Daily Archives: May 13, 2017
Egypt: Islamic cleric suspended from ministry after denouncing Christians and Jews
Egyptian authorities have suspended an Islamic preacher from public ministry, after he denounced Christians and Jews as “infidels.”
During a television broadcast, Salem Abdel Galil referred to Christianity and Judaism as “corrupt” faiths, whose practitioners...
Sholem Aleichem’s Work Continues to Inspire
Sholem Aleichem, the celebrated Yiddish writer behind the stories of Tevye the Dairyman, which inspired the beloved musical Fiddler on the Roof, died 101 years ago last Friday. Fiddler, of course, continues to entertain...
Move to ban male circumcision alarms Jewish leaders
European Jews are on alert after a political party in Norway voted to propose a bill in parliament to ban ritual circumcision of children under the age of 16.
The Progress Party vote came one...
NYC Jewish Groups Call for Removal of Plaque Honoring Nazi Collaborator
Jewish officials and groups are calling for the eradicating of the name of French Nazi collaborator Henri Philippe Pétain whose name is honored in New York City’s “Canyon of Heroes” in the Financial District,...
Living in the present while building for a future
An open road on a beautiful day, with your kids in the back seat, maybe even a picnic lunch; what could be more perfect?
I will always wonder what Tali Hatuel, eight months pregnant, with...