http://www.jewpi.com Jewish Press International Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:40:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.jewpi.com/senators-to-urge-obama-to-make-iranian-capability-a-red-line-1328751243/ http://www.jewpi.com/senators-to-urge-obama-to-make-iranian-capability-a-red-line-1328751243/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:34:03 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/senators-to-urge-obama-to-make-iranian-capability-a-red-line-1328751243/ WASHINGTON (JTA) — A bipartisan slate of U.S. senators will present a resolution calling on the Obama administration to make a “nuclear-weapons capability” by Iran a red line. The non-binding resolution, to be introduced Thursday by Sens. Robert Casey (D-Pa.), Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/napolitano-to-jewish-leaders-no-imminent-threat-1328749219/ http://www.jewpi.com/napolitano-to-jewish-leaders-no-imminent-threat-1328749219/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:00:19 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/napolitano-to-jewish-leaders-no-imminent-threat-1328749219/ WASHINGTON (JTA) — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and top U.S. security officials told Jewish community leaders there is no imminent threat of an attack on Jewish targets in the United States. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/pro-palestinian-presbyterians-close-facebook-page-after-complaints-1328748491/ http://www.jewpi.com/pro-palestinian-presbyterians-close-facebook-page-after-complaints-1328748491/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:48:11 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/pro-palestinian-presbyterians-close-facebook-page-after-complaints-1328748491/ WASHINGTON (JTA) — A pro-Palestinian Presbyterian church affiliate pulled down its Facebook page after Jewish groups complained about offensive postings. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/jfna-lauds-obama-on-charitable-deduction-backtrack-1328739366/ http://www.jewpi.com/jfna-lauds-obama-on-charitable-deduction-backtrack-1328739366/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:16:06 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/jfna-lauds-obama-on-charitable-deduction-backtrack-1328739366/ WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Jewish Federations of North America commended the Obama administration for maintaining the deductibility rate of charitable donations. In a Feb. 6 news release, the JFNA said that it wrote a Jan. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/jewish-groups-split-on-gay-marriage-ruling-1328739008/ http://www.jewpi.com/jewish-groups-split-on-gay-marriage-ruling-1328739008/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:10:08 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/jewish-groups-split-on-gay-marriage-ruling-1328739008/ WASHINGTON (JTA) — Jewish groups split on a federal appeals court ruling that allows same-sex couples to marry in California. The 2-1 decision Tuesday by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed Proposition 8, a 2008 ballot measure that said same-sex marriages violated the state constitution. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/calls-grow-in-congress-to-reconsider-egypt-aid-1328738411/ http://www.jewpi.com/calls-grow-in-congress-to-reconsider-egypt-aid-1328738411/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:00:11 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/calls-grow-in-congress-to-reconsider-egypt-aid-1328738411/ WASHINGTON (JTA) — Calls are growing in Congress to reconsider U.S. aid to Egypt. Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas), the chairwoman of the foreign operations subcommittee of the U.S. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/for-orthodox-musicians-alternatives-to-the-friday-night-concert-abound-1328737694/ http://www.jewpi.com/for-orthodox-musicians-alternatives-to-the-friday-night-concert-abound-1328737694/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:48:14 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/for-orthodox-musicians-alternatives-to-the-friday-night-concert-abound-1328737694/ Photos 1 out of 1 PreviousForwardOther Media The Moshav band performs original world music, folk and rock in Hebrew and English, as well as âShlomo tunesâ of the late Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/israel-grants-bedouin-community-its-first-solar-field-license-1328725827/ http://www.jewpi.com/israel-grants-bedouin-community-its-first-solar-field-license-1328725827/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:30:27 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/israel-grants-bedouin-community-its-first-solar-field-license-1328725827/ JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Public Utility Authority granted the first-ever license for a solar project in the Bedouin