Posts Tagged: Jewish
British Couple Horrified by Wedding Day Anti-Semitism Caught on Tape (VIDEO)
A British couple was shocked to find that the videographer hired to capture their wedding for posterity spent the evening mocking guests and making anti-Semitic...
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...
Jewish Author Howard Jacobson Argues Paradox Plagues Holocaust Deniers, Anti-Semites
JPost - Critically acclaimed British author Howard Jacobson presented a rhetorical assault on the logic of anti-Semitism on Monday night, arguing that the Jewish...
Three Jewish Professors – Two of Them Israeli – Win Nobel Prize in Chemistry
JNS.org - Two Israeli scientists and one American Jewish scientist will share the Nobel Prize in chemistry for work that made it possible "to map...
Israel Advocacy Group’s Counterintuitive ‘Boycott Israel’ Video Goes Viral (VIDEO)
Darin Weiss founded Israel advocacy group Here is Israel earlier this year to combat the hostility facing the Jewish state on college campuses in North...
18th Century Haggadah Found in British Garage (VIDEO)
A handwritten Haggadah from 1726 has been discovered in Great Britain, garnering the interest of Jewish communities from across the globe, reports the BBC. The Haggadah,...
Israeli Novelist Oz Given Bookie Odds to Win Nobel This Year
Israeli novelist Amos Oz is being given 16/1 odds of winning the Nobel Prize in literature this year, according to Ladbrokes, a gambling chain based...
500,000 Mourners Expected at Sephardic Spiritual Leader’s Funeral
A half-a-million mourners are expected to descend upon Jerusalem to attend the funeral of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the spiritual leader of the country's Sephardic community...
‘Fat Jew’ Takes Shtick to NYC Subway for Homeless Hot Yoga (VIDEO)
In keeping with his egalitarian aims, comedian Fabrizio Goldstein, aka "The Fat Jew," is now doing hot yoga for the homeless, taking full advantage of...
Former Jewish Charity Chief Charged in NYC Court
WSJ- The former chief executive of one of New York City's most influential charities was arrested Tuesday and charged with stealing more than $1...
New Film Reveals Rock Legend Jimi Hendrix Hired Manager Because He was Jewish
Shep Gordon had an influential ally during his rise to the top of the music industry: Jimi Hendrix. Upon meeting the rock legend in the...
Group of Teenagers Attacks Jewish Pupils in Paris
JTA - A group of 10 teenagers in Paris assaulted ten Jewish school pupils at a public sports center. According to France's Bureau for Vigilance against...
U.S. Ambassador Dan Shapiro Grilled on Satirical Israeli Show (VIDEO)
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro was placed in a different kind of hot seat earlier this week, appearing on Israel's popular satirical program "State...
British Tottenham Soccer Club’s ‘Yid Army’ Fans Protest Ban on the Term
Fans of English football club Tottenham Hotspur are upset that the country's football governing body plans to ban the use of the term 'Yid,' and...
