Europe
Archbishop of Canterbury, Whose Father Was Jewish, to Visit Israel
JNS.org - England’s new Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, will visit Israel, the Palestinian territories, Egypt, and Jordan next week. Welby, whose father was Jewish, recently discovered that he had lost relatives in the Holocaust and on his trip to Israel will visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem. After Welby was appointed as the head of the Church of England in November 2012,...
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British MP to IDF Soldier: ‘You Look Like a Bloody Jew’ (VIDEO)
Dutch Politician Geert Wilders: ‘What We Need Today is Zionism for the Nations of Europe’
Comedian Russell Brand to Visit Israel, Synagogues and Mosques On Comedy Tour
Jewish British MP Recounts Meetings With Assad: His Only Objective is Regime Survival
British MP to IDF Soldier: ‘You Look Like a Bloody Jew’ (VIDEO)Dutch Politician Geert Wilders: ‘What We Need Today is Zionism for the Nations of Europe’Comedian Russell Brand to Visit Israel, Synagogues and Mosques On Comedy TourJewish British MP Recounts Meetings With Assad: His Only Objective is Regime Survival
December 6, 2012 12:12 pm
Painting Made With Ashes of Holocaust Victims Stirs Outrage
Despite outrage from many in the Jewish community, a Swedish gallery owner told Sverige Radio...
December 6, 2012 11:08 am
Bibi: Germany’s Merkel Mistaken That Palestinian UN Upgrade Would Foster Peace
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that German Chancellor Angela Merkel...
December 4, 2012 12:11 pm
British Foreign Secretary: EU Will Not Impose Sanctions on Israel
Times of Israel – The European Union will not impose sanctions on Israel in response...
December 4, 2012 9:48 am
Two Accomplices in Toulouse Terror Attack Arrested
Sky News – A man, identified as Charles Mencarelli and described by police as a member...
December 3, 2012 2:18 pm
British Zionist Federation: Foreign Office Actions Could Damage Israel UK Relationship
Britain’s leading Zionist organization, which represents more than 120 other organizations,...
December 3, 2012 1:37 pm
Chelsea Denies Reports It’s Considering Israeli Soccer Manager Avram Grant for Advisory Position With Club
Avram Grant. Photo: wiki commons. The BBC is reporting that a spokesman for the UK Premier...
December 2, 2012 5:51 pm
Thousands Protest Hungarian Nationalist Party That Called for List of Jews to be Drawn Up
Chicago Tribune – BUDAPEST – Around 10,000 Hungarians protested on Sunday against...
December 1, 2012 7:21 pm
Germany Attempts to Reassure Israel After Abstaining in UN PA Vote
JPost – Germany’s chancellor is reassuring Israel of her nation’s unwavering...
November 30, 2012 1:16 pm
Art Memorializes Terror in the Netherlands
Shortly after Operation Cast Lead ended in 2009 the Dutch artist Ingrid Rollema began to develop...
November 30, 2012 11:03 am
Finnish Politician: Jewish Population in U.S. “Has Both Money and the Media in its Hands” (VIDEO)
In an interview on state TV (9YLE Aamu TV to be exact) Finnish Vice Chairman of the Foreign...
November 28, 2012 2:46 pm
France to Discipline Lawyer Who Requested Removal of Judge from Case Because of Jewish Last Name
In France, disciplinary proceedings have been initiated against lawyer Alexis Dubruel, who...
November 28, 2012 2:22 pm
Polish Court Bans Jewish Ritual Slaughter
BBC – The Constitutional Tribunal said it was against Polish law to allow animals to...
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Personalities Sports
NBA Finals a Time to Remember Legendary Jewish Coach Red Auerbach
JNS.org - At the start of each nationally televised game of the 2013 NBA Finals between the San Antonio Spurs and the Miami Heat, ABChas aired a film-clip montage of basketball’s great players and coaches—a montage that includes Jewish coach Arnold “Red” Auerbach, the mastermind behind nine championship teams for the Boston Celtics. Red was one of four children of Marie and Hyman Auerbach. Hyman was a Russian-Jewish immigrant who left Belarus when he was 13. The couple owned a deli and [...]
