Monthly Archives: September 2017
Keeping teens engaged
It all began when the lay leaders of two Wayne synagogues were looking for a way to hold on to their post b’nai mitzvah teens.
Describing the genesis of the new Wayne Hebrew High program,...
School must serve non-pork option to Muslims and Jews, says French court
A French court has ordered schools in the town of Chalon-sur-Saône to provide pork-free meal options to Muslim and Jewish students, overturning a 2015 decision by the mayor to no longer provide alternative fare.
Explaining the...
Pope offers early new year greetings to world’s Jewish communities
“In recent decades, we have been able to draw closer to one another and to engage in an effective and fruitful dialogue. We have grown in mutual understanding and deepened our bonds of friendship,”...
Rabbis seek pope’s cooperation in fighting Islamic extremism
An international delegation of rabbis sought the pope’s cooperation in combating Islamic extremism during a meeting at the Vatican on Thursday, the rabbis said.
At the audience with Pope Francis, the rabbis presented a document...
Los Scouts Djudyos
Saludos a todos los oyentes de la emisyon Muestra lingua, la emisyon en djudeo-espanyol fundada por el profesor Haïm-Vidal Sephiha i prezentada agora por vuestro servidor Edmond Cohen, kon Philippe en la kabina.
Vos akodro...
God’s Ultimate Gift to the Jewish People
Over the years, I have studiously avoided engaging in theological disputations. Anyone deeply committed to their religious faith is unlikely to be convinced by clever arguments that their faith system is flawed. After all,...
Japanese deputy PM apologizes for saying Hitler ‘was no good even if his motive...
“I won’t ask you about the motive. What’s important is a result. Hitler, who killed millions of people, was no good even if his motive was right,” Aso told a gathering of political trainees...
Dani Dayan says American Jews should be proactive
The American Jewish community has the responsibility to help Israeli society change.
That is what Israel’s Consul General Ambassador Dani Dayan, the highest ranking Israeli diplomat for this region, told a crowd at the Mayerson...
Messianic Jews barred from Jewish marriage in Israel, rabbis rule
A Messianic Jewish couple have been barred from being married under a traditional Jewish ceremony in Israel because the country's rabbinical court deemed them converts to Christianity. In a ruling made Tuesday, three senior...
Court to gov’t: explain unequal Temple Mount security for Jews, Muslims
Israel's highest court on Friday reportedly ordered the government to explain why Jews must go through electronic security checks before alighting Jerusalem's Temple Mount holy site when Muslims worshippers are not required to do...