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Kiev, Ukraine – Well-known Jewish Man In Legislature Threatened In Ukraine
Kiev, Ukraine - The president of the Ukrainian Jewish Committee said he was threatened by unidentified men in uniform last week who yelled anti-Semitic insults at him and cut his tires.
Oleksandr ...
Poland – Krakow Chief Rabbi Under Fire For Derogatory Statement About Non-Jews
Krakow, Poland - Krakow's new Chief Rabbi is coming under fire after a June 9 interview in which he issued a blanket statement saying that all non-Jews dislike Jews.
JTA (http://bit.ly/1q0QOrz) rep...
Israel – IDF’s Sky Rider Units Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles In Search For Kidnapped Teens
Israel - Sky Rider units from the IDF, which use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to collect intelligence from hard-to-access regions, has joined in the search for the three teens who were abducted on ...
France – Anti-Semitic Attack On 15-Year-Old Boy In Paris
France - A Jewish 15-year-old boy was attacked yesterday in Place de la Republique in Paris in what appears to be an anti-Semitic assault.
Alliance.fr (http://bit.ly/1ldogdw) reports six black tee...
New York – OpEd: Open Orthodoxy? NO Interest In Orthodoxy, That Is The Real Issue
New York - The speech given by the Novaminsker Rebbe at the May 27th Agudah Dinner this past week has certainly been in the news. First it was the Forward. Then came the condemnation in the Daily N...
Ukraine – Kiev Jews With Military Training Fight Back Against Anti-Semitism
Ukraine - A small group of men with backgrounds in the military and martial arts skills have formed a militia to battle anti-Semitism in Ukraine.
Tthe eight men in the rapid intervention force are ...
Washington – US Envoy Tells Young Israelis: You Are Welcome In America
Washington - Young Israelis are welcome in the United States, and the State Department is making efforts to permit as many of them into the country as is possible, Dan Shapiro, the US ambassador to Is...
Wasselonne, France – Two-Thirds Of France’s Historic Rene Neymann Matzahs Are Now Exported Globally
Wasselonne, France - Since 1850, France's legendary matzoh company Etablissements Rene Neymann has gone from producing the unleavened bread strictly for local religious use to exporting its matzoh glo...
Toulouse, France – European Jewry Still On Edge Two Years After Massacre; Group Releases Commemorative Music Video
Toulouse, France - Two years after the tragic shooting outside a Jewish day school in Toulouse, France, Jews worldwide are expressing concern about future terrorist attacks while they remember the fou...
Kiev – Rabbi Hurt In Kiev Attack, Wife Calls Anti-Semitic
Kiev - Ukrainian police are investigating at attack on a rabbi in a Kiev street that the man's wife said on Friday was clearly an anti-Semitic act.
Russia has branded Ukraine's new authorities as "...
Buenos Aires – Shabbat Keeps Newly-Elected Argentinian Rabbi From Opening Session Of Parliament
Buenos Aires - After winning his seat recently and becoming the first South American rabbi to hold a seat in parliament, Rabbi Sergio Bergman has missed the opening session due to his observance of Sh...
Washington – Hand Written Notes Make Hungarian WWII Cookbook A Unique Find
Washington - A Washington, D.C. area woman got an added bonus when she bought a World War II era Hungarian cookbook online, which, in addition to containing a large collection of decades old recipes, ...
Denmark – Danish Ban On Ritual Slaughter Sparks Confusion Within Jewish Community
Denmark - Leaders of Denmark's Jewish community expressed confusion over remarks made last week by Denmark's Agriculture Minister that a "demand" for shechitah still exists when, to the best of their ...
Warsaw, Poland – Polish Rabbinate Coordinator Suspended Amid Kosher Slaughter Controversy
Warsaw, Poland - Michael Alper, an aide to Poland's chief rabbi and coordinator for kosher production in Poland, has been suspended from his position after misrepresenting the practice of kosher slaug...
Miami, FL – Florida’s Jewish Population Becoming More Diverse
Miami, FL - In direct contradiction to the age-old assumption that just "old Jews" retired and moved way to live in the "Sunshine State," Florida's Jewish population and regionalized communities have ...
London – UK Orthodox Chief Rabbi Mirvis Doesn’t Disappoint In Historical First Appearance At Limmud
London - Amid the swirl of controversy created last week when he openly denounced Partnership Minyans, and pressure from ultra-Orthodox leadership to follow in the footsteps of his predecessor Jonatha...
Krasnodar, Russia – Pig’s Head And Graffiti Left Behind By Vandals At Jewish Synagogue In Russia
Krasnodar, Russia - Vandals left a pig's head on the doorstep, while spray painting anti-Semitic slurs on the wall of a Jewish Synagogue in Krasnodar, Russia.
JTA (http://bit.ly/1hyT2Ki) reports th...
Granada, Spain – Spain Opens Museum Dedicated To Sephardic Jews Exiled By Inquisition
Granada, Spain - Officials have announced that a museum has opened in Granada celebrating the cultural history of Spain's Sephardic Jews who were forced into exile during the Spanish Inquisition.
J...
Jerusalem – Orthodox Jewish Snowboarder On Cover Of Wall Street Journal Identified
Jerusalem - Now you can put a name to the face of the Jewish snowboarder who made the front page of The Wall Street Journal.
In an interview given to JTA.org (http://bit.ly/1bg8gxX) the man in the ...
San Diego, CA – Daughter Of Shlomo Carlebach Announces She Is A Reformed Jew
San Diego, CA - At a recent reform convention Neshama Carlebach, daughter of late singer-songwriter Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, publicly stated she is a reformed Jew.
The JTA (http://bit.ly/1cbRxSz) re...