In first-of-its-kind event, Jews and Muslims celebrate together
While local Jews and Muslims have held interfaith events before, they’ve never hosted something as intimate as this, according to Rabbi Jonathan Lubliner and Parvez Ahmed, who organized the event.
Tuesday night marked the beginning...
U.S. Jewish leaders slam massacre of Egyptian Christians
“These brutal acts are criminal and must be stopped,” Malcolm Hoenlein, CEO of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, said. “The Conference stands in solidarity with the government of Egypt, the...
Sarah Halimi : assassinée parce que juive, par marc knobel
Quelle est cette vilaine propension qui consiste à relativiser, à ignorer, taire autant que faire se peut et/ou balayer du revers de la main le crime et les motivations antisémites d'un crime ? Quelle...
Mexico & moral courage: Andrés Roemer’s international sephardic leadership award ceremony
In honor of this year’s Yom Yerushalayim, The American Sephardi Federation awarded its International Sephardic Leadership Award to former Mexican Ambassador to UNESCO Andrés Isaac Roemer Slomianski. The event, “Mexico and Moral Courage,” was...
Lebanon considering banning Wonder Woman due to Israeli lead Gal Gadot
Lebanon’s ministry of economy is seeking to ban the 2017 Wonder Woman movie because its lead actress – Gal Gadot – is an Israeli, though a formal request for a ban has not yet...
Ahead of vote, Jewish groups urge european parliament to adopt antisemitism definition
Jewish groups have called on members of the European Parliament to support the adoption of the international Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism when it's put to vote on Thursday.
“We fundamentally believe that...
Manuel Noriega, former dictator of Panama, dead at 83
Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, who spied for the United States before his drug trafficking and brutality triggered a U.S. invasion to oust him in 1989, has died at 83.
President Juan Carlos Varela announced...
Sunday Times: Rising anti-Semitism among migrants in Germany highlighted in case of Jewish teenager...
Ferdinand, 14, who was born in London to a British mother and a German father, told the British paper’s reporter Bojan Pancevski he feared for his life after being repeatedly kicked and punched by...
‘Both Estonia and Israel know what works to maintain identity’
Last Thursday marked the 10th Anniversary celebration of the Jewish Community Center in Tallinn, Estonia.
This center was the first Jewish establishment built in Estonia since the Holocaust.
Attending the event were Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid;...
Western Wall elevator project approved
The government approved this morning the “Western Wall Elevator” project.
The decision comes after 13 years of declarations which did not lead to an actual decision on the matter. The approved project calls for immediate...