Tag: Iceland
Iceland Jewish community celebrates its first permanent Torah scroll
The Jewish community in Reykjavik, Iceland, celebrated the completion and inauguration of the island’s first permanent Torah scroll on Sunday.
Celebrants danced down the streets of the nation’s capital, and guests came from Europe and Israel for...
Jewish groups praise Iceland committee’s proposal against banning circumcision
Iceland’s Judicial Affairs and Education Committee recommended last week that the country’s parliament dismiss a proposed ban on male circumcision, effectively putting an end to a three-month national debate over the legislation.
The committee issued...
Scandinavian Jewish leaders pan Iceland’s plans to ban circumcision
Scandinavian Jewish leaders have slammed proposed legislation in Iceland that would ban ritual circumcision of boys in the country.
In an open letter issued by the Jewish Communities in the Nordic Countries, which represents Jewish...
Joint statement by the Nordic Jewish Communities concerning the proposed anti-circumcision legislation in Iceland
We, the Jewish Communities in the Nordic countries strongly protest the proposed legislation banning Brit Milah, the Jewish tradition of neonatal circumcision of boys.
Iceland would be the only country to ban one of the...
Chabad heads to Iceland as 3,000 women emissaries celebrate at ‘day of strength for...
For the more than 3,000 women who filled each table—every inch of the ballroom at the New York Hilton Midtown hotel—it came as no surprise that such significant news would be announced the same...
Jewish Guide To Iceland: How To Prevent Accidentally Offending Moses
Recently, I flew on a WOW air flight from New York that connected to the airline´s new route to Tel Aviv. The plane was full of Israelis, which I, as a Jewish woman, knew...