simmons | August 2, 2017
SlutWalk Chicago will allow marchers carrying Jewish or Zionist symbols after saying earlier they would be banned. The group, part of an international movement that protests rape culture, in its ban announced this month referred to a decision by the Chicago Dyke March to ask three women carrying rainbow flags featuring white Stars of David to leave
richards | August 2, 2017
JUST BEFORE the Knesset went into summer recess, there was yet another installment of the ongoing debate about retirement age for women, in which even great fighters for equality urged that retirement age for women remain at 62 or 63 and not be raised to 64 or heaven forbid equal to that of men, which is 67. Their arguments are based on women homemakers who have never held a job outside the house and would have to wait longer to receive their senior citizens pensions if the retirement age is raised. On the other hand, employers who want to fire women in their early 60s have the excuse of retirement age, which doesnt really make sense, because in Israel, as in many other parts of the world, women tend to live longer than men, and if they are good and dedicated workers, there is no reason to get rid of them
simmons | August 2, 2017
Under Hebrons night sky, a young bridegroom, Yaakov G., just hours before walking down his wedding aisle, walked a pebbly Hebron path to the Cave of Machpela, said to be a portal into the Garden of Eden. Under the floor of a Herodian structure is a double-chambered cave where lie the bones of Abraham and Sarah; Isaac and Rebecca; Jacob and Leah. Before marriage, Jews traditionally visit the graves of ancestors, extending invitations to the wedding, and Yaakov was doing just that
simmons | August 2, 2017
Jewish Chronicle Holocaust denial may rise in next 20 years, says Sir Peter Bazalgette Jewish Chronicle Sir Peter Bazalgette, chair of the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation, said: I have the impression that Holocaust denial may well grow in the next 20 years ... UK's 'social splintering' risks repeating past, say Holocaust survivors ... The Guardian UK Holocaust Memorial to be sited next to Parliament despite MPs ...
simmons | August 2, 2017
Marian Magt says he is still running for ilina Region post. The police charged far-right extremist leader Marian Magt with Holocaust denial, referring to his comments on a social network
simmons | August 2, 2017
An Irish journalist apologized on Tuesday after being fired for penning a column perceived as anti-Semitic and sexist, saying his career is over now. The Sunday Times fired Kevin Myers after he suggested that female BBC presenters Vanessa Feltz and Claudia Winkleman were successful in negotiating higher salaries because they are Jewish
simmons | August 2, 2017
In March, Jackson adopted an ordinance banning school dormitories, which seemed aimed at yeshivas that draw students from afar. Agudath Israel of America, an umbrella group for ultra-Orthodox and Hasidic organizations, filed a federal suit in May arguing that the ordinance violated federal land-use laws intended to protect religious groups against burdensome local restrictions. Jersey City, a manufacturing hub well into the 20th century, never had a significant ultra-Orthodox presence
richards | August 2, 2017
In Jesus Camp, the premiere documentary by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, we watched as three children dedicated their young lives to Jesus and the teachings of their church: climate change as a hoax, the imminent return of Christ as a given, and Christian heavy metal as a legitimate form of art.
admin | August 2, 2017
A rare interview from the archives of the Israeli Broadcasting Authority sheds light on the significance of the Ninth of Av, on which Jews commemorate the destruction of both Holy Temples and a host of other tragedies in Jewish history, for our times. The interview, with Rabbi Yehuda Leon Ashkenazi, was part of the Tzerufim program which was broadcasted in 1985 on Channel 1 every week after Shabbat. Rabbi Ashkenazi was among the foremost spiritual leaders of French Jewry in the 20th Century
admin | August 2, 2017
Indictment says victim, 24, hit accused in head with bottle, then accused, 21, pulled knife and killed him during Haifa party A 21-year-old man has been indicted for stabbing another man to death during a party in the Elyakim forest in northern Israel in June. Manslaughter charges were filed against Tiran Zazan of the Haifa suburb of Kiryat Ata, who allegedly stabbed the victim, Moshe Ashkenazi, 24, of Migdal Haemek in a quarrel over money that Mizrahi owed Zazan
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