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French Jews fume over omission of hate crime from indictment of Jewish woman’s killer
Leaders of French Jewry strong criticized the absence of a mention of hate crime in the indictment of a man from Paris who in April killed his Jewish neighbor while shouting about Allah.
CRIF, the umbrella group...
Ke enfloreska el djudezmo en Bulgaria
Kuantas presonas avlan la lingua muestra? I ande? Porke las muevas jenerasyones ya no estan mas avlando el Djudezmo? La lingua se muere o puedemos revitalizarla? Kyen ainda avla esta dulse lingua i kuando...
San Diego Birthright Bus – Report from Shaar Ha’Negev
Going on Birthright was something that I have been contemplating partaking in ever since I first heard about it my freshmen year of college, but I always found reasons not to do it. It...
Life on The Rock: Meet Gibraltar’s Jewish community
MARLENE HASSAN NAHON, Independent MP in the Gibraltar Parliament, 41.
My father’s family came to Gibraltar from Minorca more than 200 years ago.
My mother grew up in Tangier when it was a Spanish colony. I...
Miami Jewish group slams Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters before his concert tonight
One of Miami’s leading Jewish organizations accused Pink Floyd star Roger Waters of anti-Semitism ahead of his concert Thursday at the AmericanAirlines Arena, as a long-running controversy over the singer’s anti-Israel views follows him...
Cuban Jewish leaders call for stronger U.S.-Cuba ties
Today, Cuban Jewish leaders asked their American counterparts to support policies of engagement that have strengthened Cuba's religious institutions and their ability to help the Cuban people. In an open letter sent today, Cuba's...
‘Jared Kosher’: Fox news ticker misidentifies Jared Kushner
Fox News on Wednesday misidentified senior White House adviser and President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner as “Jared Kosher.” The eyebrow-raising mistake, first noticed by Mediaite, appeared on the network’s news ticker during the 7 a.m....
Romanian Nazi victims now eligible for German compensation
About 1,000 living survivors of Nazi persecution in Romania are now eligible for compensation from the German government, an organization that negotiates with Germany on behalf of Jews who suffered under the Nazis, said...
For the first time, Spain-born liberal rabbi ordained
The main rabbinical seminary in Europe for Reform and Masorti Jews ordained the first ever Spain-born Progressive rabbi, the seminary’s spokesperson said.
Rabbi Haim Casas, who was born and raised in Cordoba, was ordained at...
El Kantoniko de haketia
La 'hilula de un rabino o de un saddik es la konmemorasion del dia aniversario de su muerte. En este dia, munchos djudios de Maroko uzan suvir al sementerio para "zorear" (ziyarar) la tomba...