religious stoner teen to Hasidic reggae rocker to non-Orthodox Jewish symbol — has been tracked closely in the media.
David Bowie didn’t start his first trip to the United States with a drug-filled party or a wild show, but with a quiet evening at the home of a Maryland Jewish family.
A trial in absentia could revitalize the AMIA case, the new head of the investigative unit looking into the 1994 bombing of the Buenos Aires Jewish center said.
One of three winners of the $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot was initially believed to have won with a ticket given to her as a gift by her employer—businessman and philanthropist Shlomo Rechnitz, according to Rechnitz spokesman Joshua Nass. The report is now in question.