Austrian ambassador downplays fears of kosher-halal meat register
Source: BBC News The Austrian ambassador to Israel has downplayed reports of a plan by an Austrian state to require Jews and Muslims to register before they can buy kosher […]
INTERNATIONAL OUTRAGE AS RABBI GRILLED FOR OFFICIATING MASORTI WEDDINGS
Source: The Jerusalem Post By Jeremy Sharon Dubi Haiyun in front of the President’s residence, July 19, 2018. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM) The Jewish world was roiled on Thursday […]
Israeli parliament passes contentious Jewish nation bill
Source: Associated Press By ILAN BEN ZION JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s parliament approved a controversial piece of legislation on Thursday that defines the country as the nation-state of the Jewish […]
Jewish nation state: Israel approves controversial bill
Source: BBC News Israel’s parliament has passed a controversial law characterising the country as principally a Jewish state, fuelling anger among its Arab minority. The “nation state” law says Jews […]
Chief rabbi: Labour should toughen up anti-Semitism code
Source: BBC News The chief rabbi has said Labour will be “on the wrong side” of the fight against racism unless it toughens up its anti-Semitism code of conduct. Ephraim […]
Contentious bill defines Israel as Jewish nation-state
Source: Associated Press BY Aron Heller JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli parliamentary committee deliberated Monday on the final draft of a contentious legislation that would define Israel as the nation-state […]
He said he was ‘going to burn down the building with all the f—— Jews,’ Miami Beach cops say
Source: Miami Herald BY HOWARD COHEN A resident at a Miami Beach condo was angry after learning he was about to be evicted so he planned to burn down the […]
Labour Jewish affiliate in row with party over antisemitism code
Source: The Guardian BY Jessica Elgot Political correspondent Labour’s official Jewish affiliate has threatened formal dispute proceedings against the party unless it accepts an international antisemitism definition in full, in a […]
When a Bavarian Monastery Provided a Home to Jewish Refugees
Source: SMITHSONIAN.COM By Emanuella Grinberg John Glass bowed his head as the cantor’s melody echoed through the cemetery in prayer for the children buried beneath the grassy-green surface. Church bells sounded in […]
This Jewish Latina wants to bridge political divides at the border
Source: Fast Company BY RINA RAPHAEL Alma Hernandez doesn’t fit the description of a traditional politician. She’s Jewish, Latina, 25 years old, and she’s fundraising for migrant families at the border. Which […]
Martin Luther letter critical of Jews is up for auction
Source: Associated Press By MARK PRATT BOSTON (AP) — A letter written nearly 500 years ago by Martin Luther in which he refers to Jews as “devils incarnate” during a […]
The ‘ultimate deal’ that Jared Kushner is proposing for Palestine would strip the people of all their dignity
Is there no humiliation left for the Palestinians? After Oslo, after the “two state solution”, after the years of Israeli occupation – of “Area A” and “Area C” to […]
US-Israeli teen convicted of threats against Jewish centres
Source: BBC News A court in Israel has convicted a 19-year-old American-Israeli man of making hundreds of threats to bomb or attack Jewish schools and community centres. Michael Ron David […]
Jews, Muslims in Berlin team up on bike rides against hatred
Source: Fox News Some 25 Jews and Muslims teamed up on tandem bicycle rides through the German capital on Sunday in a protest against growing anti-Semitism and attacks on Muslims […]
Kushner rips Abbas, says Mideast peace plan due ‘soon’
In an interview published Sunday in the Arabic language Al-Quds newspaper, Jared Kushner appealed directly to Palestinians and criticized Abbas (AFP) Updated 24 June 2018 AP June 24, 2018 00:00 […]
South African Jews report ‘flurry of viciously anti-Semitic’ incidents
Source: Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) — Representatives of South Africa’s Jewish community said they are seeing an uptick in anti-Semitic rhetoric in real life and on social media. “Over the […]
Denmark’s Jews Questioning Their Future in the Country Following Proposed Ban on Circumcision
Source: Haaretz In 2015, a jihadist killed a Jewish guard outside this capital city’s main synagogue, where Hannah Bentow was having her bat mitzvah party. Her sense of security as a Jew […]
Cyclists Retrace Jewish Child Refugees’ Journey to Britain
Source: US News By MIRIAM KAROUT, Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Almost 80 years after the first “Kindertransport” evacuations of Jewish children to safety in Britain, 42 people set […]
Jewish artifacts disappear from Damascus in fog of Syria war
Source: Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Jewish artifacts, including ancient parchment torahs from one of the world’s oldest synagogues, have gone missing from the Syrian capital amid the tumult of […]
When Leaving Your Religion Means Losing Your Children
Source: NPR BY SAMANTHA RAPHELSON Chavie Weisberger was raised in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Monsey, N.Y., and was forced to marry a man she barely knew when she was 19. […]