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• Heilmann: Jews Can Perform Circumcisions in Berlin, Circumcision Ban Will End

  Posted By Mike Rosenthal on September 06, 2012 | Leave a Comment

  

  On Wednesday, the city of Berlin, together with its state, granted Jews and Muslims legal protection for religious circumcision, partially reversing a controversial, borderline anti-Semitic ban passed earlier this summer in the city of Cologne.

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• Haredim in New York Rail Against the Internet at Mets’ Stadium

  Posted By Mike Rosenthal on May 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment

  

  Yesterday, Haredim from New York City and along the northeast US coast gathered in Mets Stadium to hear Rabbis speak about the internet.

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• Wilders Demands Apology from Dutch Government over Holocaust Deportations

  Posted By Mike Rosenthal on January 05, 2012 | Leave a Comment

  

  This week, right-wing Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders asked the Dutch government to apologize for the WWII era government’s behavior towards Jews and their deportation to Nazi death camps in Germany and Poland.

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• Ron Paul Banned from Republican Jewish Coalition Debate This Month

  Posted By Mike Rosenthal on December 08, 2011 | 19 Comments

  

  Last week it was announced that Rep. Ron Paul would not be invited to the Republican Jewish Coalition forum in which the presidential candidates would present their views and policies on various issues.

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• Jewish Woman to Run for Seat in Moroccan Parliament

  Posted By Mike Rosenthal on November 24, 2011 | 1 Comments

  

  This week, Moroccan citizens will vote in one of the first open parliamentary elections in years.  One of the 7,000 candidates running for office is a Jewish woman named Marie-Yvonne Kakon.

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• WWII Jewish Partisans Honored in New York

  Posted By Mike Rosenthal on November 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment

  

  Last week, 53 Jewish partisans who fought against the Nazis in WWII were honored in a ceremony held in New York for their bravery and heroism.

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• Jewish Community of Speyer to Rebuild Synagogues and Reclaim Past

  Posted By Mike Rosenthal on November 09, 2011 | Leave a Comment

  

  Jewish residents of Speyer, Germany – a city that has had a Jewish population since the 12th century - announced this week that it would be building a brand new synagogue that would be completed within the next few years.

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• Greek Jewish Community Asks for Support From Abroad

  Posted By Mike Rosenthal on October 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment

  

  This week, the Greek Jewish community asked for aid from Jewish communities around the world so that synagogues and other services may continue to function.

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• Uman Pilgrimage to Set Record Numbers

  Posted By Mike Rosenthal on September 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment

  

  The annual Rosh HaShana pilgrimage that Breslov Hassidim take to Uman, the city in which their Rebbe - Rabbi Nachman - is buried, is expected to reach record number this year, thanks to an agreement with the Ukranian government.

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• War over Girl’s School Erupts in Beit Shemesh

  Posted By Mike Rosenthal on September 08, 2011 | Leave a Comment

  

  A war has broken out between the National-Religious and Haredi populations of the Sheinfeld neighborhood in Beit Shemesh and came to blows yesterday.

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