community that is being funded by the U.S. government. The license was granted Monday for the solar energy field, which will be built in the northwest Negev. Through the U.S. government’s Overseas Private Investment Corp. Read More [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/primary-victories-by-santorum-underscore-romneys-woes-with-conservatives-1328725087/ http://www.jewpi.com/primary-victories-by-santorum-underscore-romneys-woes-with-conservatives-1328725087/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:18:07 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/primary-victories-by-santorum-underscore-romneys-woes-with-conservatives-1328725087/ WASHINGTON (JTA) — Rick Santorum won three contests in the race for the Republican nod for the presidency. The former Pennsylvania senator’s victories Tuesday in Missouri, Minnesota and Colorado were not determinative because each of those states will decide delegates to the GOP convention in additional forums in the coming months. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/best-bet-super-bowl-winner-donating-long-shots-payoff-to-charity-1328724488/ http://www.jewpi.com/best-bet-super-bowl-winner-donating-long-shots-payoff-to-charity-1328724488/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:08:08 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/best-bet-super-bowl-winner-donating-long-shots-payoff-to-charity-1328724488/ (JTA) — The Jewish owner of a real estate company in New York is donating his $50,000 winnings from a Super Bowl bet to charity. Jona Rechnitz, 29, of New York, had wagered $1,000 on Super Sunday at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas that the New York Giants would score first — on [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/four-charged-with-hate-crimes-in-n-y-assault-1328724005/ http://www.jewpi.com/four-charged-with-hate-crimes-in-n-y-assault-1328724005/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:00:05 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/four-charged-with-hate-crimes-in-n-y-assault-1328724005/ (JTA) — Four people were charged with hate crimes in an assault on a Jewish man in New York State. The 19-year-old victim was hit on the head with an unsheathed knife Monday in Monsey after his attackers demanded money. The victim screamed, causing the attackers to flee. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/chasidic-teen-pleads-guilty-to-firebombing-attack-1328715164/ http://www.jewpi.com/chasidic-teen-pleads-guilty-to-firebombing-attack-1328715164/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:32:44 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/chasidic-teen-pleads-guilty-to-firebombing-attack-1328715164/ (JTA) — A Chasidic teenager pleaded guilty to assault in the firebombing of the home of a neighbor over a religious disagreement. Shaul Spitzer, 18, of the New York State village of New Square, accepted a plea bargain Tuesday in the arson attack on the home of Aron Rottenberg. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/israeli-workers-launch-massive-strike-1328714307/ http://www.jewpi.com/israeli-workers-launch-massive-strike-1328714307/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:18:27 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/israeli-workers-launch-massive-strike-1328714307/ JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli workers launched an open-ended general strike. The strike launched Wednesday by the Histadrut, Israel’s main labor union, closed down the Tel Aviv stock exchange, stopped trains across the country and caused major delays at Ben Gurion airport. The crippling strike also affected hospitals, government offices and banks. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/clooney-to-chase-nazis-in-new-film-1328713825/ http://www.jewpi.com/clooney-to-chase-nazis-in-new-film-1328713825/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:10:25 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/clooney-to-chase-nazis-in-new-film-1328713825/ LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Hollywood isn’t through yet with chasing after Nazis, or with adapting successful Israeli productions, according to the Hollywood Reporter. George Clooney, hot off his highly praised “The Descendants” and “The Ides of March,” has optioned, and will most likely star in, the actual story of U.S. