Your daily spiel for Monday, May 29

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Your Daily Spiel is The CJN’s daily roundup of trending stories in the Jewish world.


Anti-Semitism spray-painted: Graffiti reading “No Jews” was spray-painted pretty much all over a home for sale in Rockland County, N.Y.

Portland man a known white supremacist: The Portland man arrested for allegedly killing two men on a train in Portland, Ore., Saturday, after the men intervened as he hurled racial slurs at two women who appeared to be Muslim, is reportedly a known white supremacist.  

Scarcity of Israeli films: This Times of Israel writer went to Cannes and says it was a dry year for films from the Jewish state. 

Slurs from Manchester bomber’s cousin: A cousin of the now infamous Manchester bomber posted some pretty horrific anti-Semitic sentiments on Facebook. His account has since been deleted.

Kushner told to take leave: Jared Kushner reportedly has been encouraged to take a leave of absence from his White House adviser position due to FBI scrutiny over his contacts with Russia.