Thursday, March 18, 2010
Orthodox Jewish community takes hold in Berlin
By Kirsten Grieshaber (AP)
When American Rabbi Joshua Spinner moved to Berlin's trendy Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood a decade ago, there were no other Jews to be seen.
Now when . . .
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Canadian teen wanted for anti-Semitic graffiti
JTA
Calgary police have issued a Canada-wide arrest warrant for an 18-year-old male over a slew of spray-painted anti-Semitic messages.
The racist . . .
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Three jailed in Auschwitz sign theft
JTA
A Polish court convicted three men for stealing the “Arbeit Macht Frei” sign from the front gate of Auschwitz.
The Polish men, who confessed . . .
Thursday, March 18, 2010
UK’s largest Jewish museum reopens after £10m. redevelopment
By Jonny Paul, Jerusalem Post Correspondent
Britain’s landmark Jewish Museum opened to the public on Wednesday after a £10 million redevelopment which has seen its space, to celebrate Jewish . . .
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
HIAS supporting new refugee legislation
JTA
The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society is backing new legislation aimed at protecting refugees and asylum seekers.
The Refugee Protection Act was . . .
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Jewish candidate favored for PM, Dutch poll shows
JTA
Opinion polls in Holland show that a majority of voters favor the Jewish former mayor of Amsterdam for prime minister.
Some 52 percent of those . . .
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
PA subpoena for reporter’s testimony shelved
By Melissa Apter, JTA
A federal magistrate ruled that the Palestinian Authority cannot force a reporter from The Atlantic magazine to testify in a terror-related lawsuit, . . .
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
American to plead guilty to Mumbai charges
JTA
An American citizen of Pakistani origin reportedly has agreed to plead guilty to charges against him in the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks.
David . . .
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Hungary salutes four Jews
JTA
Four well-known Jews received Hungarian state awards.
The awards were presented this week during ceremonies commemorating the 1848 Hungarian . . .
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Brazilian president lays wreath at Arafat’s grave
JTA
Brazil's president laid a wreath at Yasser Arafat's grave after refusing to visit the grave of Theodor Herzl.
President Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva . . .
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Petraeus: Peace advances could undercut Iran threat
JTA
Iran's threatening posture in the Middle East could be undercut by a credible Israeli-Arab peace process, the U.S. military's central commander . . .
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Egypt captures Israeli journalist infiltrating border
JTA
An Israeli journalist who tried to infiltrate the Egyptian border with illegal migrants was arrested and may be tried in a military court.
Yotam . . .
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Opposition parties fare well in Russian vote
JTA
Two political parties with anti-Semitic elements did well in Russian regional elections.
The Communist Party led by Gennady Zyuganov received as . . .
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
German community dedicates new synagogue
JTA
More than 70 years after its synagogue was destroyed by Nazi rioters, the German town of Herford dedicated a new Jewish house of worship.
In a . . .
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
UN sappers detonate leftover shells from Gaza war
YAHOO NEWS
United Nations explosives experts have blown up several Israeli white phosphorous shells as they try to rid Gaza of munitions left behind in last . . .
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
From Dubai, An Assassination Tale
By Danna Harman
He had a few minutes to call his brother in Gaza before his flight took off from Damascus, Syria. A cousin got on the line, too, and shared gossip . . .
Monday, March 15, 2010
Brazil’s president refuses visit to Herzl’s grave
JTA
Brazil's president said he would not visit the grave of Theodor Herzl during his first official visit to Israel.
President Luiz Ignacio Lula da . . .
Monday, March 15, 2010
Indian synagogue guarded after fake terror alert
JTA
Indian security took up positions around an ancient synagogue in Kochi following a terror alert that turned out to be a hoax.
The Paradesi Synagogue . . .
Monday, March 15, 2010
Germany challenging request to open Eichmann files
JTA
Germany is challenging a journalist's request to declassify files pertaining to the 15 years Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann spent as a . . .
Monday, March 15, 2010
U.S.-Israel crisis: This time, it’s serious
By Ron Kampeas, JTA
Last summer, when the relationship between the Obama and Netanyahu administrations was getting off to what appeared to be a rocky start, Israeli . . .
Friday, March 12, 2010
European Parliament calls for Shalit release
JTA
The European Parliament called for the immediate release of captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
The resolution passed the European Union body . . .
Friday, March 12, 2010
Jill Biden tours joint U.S.-NIF project
JTA
Jill Biden, wife of the U.S. vice president, toured and praised a New Israel Fund-backed program that the philanthropy says would be endangered by a . . .
Friday, March 12, 2010
Jewish groups upset with Presbyterians
JTA
Jewish groups are upset with recent actions by the Presbyterian church regarding its Israel policies.
A report released by the Presbyterian Church . . .
Friday, March 12, 2010
Jewish Iranian family busted for drug smuggling
JTA
An Iranian Jewish family was arrested at Ben-Gurion Airport after trying to smuggle more than 30 pounds of opium into Israel.
Israeli police seized . . .
