NEW YORK (JTA) — Monica Lewinsky is helping a New York-based museum throw a Chanukah party.
The former Washington intern is one of 24 “young friends” on a committee who helped throw a Chanukah party last Tuesday night for the Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust.
Lewinsky has been involved with the museum for the past two years, serving on the same Chanukah party committee last year as well, according to Abby Spilka, the museum’s spokeswoman.
Alleged Calif. racist
takes plea agreement
SANTA ANA (AP) — The alleged leader of California’s Aryan Nations chapter pleaded guilty last Wednesday to perjury and gun-possession charges following a law enforcement effort targeting white supremacist groups.
Jack Frederick Steele II pleaded guilty to one felony count of perjury and one count of possessing a firearm with a prior conviction. Three felony counts of falsifying documents were dropped in the plea deal.
Authorities described Steele, 29, as the leader of California’s chapter of the Aryan Nations, a unit known as the Brandenburg Division.
During a search of Steele’s house, authorities said they found a letter addressed to a white supremacist group advocating that the Aryan Nations align itself with Islamic extremists to target Jews and the U.S. government.
Jewish Republican gets key political spot
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The only Jewish Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives has been chosen for a key leadership position in the next Congress.
Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) was selected Monday to serve as the chief deputy to incoming Majority Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), making Cantor the highest appointed leader in the House Republican caucus.
Both men have been strong supporters of Israel. Cantor will be the only Jewish Republican in the House once the retirement of Rep. Benjamin Gilman (R-N.Y.) becomes official in January.