Posts Tagged: conference of european rabbis
European Jews Hold Protest Meetings Against Iceland’s Proposed Circumcision Ban
The controversy over Iceland's proposed ban on circumcision has escalated, with prominent European rabbis and their supporters holding protest meetings in recent days in Reykjavik...
Jewish Groups Urge Warsaw to Rethink Legislation That Would Criminalize Blaming Poles for Holocaust-Era Atrocities
A number of major Jewish groups from around the globe have criticized the advancement of legislation in Poland that would make it illegal to claim...
European Jewish Organizations Back Legal Action Against Belgian Ban on Kosher Slaughter
European Jewish groups are expressing solidarity with Belgian Jews after the local community commenced legal action following bans on kosher slaughter from the country's two...
Antisemitism Experts: Popularity in Germany of New Annotated Version of Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ Doesn’t Need to Be Cause for Alarm
The fact that a new annotated version of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler’s autobiography Mein Kampf has become a best-seller in Germany does not need to...
European Jews ‘Breathe Sigh of Relief’ After Defeat of Far-Right Candidate in Austrian Presidential Election Rerun
European Jewish groups are welcoming the defeat of far-right candidate Norbert Hofer in Sunday’s presidential election rerun. According to projections, Hofer -- of Austria’s Freedom Party...
European Jewish Leaders Express Relief Over Narrow Loss of Far-Right Candidate in Austrian Elections
European Jewish leaders expressed their relief on Tuesday after the narrow loss of the far-right candidate in Austria’s presidential elections earlier in the week. Oskar...
Leading European Rabbi Calls Brussels Bombings ‘Latest Act of War of Islamic Fascism,’ Invokes Purim Story to Assert Evil Can Be Destroyed
The president of the Conference of European Rabbis issued a tough statement in the immediate aftermath of Tuesday morning’s bombings in Brussels. Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, the...
Former French President Sarkozy: We Did Not Fight Nazis to Force Jews to Run to Israel
"We did not fight the Nazis to force the Jews to run to Israel 70 years later," declared French President Nicolas Sarkozy before an awards...
European Antisemitism Driving Jews Away From Jewish Life, Says Leading Rabbi (INTERVIEW)
The recent string of attacks against Jews in Europe has driven many Jews away from an active Jewish life, said the president of one of...
European Rabbis Set to Congregate in Toulouse 3 Years After Merah Shooting Spree
More than 200 Orthodox religious leaders from across Europe are set to congregate in the southern French city of Toulouse on May 12, about three...
Jewish Student Hospitalized After Beating by 3 Thugs in Moscow
Shlomo Romanevsky, a 26-year-old Russian yeshiva student was hospitalized after a brutal beating by three unknown assailants in a Moscow suburb, Israel's NRG News reported...
Rabbis Ask Apple To Remove Anti-Semitic “Protocols of the Elders of Zion” From iTunes
The Conference of European Rabbis, an Orthodox rabbinic body, wants Apple to remove an anti-Semitic book being sold for 99 cents on iTunes, according to...
