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Denmark – Danish Jews Fear Xenophobia is the Real Motive Behind Potential Circumcision Ban
Denmark - Circumcision has come under attack again in Denmark, and Jews fear it is indicative of the religious intolerance making its way through Scandinavia.
JTA reports (http://bit.ly/SJPLte) th...
Brazil – Jewish High Holidays Officially Recognized In Sao Paulo, Brazil
Brazil - The mayor of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Gilberto Kassab, has formally recognized Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Ramadan as legal holidays.
JTA reports (http://bit.ly/QVCUZA) that Jewish and Musli...
Tallinn – Practice Of Shechita Under Attack In Estonia
Tallinn - JTA reports (http://bit.ly/Px2eOd) that Estonia is moving to change its policy toward “shechita” or religious slaughter owing to the 2010 DialRel report which found that the method of stunni...
Hungary – Politican Resigns From Anti-Semitic Party After Jewish Roots Become Public
Hungary - Lawmaker Csanad Szegedi has resigned from the country’s Jobbik political party – a group known for its anti-Semitic views – after his Jewish roots were uncovered earlier this year.
“Effec...
Germany – 80,000 More Holocaust Victims To Get $300 Million Restitution Payments
Germany - The German federal government has agreed to provide restitution payments to an additional 80,000 Jews, with the total amount estimated to be around US$ 300 million. Officials of the Conferen...
Tehran – Iran Reports Long-Range Missile Launch In Exercise
Tehran - Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards test fired several ballistic missiles on Tuesday, including a long-range variety meant to dissuade Israel and the U.S. from attacking the Islamic Republic...
Washington – Congress Holds Hearing On Chasid Imprisoned In Bolivia (video)
Washington - A retired FBI official told a House subcommittee on Wednesday that the imprisonment of a New York Chasidic Jew in Bolivia is "state-sponsored kidnapping."
Along with the ex-official, S...
New York – ADL Op-Ed: Respect Charedi Life While Offering Criticism
New York - A recent article by Israeli journalist Yaron London headlined “We Need Fewer Haredim” and two major pieces in The New York Times about the haredi approach to sex abuse cases highlight the ...
New York – Orthodox Brooklyn Man Resorts To Hunger Strike After Nearly A Year In Bolivian Prison
New York - Supporters say he’s an innocent man caught up in the tentacles of a corrupt Latin American regime.
Authorities in Bolivia, however, allege that he’s a shady businessman with ties to drug...
Brooklyn, NY – Behind The Flaum Settlement, A Long Campaign And A Phone Call
Brooklyn, NY - For more than a year, Ari Hart had struggled in his protest against unfair labor practices.
Seeking justice for immigrant workers allegedly fired by a Brooklyn kosher food distribut...
New York – WSJ’s ‘Holy’ Front Page Creates Problems For Religious Jews
New York - Will Jewish readers of the Wall Street journal have to keep last Friday's edition forever? That was the question raised by the JTA news agency after the front page of The Wall Street Journa...
Washington – Obama Aide A Fan of VIN News
Washington - An article that appears in the current issue of Mishpacha Magazine profiling the position of Jewish liaison to the President of the United States, Jarrod Bernstein, the current director o...
Warsaw – Poland To Issue Coins Honoring Poles Who Saved Jews
Warsaw - Poland is issuing commemorative coins to honor three Catholic-Polish families who were killed by the Nazis for having rescued Jews during the Holocaust.
The two coins to be issued March 15...
Washington – AP Exclusive: US Mum On Iranian Scientist’s Arrest
Washington - For one 55-year-old professor, what started out as an overseas trip to the doctor has become part of the shadowy U.S. struggle with Iran.
The arrest in Los Angeles in December of Seyed...
New York, NY – White House Chief Of Staff Holds Jewish Outreach Meeting
New York, NY - Jack Lew, President Obama's chief of staff, met with Jewish leaders in New York and fielded questions about differences with Israel.
Lew, who is an Orthodox Jew, met Feb. 17 with a g...
Amsterdam – Chief Rabbi Of Amsterdam Is Reinstated
Amsterdam - The chief rabbi of Amsterdam, who was suspended for signing a statement on "curing" homosexuality, reportedly has been reinstated.
Rabbi Aryeh Ralbag of New York, who travels to the Net...
Washington – US Arrestes Iranian Scientist
Washington - The United States has arrested and charged an Iranian semiconductor scientist with violating U.S. export laws by buying high-tech U.S. lab equipment, a development likely to further worse...
New York – Orthodox Groups Protest U.S. Decision On Health Benefits
New York - Two Orthodox groups protested the Obama administration’s decision to amend regulations that would require faith-based groups to cover “religiously objectionable medical services.”
Agudat...
Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Jewish Times Publisher Resigns Over Obama Assassination Column
Atlanta, GA - The owner and publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times has resigned and is seeking a buyer in the wake of a column he wrote speculating that Israel would consider assassinating President Ob...
Tel Aviv – Netanyahu Denies Calling NY Times, and Haaretz ‘Our Two Main Enemies’
Tel Aviv - The Prime Minister's Office is denying a report in the "Jewish Telegraph Agency" (JTA) that he said that Israel’s two greatest enemies are "The New York Times" and "Haaretz".
The prime ...