Judaism

"India's Jews," a Commentary by Gary Weiss

August 18, 2007

Author: Gary Weiss

Source: Forbe's

http://www.forbes.com/2007/08/05/india-jews-antisemitism-oped-cx_gw_0813jews.html

There's no question that India's secularism is under strain. Militant Hinduism remains as much a potent force as extremist Islam. The ongoing bloodletting in Kashmir is an open sore, and the periodic spasms of communal violence in Gujarat, combined with memories of the Mumbai bombings of 2006, have led to...

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ADL Local Leader Fired on Armenian Issue

August 18, 2007

Author: Keith O'Brien

Source: The Boston Globe

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/08/18/adl_local_leader_fired_on_armenian_issue/

The national Anti-Defamation League fired its New England regional director yesterday, one day after he broke ranks with national ADL leadership and said the human rights organization should acknowledge the Armenian genocide that began in...

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Holiday Task Force Accused of Insensitivity

August 10, 2007

Author: KELLI LACKETT

Source: Coloradoan

http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070810/NEWS01/708100353/1002

The city's Holiday Display Task Force was created to address issues of religious diversity when it comes to holiday displays on city property.

One task force member found it ironic, therefore, and somewhat offensive that one of the task force meetings would fall on the Jewish New Year,...

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Israel Shaken After Religious Troops Refuse Orders

August 7, 2007

Source: Dawn

Wire Service: AFP

http://www.dawn.com/2007/08/08/int4.htm

JERUSALEM, Aug 7: Israel plunged into bitter debate over the source of authority for many of its soldiers on Tuesday after a group of troops refused orders to evacuate hardline Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank.

The four-hour operation early on Tuesday in the flashpoint town of Hebron sparked fiery rhetoric over the future of the Jewish state's army after a dozen...

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Religious Suit Wins $300,000 Award

July 24, 2007

Author: WILLIAM R. LEVESQUE

Source: St. Petersburg Times

http://www.sptimes.com/2007/07/24/Northpinellas/Religious_suit_wins_3.shtml

TAMPA - A former pharmacist at the Bay Pines VA Medical Center has won a $300,000 federal jury award against the Department of Veterans Affairs over an allegation of religious discrimination.

Lynne C. Krop, 45, of Clear-water said during a four-day trial that ended Thursday in U.S....

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Stir Over Priest's 'Anti-Semitic Remarks'

July 13, 2007

Author: Adam Easton

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6898183.stm

Father Tadeusz Rydzyk, 62, allegedly called the Polish president, Lech Kaczynski, a "swindler" who had bowed to pressure from the Jewish lobby to compensate people for property lost during and after World War II.

The comments came to light last week after the weekly magazine, Wprost, published excerpts and subsequently a tape, from a private lecture it said the...

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Orthodox Town Grows Fast in N.Y.

July 6, 2007

Source: JTA.org

http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/home/index.html

An Orthodox Jewish town about an hour from Manhattan grew faster than any other community in New York state from 2000 to 2006.

Kiryas Joel, in Orange County, grew by 51 percent in six years, to 20,071 residents from 13,273, according to census data published in The New York Times. In absolute terms, only New York City added more residents during that period.

After Kiryas Joel, founded in 1977 by...

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British PM Appoints Rabbi

July 5, 2007

Author: Staff Writer

Source: JTA

http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/102794.html

Britain's new prime minister appointed Rabbi Dame Julia Neuberger to his Cabinet.

Neuberger will advise Prime Minister Gordon Brown on issues relating to the voluntary sector, especially in the arena of public health services, the area on which she speaks for the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords.

The appointment was announced over the...

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ADL Sponsors 'Streetball Hafla' Summer Camp for Arab and Jewish Teenagers

June 29, 2007

Source: Anti-Defamation League

http://www.adl.org/PresRele/IslME_62/5090_62.htm

Jerusalem, June 29, 2007 ... The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) teamed up with the Israeli Ministry of Science, Culture and Sports to put together a unique basketball summer camp for Arab and Jewish teenagers in the Galilee.

The camp, dubbed "Streetball Hafla," involved some 160 teenagers and their coaches from 14 villages and communities in northern Israel. They participated in a three-day...

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Britain Vows to Act Against Increased Anti-Semitism

April 19, 2007

Author: Jonny Paul

Source: The Canadian Jewish News

http://www.cjnews.com/viewarticle.asp?id=11613

LONDON — Responding to a parliamentary inquiry into the rising tide of anti-Semitism in the United Kingdom, the British government made 35 recommendations to combat what one official called “the absolute scourge of our society.”

The recommendations include: improving the recording and reporting of anti-Semitic incidents, reviewing...

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