Edith Eger refuses to let the horrors she experienced at Auschwitz define her, says she hopes to help lead others 'from darkness to light, from victimization to empowerment'

Jewish Republican says decision to invite Omar Suleiman, who has likened Israeli troops to Nazis and called Zionists 'the enemies of God,' was a 'terribly bad call'

A New Jersey public library has postponed a talk by the author of “P is for Palestine” after local community members objected.
Golbarg Bashi, author of the children’s book promoting Palestinian nationalism, was scheduled to appear May 18 at the Highland Park Public Library.
Members of the Central Jersey town’s Jewish community protested the talk, on grounds that the book promotes violence, especially to a two-page spread featuring the letter I, which states “I is for Intifada, Intifada is Arabic for rising up for what is right, if you are a kid or a grownup!”
Following the complaints, the library issued a statement saying the matter had been referred to the library’s board of trustees, which “will take it up at its next regularly scheduled meeting” on May 20.

Washington – Rep. Steve Scalise, the No. 2 House Republican leader, said Friday he still struggles to forgive the man who wounded him and four others two years ago in a shooting at a congressional baseball practice . In a briefing with reporters about the week’s events in Washington, the Louisiana lawmaker detoured unprompted to [...]

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Social media giant's size and focus on expanding among the key obstacles to weeding out bad actors: 'Basically Facebook is made for a better species than ours'

New York – Uber Technologies Inc’s shares fell nearly 9% in their debut on Friday, marking a rocky start to one of the most high-profile U.S. initial public offerings since Facebook Inc’s seven years ago. The stock’s opening at $42 undermined Uber’s strategy to price its oversubscribed IPO conservatively at $45 per share to avoid [...]

New York – Uber Technologies Inc’s shares fell nearly 9% in their debut on Friday, marking a rocky start to one of the most high-profile U.S. initial public offerings since Facebook Inc’s seven years ago. The stock’s opening at $42 undermined Uber’s strategy to price its oversubscribed IPO conservatively at $45 per share to avoid [...]

Amsterdam – A Jewish man was assaulted on the Netherlands’ national holiday of liberation from the Nazis by revelers who sang about gassing Jews. The man, identified in the Dutch media only as Joram, 35, complained to police that he was pushed around and verbally assaulted with anti-Semitic hate speech by a group of about [...]