FBI Raids NY Yeshiva; More Price Tag Attacks
Plus major layoffs at Israel’s Teva pharmaceuticals, and more in the news
October 10, 2013
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries in Jerusalem.(MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images)
• The FBI raided a yeshiva in New York last night, arresting two rabbis for allegedly taking money to kidnap Orthodox men and force them into granting their wives a divorce. Electric cattle prods are involved. [NBC]
• Gunmen briefly abducted Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zidan last night in what is being called retaliation for the recent U.S. special forces’ raid that captured a Libyan al Qaida suspect. [Times of Israel]
• Jewish extremists vandalized two Palestinian villages in less than 24 hours in what are being called price tag attacks. [JTA]
• Hired to film a Jewish wedding? Spending the evening making anti-Semitic comments and calling the bride ugly—all caught on camera—probably isn’t the most professional approach. [Jewish Chronicle]
• Janet Yellen, nominated yesterday to head the Federal Reserve, will be the first woman to hold the position, though not the first Jew. [Forward]
• Israel’s Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has announced plans to cut 5,000 jobs—10 percent of its workforce. [NYT]
Stephanie Butnick is the founder of GOLDA, a Jewish lifestyle newsletter. She hosted the Tablet podcast Unorthodox, co-authored The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia: From Abraham to Zabar’s and Everything in Between, and worked as a writer and editor at Tablet.