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/orthodox-jews-mount-appeal-for-eruv-in-sydney-1328713212/ http://www.jewpi.com/orthodox-jews-mount-appeal-for-eruv-in-sydney-1328713212/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:00:12 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/orthodox-jews-mount-appeal-for-eruv-in-sydney-1328713212/ SYDNEY, Australia (JTA) — Orthodox Jews have appealed to a court in Sydney to overturn a decision to deny them an Eruv. Plans for a symbolic religious enclosure have been underway for more than five years on Sydney’s north shore, but last year the local council voted against allowing the construction to go forward. Read [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/rabbi-elyashiv-leading-halachic-authority-in-grave-condition-1328659337/ http://www.jewpi.com/rabbi-elyashiv-leading-halachic-authority-in-grave-condition-1328659337/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:02:17 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/rabbi-elyashiv-leading-halachic-authority-in-grave-condition-1328659337/ JERUSALEM (JTA) — Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, considered this generation’s leading halachic authority, is in critical condition. Prayer sessions in Israel and around the world have been held for Elyashiv, 101, the leader of the Lithuanian haredi Orthodox community, since he was admitted to the hospital on Sunday. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/messianic-groups-condemn-torah-ceremony-1328658496/ http://www.jewpi.com/messianic-groups-condemn-torah-ceremony-1328658496/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:48:16 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/messianic-groups-condemn-torah-ceremony-1328658496/ (JTA) — Two Messianic Jewish organizations condemned a self-styled Messianic rabbi for conducting a church service in which a Baptist bishop was wrapped in a Torah scroll and called a king. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/is-hamas-trying-to-change-its-stripes-1328655627/ http://www.jewpi.com/is-hamas-trying-to-change-its-stripes-1328655627/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:00:27 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/is-hamas-trying-to-change-its-stripes-1328655627/ Photos 1 out of 1 Other Media Ismail Haniyeh, the Palestinians’ prime minister in the Gaza Strip, meeting with Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa in the Bahraini capital of Manama, Feb. 4, 2012. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/ahead-of-march-meetings-israel-and-the-u-s-close-ranks-on-iran-1328650243/ http://www.jewpi.com/ahead-of-march-meetings-israel-and-the-u-s-close-ranks-on-iran-1328650243/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:30:43 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/ahead-of-march-meetings-israel-and-the-u-s-close-ranks-on-iran-1328650243/ WASHINGTON (JTA) — It’s one of those coincidences too tempting to believe is a coincidence. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is delivering a speech to AIPAC about what should happen next with Iran and likely meeting with President Obama to Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/hadassah-probing-top-officials-on-allegations-of-misusing-funds-1328647212/ http://www.jewpi.com/hadassah-probing-top-officials-on-allegations-of-misusing-funds-1328647212/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:40:12 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/hadassah-probing-top-officials-on-allegations-of-misusing-funds-1328647212/ NEW YORK (JTA) — Two top Hadassah officials are being investigated by the organization for possible misuse of funds. The probe was launched after board members of Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America were sent a letter on Jan. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/sandler-and-samberg-on-fallon-joan-rivers-plastic-surgery-700-club-oprahs-chasidim-show-1328646652/ http://www.jewpi.com/sandler-and-samberg-on-fallon-joan-rivers-plastic-surgery-700-club-oprahs-chasidim-show-1328646652/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:30:52 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/sandler-and-samberg-on-fallon-joan-rivers-plastic-surgery-700-club-oprahs-chasidim-show-1328646652/ SIX DEGREES (NO BACON) | JEWISH CELEBRITY ROUNDUP NEW YORK (6nobacon.com) — The post-Super Bowl “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” featured Adam Sandler and Andy Samberg . Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/state-dept-advising-modest-dress-in-some-jerusalem-neighborhoods-1328640125/ http://www.jewpi.com/state-dept-advising-modest-dress-in-some-jerusalem-neighborhoods-1328640125/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:42:05 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/state-dept-advising-modest-dress-in-some-jerusalem-neighborhoods-1328640125/ (JTA) — The U.S. State Department in revised travel recommendations on Jerusalem advises visitors to “dress appropriately when visiting the Old City and ultra-orthodox Jewish neighborhoods. