Posts Tagged: Jewish ritual
Long Island Judaica Auction House Owner Displays 175-Year-Old Ukrainian Menorah Worth $200,000
Hanukkah menorahs are not generally thought of as luxury items, but at a Judaica auction house in Long Island there is one valued at $200,000,...
Council of Europe Responds to Peres: Female Genital Mutilation and Circumcision Not ‘On Equal Footing’
Thorbjorn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, responded on Wednesday to a letter sent earlier this week by Israeli President Shimon Peres asking Jagland to...
Judge Tells Wife Killer: Cremation of Victim Particularly Cruel Because of Jewish Background
A British judge sentenced a man to a minimum term of 30 years in prison for murdering his wife and, noting the "horrific" nature of...
J’Acuse: Shame on Germany for Circumcision Ban
Why do countries with long histories of anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry seem to care more about the so-called rights of young children not...
