Daily Archives: September 12, 2017
Avi Ganon takes up position as World ORT Director General and CEO
World ORT’s new Director General and CEO, Avi Ganon has outlined his vision of raising the organisation’s profile to one that matches its past and present impact on the Jewish world.
Addressing staff on his...
What is Rosh Hashanah?
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, always falls on the first and second day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei. The words “Rosh Hashanah” literally mean “the beginning/head of the year”.
Although it is seen...
Russia bans 19th century book on discrimination against Jews in medieval Europe
The Russian authorities have banned a 19th century book about the forced conversion of Jews to Christianity in medieval Europe, following a court ruling, according to news website Meduza.
A district court in Sochi ruled on July...
‘Grossly offensive’ pet owner who made video of pug doing Nazi salutes angers Jewish...
A video of a pug that was taught to give Nazi salute has been called “grossly offensive” by a leading Jewish figure.
Ephraim Borowski, 66, director of the Scottish Council of Jewish Communities (SCoJeC), told Airdrie Sheriff Court that the...
Israeli leader in Argentina, lauds effort to solve 1994 Jewish center bombing
Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday used the first Latin America visit of a sitting Israeli prime minister to praise President Mauricio Macri’s effort to solve the bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center in 1994...
Dos botellas de vino
Imaginavos ke estas asentáda en Fransia en un restaurante, asperando kon oras i oras, a tu kerido, kuando subitamento tus oyos estan viendo de muy lejos, viniendo kon grande velosita de una de las...
Un animateur sur la chaîne télévisée égyptienne des Frères musulmans : les Américains pleurnichent...
Voir les extraits vidéo sur MEMRI TV
L’animateur de télévision égyptien Mohammed Gamal Hilel a déclaré que lors de l’anniversaire du 11 Septembre, les « pleurnichards américains » allaient se lamenter sur le terrorisme, alors même qu’en...
Pour une définition de l’islam et de l’islamisme
Par Tufail Ahmad *
A travers plus de 1 400 ans d’histoire de l’islam, de nombreux érudits, enseignants musulmans et autres ont tenté de comprendre l’islam. Chacun d’eux a apporté sa propre évaluation de ce...