New York Rabbi’s Daughter to Sing Star Spangled Banner for Obama

Posted on: March 20th, 2013

Adina Feldman, daughter of a New York rabbi, sings every Sept. 11 in Tel Aviv in memory of 9/11. On Thursday, she will sing the Star Spangled Banner in Jerusalem for President Barack Obama.

European MDs Accuse US Pro-Circumcision Doctors of Bias

Posted on: March 19th, 2013

European MDs keep up their fight against circumcision. Despite universal acknowledgement it helps prevents disease, they charge that US pediatricians in favor of circumcision are “culturally biased.”

Human Rights Lawyer Challenging AAP Pro-Circumcision Stance

Posted on: March 19th, 2013

"The AAP’s circumcision recommendations contradict its own bioethics policy statement, which requires pediatric care to be based only on the needs of the patient."

Pakistan Nabs Terrorist Involved in Daniel Pearl Murder

Posted on: March 19th, 2013

At least 11 terrorists previously were accused in the murder of Daniel Pearl, but neither the mastermind nor killer has been caught. The arrest of a terrorist in Pakistan may provide the key.

New Passover Vacation Trend: Rent a Resort Home and Hire a Chef

Posted on: March 19th, 2013

Approximately 60,000 Americans and Canadians will spend more than $200 million this Passover, and many of those with enough money are hiring a chef to cook for them in rented private homes in resorts, Kosher Today reported. Scottsdale, Arizona’s Biltmore is sold out with nearly 1,000 guests coming next week, while many other Americans will [...]

IDF, Religious Students Oppose Supermodel in Pro-Israel Ads

Posted on: March 19th, 2013

Israeli military officers and religious students are objecting to the selection of supermodel Bar Refaeli as part of an ad campaign to raise Israel’s public image. Brig. Gen. Yoav Mordechai, a spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces, wrote the Foreign Ministry a critical letter of its choice of Refaeli, pointing out that she did not [...]

Angry Israeli passenger Arrested for False Bomb Threat in Newark

Posted on: March 18th, 2013

Two men, one of them an Israeli who was bumped from his flight even though his luggage was on board, learned quickly at Newark airport that bomb hoaxes are no joke. Both were arrested.

Dept. of Education Outreach Plan May Include Orthodox Groups

Posted on: March 18th, 2013

The U.S. Department of Education outlined new efforts to bring non-profit schools into federally funded programs, an initiative that had been sought by Orthodox Jewish groups, among others. State and local educational agencies “must ensure the equitable participation of eligible private school students and, as applicable, their teachers and parents” in such programs, the department’s [...]

Court Upholds Citi Field’s Ban on Sale of Kosher Food on Shabbat

Posted on: March 14th, 2013

A federal appeals court told a kosher hot dog vendor in New York that its agreement with Citi Field precludes it from selling kosher products at the stadium on Shabbat. Kosher Sports Inc. had a 10-year contract with Citi Field, home of the New York Mets, to sell hot dogs, sausages and other kosher products [...]

Paris Thugs Threaten Jewish Teen with Merah-Style Murder

Posted on: March 13th, 2013

Three men who accosted a French Jewish teenager in a suburban Paris subway said they would do to him “what Mohammed Merah did.” According to a report on the incident by the National Bureau of Vigilance against Anti-Semitism, a non-governmental organization known locally by the French acronym BNVCA, the 17-year-old Kippa-clad male was threatened in [...]

Russian Jewish Group Offers Free Matzah

Posted on: March 13th, 2013

The Russian Jewish Congress has partnered with one of the country’s leading Internet companies to deliver free matzah to Muscovite Jews. The only cost to recipients will be the price of the delivery. The collaboration with the online marketing giant Vigoda.ru will allow the Jewish organization to send two million emails on Thursday in the [...]

Detectives Arrest Man Who Stole 300-Year-Old Torah Parchment

Posted on: March 13th, 2013

Israel’s Antiquities Authority detectives have their hands full trying looking for thieves who rob the country of one of its greatest treasure – history. A thief was caught with a 300-year-old parchment of the Torah.

Former ZOA President Jacques Torczyner Dies at the Age of 98

Posted on: March 13th, 2013

Jacques Torczyner, a former president of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) and a leader in the Zionist movement in the United States and around the world, has died in Saratoga, California at the age of 98. Torczyner served as national president for the Zionist Organization of America from 1968 until 1973. He was emeritus [...]

The Jewish World Series: Home Run for Unison

Posted on: March 12th, 2013

The need for such a Shabbat-considerate tournament came up last winter, when the basketball team of Houston’s Beren Academy had reached the semifinals, only to become the center of a national controversy.

Peres Tells EU Parliament, ‘Europe Has Divorced Its Past’

Posted on: March 12th, 2013

President Shimon Peres told the European Union Parliament Tuesday, “In the past thousand years, more Jews lived in Europe than in any other continent.  Alas, more Jews were murdered in Europe in the last hundred years than in the preceding two thousand years.” The first Israeli president to address the current arrangement of the EU [...]

Quinoa for Passover: Kashrut Debate or Power Struggle?

Posted on: March 12th, 2013

Star K says quinoa is kosher for Passover. The OU says it is not, and once again the principle of keeping a mitzvah is getting lost in the argument over who is in charge.

Female MKs Prayed with Women of the Wall, No Arrests this Time

Posted on: March 12th, 2013

Some 30 percent of the women were Israeli Modern Orthodox.

Judge Throws Out Jewish Lawyer’s Bid to Ban Jews from Jury

Posted on: March 12th, 2013

Frederick H. Cohn, Abdel Hameed Shehadeh, terror, Muslim,Jew

Locusts Invade Israel but More of a Tourist Site than a Plague

Posted on: March 11th, 2013

Israelis are excited over the latest tourists – locusts – while the Agriculture Ministry is making sure the pests have a short stay. Armchair preachers are having as field day with the new arrivals.

Muslim Terrorist Wannabe’s Jewish Lawyer Seeks to Bar Jews from Jury UPDATE

Posted on: March 11th, 2013

Cohn's effort highlights an increasing tendency, in an effort to achieve "fairness" towards accused terrorists, of marching along a road littered with the civil rights of others.