Posts Tagged: Jewish community
Maccabi Tel Aviv Euroleague Win Spurs Spanish Anti-Semitic Tweets
JNS.org - In the wake of Maccabi Tel Aviv's win over Real Madrid in the Euroleague basketball finals on Sunday, an estimated 18,000 anti-Semitic Spanish...
Tunisian Ministers Grilled Over Allowing Entry to Israeli Tourists
JNS.org - Two Tunisian ministers were questioned by Tunisia's Islamist-dominated parliament on Friday for allegedly allowing Israeli tourists into the country, which does not recognize...
Anti-Semitic Materials Found in Kansas Gunman’s Home
JNS.org - Anti-Semitic materials and information on the local Jewish community was found inside the home of Frazier Glenn Miller, the man charged with carrying...
Christian Giving Provides Lifeline for ‘Abandoned’ Ukrainian Jewish Community (INTERVIEW)
Since the outbreak of violence and political chaos in Ukraine, Christian charity has been lavished on the country's beleaguered and isolated Jewish community, Rabbi Yechiel...
Mayor of Kansas Shooter’s Hometown Aligns With White Supremacist, Anti-Semitic Views
JNS.org - The mayor of the Missouri hometown of Frazier Glenn Miller, the man who reportedly carried out the shooting spree that left three people...
Following Kansas Killings, de Blasio Says NYPD Taking Steps to Ensure Safety of Jewish Individuals
Following shootings at Kansas Jewish institutions earlier Sunday that left three dead, New York City's Mayor Bill de Blasio said the New York Police department...
Wesleyan University Jewish Students Reject Hillel International’s Israel Guidelines
JNS.org - A group of 12 current and former Jewish student leaders at Connecticut-based Wesleyan University announced that the Hillel International-affiliated Wesleyan Jewish Community has...
Christian-Jewish Group Teams With Limmud FSU to Connect Global Russian Jewry
JNS.org - The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ) and Limmud FSU (former Soviet Union) have formed a new partnership to expand efforts...
Presbyterian Church USA Leaders Visit SodaStream Factory to Gain Better Perspective on Israel
JNS.org - A delegation of 14 clergy and lay leaders from Presbyterian Church USA, which has a history of anti-Israel sentiment, visited the SodaStream...
Hungary’s Holocaust Controversy
This week, the Federation of Hungarian Jewish Communities (Mazsihisz) declared it would stay away from official commemorations marking the 70th"Ž"Ž anniversary of the deportation of 437,000 Jews...
Sochi Jews Remain Vigilant as Planes to Olympics Threatened With Toothpaste Bombs
JNS.org - The Chabad-Lubavitch center in Sochi, Russia is taking security precautions as it welcomes an influx of Jewish athletes and visitors to its...
Rabbi Creates ‘Playlist’ for Changing Tunes of Synagogue Life
JNS.org - Rabbi Kerry Olitzky is an optimist. While other Jewish communal leaders worry about dwindling rates of affiliation, Olitzky points to the creation of 600...
State of the Union Address: What Jewish Leaders Want to Hear
JNS.org - Israeli-Palestinian conflict negotiations and the Iran nuclear program are at the top of the Jewish community's agenda ahead of tonight's annual State of...
Pig Heads Sent to Israeli Embassy, Synagogue in Rome
JNS.org - A pig's head was sent to a major synagogue in Rome as well as to other Jewish-affiliated sites in an apparent anti-Semitic incident...
