BBC censors 'Palestine' from rapper's performance

admin | January 31, 2012

The BBC has admitted it was ‘overcautious’ in editing the word ‘Palestine’ from an artist’s performance on Radio 1Xtra and has said it is ‘looking to learn’ from the way it handled the situation. However, in a ruling released today (31/01/12), the BBC Trust said the final content that was broadcast on the Charlie Sloth Hip Hop M1X – a music programme – was

Bringing Back the Tradition of Giving One Coin at a Time

admin | January 31, 2012

In an effort to make giving to charity as personal and accessible as it used to be, Mount Sinai Memorial Parks and Mortuaries of Los Angeles will be distributing Free Limited Editi

Austria row at 'new Jews' remark

admin | January 31, 2012

Austria's President withdraws an award from a far-right leader who allegedly likened his supporters to Jews under the Nazis.

Gingrich Robo-Call: Romney Took Kosher Food From Holocaust Survivors

admin | January 31, 2012

Paul Sancya/AP Photo Just when you thought it couldn't get any nastier, some Florida voters today have been greeted with pre-recorded telephone calls saying Mitt Romney took kosher meals away from Holocaust survivors.

Israeli government offers settlers concessions in run-up to ruling party's leadership race

admin | January 31, 2012

JERUSALEM – Israel's government has approved new incentives to entice people to move to West Bank settlements in what appeared to be an attempt to bolster Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's already solid re-election bid as leader of the ruling Likud Party on Tuesday.

For some schoolchildren in southern Italy, meeting their first Jew on Holocaust Day

admin | January 31, 2012

It was International Holocaust Memorial Day, and when I told my audience that I was a Jew, they burst into applause. I was speaking at the City Hall in this ancient seacoast town in Calabria, deep in southern Italy on the instep of the Italian boot.

Gingrich Denies Knowledge of Holocaust Robo-Call

admin | January 31, 2012

< style=”display:none;”> </div> Newt Gingrich on Tuesday disavowed any knowledge of a robo-call by his campaign claiming that rival Mitt Romney deprived Holocaust survivors of the kosher food they ate in Massachusetts nursing homes when he served as governor–an allegation intended to rally Florida’s sizable Jewish voting bloc against Romney. “As governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney vetoed a bill paying for kosher food for our seniors in nursing homes,” says the call, which was first reported by The New York Post. “Holocaust survivors, who for the first time, were forced to eat nonkosher because Romney thought $5 was too much to pay for our grandparents to eat kosher

Gingrich Disavows Knowledge of Holocaust Robo-Call

admin | January 31, 2012

Newt Gingrich on Tuesday disavowed any knowledge of a robo-call by his campaign claiming that rival Mitt Romney deprived Holocaust survivors of the kosher food they ate in Massachusetts nursing homes when he served as governor–an allegation intended to rally Florida’s sizable Jewish voting bloc against Romney.

For some schoolkids in southern Italy, meeting their first Jew on Holocaust Day

admin | January 31, 2012

When columnist Ruth Ellen Gruber talks to Italian schoolchildren on International Holocaust Memorial Day about what it means to be a Jew, she gets a question about the murdered 6 million to which there is no good answer.

Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office's West Bank crime report for Jan. 30

admin | January 31, 2012

This information reflects initial calls for service reported by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office for the west bank of Jefferson Parish. Locations are approximate due to automated location methods and address inconsistencies, the Sheriff's Office says.