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Arts and Culture Jewish History
The Marx Brothers and Jewish Identity
JNS.org - The sons of Jewish immigrants from Germany and France, the Marx Brothers became zany masters of stage and screen who continue to captivate audiences. But in addition to providing comic relief, their films captured the drama of the entry of their marginalized religion into the U.S. Wayne Koestenbaum, author of the 2012 book The Anatomy of Harpo Marx, explains that the Marx Brothers’ Jewishness as a family “was evident, marked, thoroughly legible.” “Within a family already marked as Jewish within [...]
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Arts and Culture Jewish Identity
SuperJew
For my shekels, the question of whether the comic book character Superman, is Jewish or not shouldn’t even be questioned. Born and named Kal-El by his father Jor-El, “El” is one of the ancient names for God used throughout the bible and found in great prophets such as Samue-el, Dani-el and angels Micha-el and Gavri-el and of course, Isra-el. As Simcha Weinstein in his entertaining book, “Up, Up And Oy Vey” points out, “Kal” is the root of several Hebrew [...]
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Israel Sports
Formula 1 Road Show Thrills Jerusalem
JNS.org – Some 100,000 people attended Israel’s first-ever Formula 1 Road Show in Jerusalem on Thursday and Friday. For several hours, the controversies that normally characterize Jerusalem were put aside, and a diverse mosaic of Israelis watched up close as the motor-sport stars temporarily conquered the city. “It was an amazing experience, the most fast and furious thing I have seen,” spectator Masada Porat told Israel Hayom. “It was a rare, extreme event that explodes in your face.” Spectator Irena [...]
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Book Reviews Jewish Identity
Klara’s Journey Casts Jews in Fast-Paced Adventure Through Russian History
JNS.org – “If you’re sick, move away. Have some consideration for others,” a red army soldier scolds a slow-moving old man selling train tickets. “No, fires back the old man, proud, haughty, not realizing it’s a new country, a Bolshevik country where force heads the list instead of civility,” reads the following line in Ben G. Frank’s new novel, Klara’s Journey, released June 1. Reminiscent of Boris Pasternak’s Dr. Zhivago—whose backdrop is also a train ride across the Russian frontier during the [...]
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Personalities Theater
Nora Ephron, Famed Jewish Screenwriter, Remembered Through Tribeca Film Festival Prize
JNS.org – For filmmaker Meera Menon, no honor could have been more fitting than winning the inaugural award named after famed Jewish screenwriter and novelist Nora Ephron, the woman whose work inspired her. At the recent 2013 Tribeca Film Festival, Menon was named the first recipient of the $25,000 Nora Ephron Prize, given to a writer or director whose work embodies that of the late Ephron, who wrote the scripts for a number of hit films, including “When Harry Met [...]
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Book Reviews Personalities
Book Review: ‘Jewish Jordan’ Memoir an Important Guide for Players and Coaches
JNS.org – Despite his friends’ and family’s doubts that a young Orthodox Jewish athlete could ever play college or professional basketball without compromising his religious values, between 1999 and 2009 the “Jewish Jordan” defied conventional wisdom and found his place on the court. In his new memoir, Jewish Jordan’s Triple Threat, Tamir Goodman describes his triumphs and disappointments in life, crediting his practice of Judaism for shaping his identity as an athlete and his understanding of basketball as a team sport. [...]
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Blogs Sports
Omri Casspi, ‘Jewish Jordan’ Partner on Basketball Camps to Inspire Youths On and Off the Court
Tamir Goodman (left) and NBA forward Omri Casspi—pictured on the court of the United Center, home of the Chicago Bulls—together run basketball camps that seek to inspire youths on and off the court. Photo: Courtesy Tamir Goodman. JNS.org – Before last year, basketball camps for Jewish youths never had an instructor quite like Omri Casspi, a forward for the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) Cleveland Cavaliers and the first Israeli-born player in NBA history. Casspi is a de facto ambassador for [...]
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