Gérard Collomb : “Ce que sera la nouvelle loi antiterroriste”
Protection des grands événements, fermeture des lieux de culte liés au terrorisme, mesures individuelles de surveillance et bracelets électroniques, opérations de police sous le contrôle d'un nouveau juge spécialisé… Gérard Collomb devrait présenter son...
Israeli airline can’t make women move seats for religious reasons, court rules
As an 82-year-old Holocaust survivor and a former lawyer, Renee Rabinowitz might seem an unlikely figurehead in Israel’s culture wars.
Rabinowitz has been thrust into the spotlight over an issue that has become an increasingly...
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft opens first regulation-sized Jerusalem football stadium
The new Kraft Family Sports Campus in Jerusalem was inaugurated this week and made possible by a $6 million donation earlier this year by New England Patriots owner and five-time National Football League (NFL)...
Iran’s missile strike seen aimed at US, Israel
Fears that the Iranian nuclear agreement would pave the way for Iran to develop a missile program that threatens Israel, the U.S. and its allies came to fruition Sunday when Iran fired six missiles...
Deux rabbins nommés par le Pape à l’Académie Pontificale de la Vie
Pour la première fois, deux rabbins, l’un d’Israël et l’autre d’Argentine, ont été nommés par le pape pour siéger au sein de l’Académie Pontificale de Vie.
Il s’agit d’une institution indépendante siégeant au Vatican, fondée...
Jewish life blooms in Boquete, Panama
Boquete, Panama is a small town in the Chiriqui province in Panama’s interior, little more than thirty miles away from the Costa Rican border. Known for its abundant natural beauty, steady mountain climate, and...
Holocaust Survivor receives restitution 75 years later and donates funds to Jewish nonprofit
At 85 years old, Betty, a Holocaust survivor, can recall the horrific images she witnessed at the age of nine years old.
Her father, was removed from their home in France and taken by the...
Five Jewish refugees who changed the world /Watch
In honor of World Refugee Day, the WJC has launched a social media campaign dedicated to the millions of refugees displaced from their homes.
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Statues of Nazi-persecuted Jewish athletes destroyed in Frankfurt
German authorities in Frankfurt are asking for witnesses to come forward after two sculptures of Jewish athletes who were persecuted by the Nazi regime were destroyed at an open air exhibit in a city...
San Francisco State University sued over anti-Semitism
Students from San Francisco State University (SFSU) and members of the local Jewish community filed a lawsuit this week, asserting the university has an extensive history of fomenting discrimination against Jewish students.
The suit alleges...