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/ss-surgical-tools-going-on-auction-block-1328635266/ http://www.jewpi.com/ss-surgical-tools-going-on-auction-block-1328635266/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:21:06 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/ss-surgical-tools-going-on-auction-block-1328635266/ (JTA) — A box of surgical tools owned by the commandant of the Theresienstadt concentration camp is set to be auctioned. The wooden box of medical instruments going up for sale Feb. 11 belonged to SS Major Anton Burger, who helped turn the camp into a showcase for the Nazis during visits by the Red [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/a-deaf-indonesian-12-year-old-is-not-your-typical-bat-mitzvah-1328634621/ http://www.jewpi.com/a-deaf-indonesian-12-year-old-is-not-your-typical-bat-mitzvah-1328634621/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:10:21 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/a-deaf-indonesian-12-year-old-is-not-your-typical-bat-mitzvah-1328634621/ NEW YORK (JTA) — This wasn’t your typical bat mitzvah. It took place in Jakarta, Indonesia, a majority Muslim country with an Jewish community that is thought to number in the double digits. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/israelis-investigated-for-drug-trafficking-in-colombia-1328634036/ http://www.jewpi.com/israelis-investigated-for-drug-trafficking-in-colombia-1328634036/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:00:36 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/israelis-investigated-for-drug-trafficking-in-colombia-1328634036/ JERUSALEM (JTA) — At least eight Israelis described as former military personnel are being investigated for drug trafficking in Colombia. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/judge-orders-nazi-looted-painting-returned-to-jewish-heirs-1328625013/ http://www.jewpi.com/judge-orders-nazi-looted-painting-returned-to-jewish-heirs-1328625013/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:30:13 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/judge-orders-nazi-looted-painting-returned-to-jewish-heirs-1328625013/ (JTA) — A U.S. federal judge has ordered a painting seized from a Florida museum where it was on loan returned to the heirs of its former Jewish owner. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/international-court-germany-need-not-grant-pension-to-slave-laborer-1328623690/ http://www.jewpi.com/international-court-germany-need-not-grant-pension-to-slave-laborer-1328623690/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:08:10 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/international-court-germany-need-not-grant-pension-to-slave-laborer-1328623690/ BERLIN (JTA) – The International Court of Justice in The Hague has overturned an Italian ruling that would have forced Germany to pay a pension to an Italian former slave laborer for the Nazis. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/state-department-warns-travelers-to-dress-modestly-in-jerusalem-1328623213/ http://www.jewpi.com/state-department-warns-travelers-to-dress-modestly-in-jerusalem-1328623213/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:13 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/state-department-warns-travelers-to-dress-modestly-in-jerusalem-1328623213/ (JTA) — The U.S. State Department has revised its travel recommendations for tourists to Israel, advising travelers to dress modestly or risk getting attacked. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/jerusalem-monastery-arab-jewish-school-attacked-1328622492/ http://www.jewpi.com/jerusalem-monastery-arab-jewish-school-attacked-1328622492/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:48:12 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/jerusalem-monastery-arab-jewish-school-attacked-1328622492/ JERUSALEM (JTA) — Graffiti attacks against non-Jewish targets have continued in Israel, this time at a Jewish-Arab bilingual school and a Christian monastery. “Death to Arabs” and “Kahane was right” was painted on the Hand in Hand Center for Jewish-Arab Education elementary school in Jerusalem on Tuesday morning. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/girls-faces-blurred-in-toy-store-ad-in-beit-shemsh-1328620212/ http://www.jewpi.com/girls-faces-blurred-in-toy-store-ad-in-beit-shemsh-1328620212/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:10:12 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/girls-faces-blurred-in-toy-store-ad-in-beit-shemsh-1328620212/ JERUSALEM (JTA) — The faces of young girls modeling Purim costumes in a toy store ad have been blurred in haredi Orthodox newspapers in Beit Shemesh. In response, consumers have been urged to boycott the toy store chain, Ynet reported. The chain, Red Pirate, said the ads were altered without its knowledge. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/whether-a-bed-or-help-figuring-out-what-to-do-in-one-some-kosher-options-for-valentines-day-1328571019/ http://www.jewpi.com/whether-a-bed-or-help-figuring-out-what-to-do-in-one-some-kosher-options-for-valentines-day-1328571019/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:30:19 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/whether-a-bed-or-help-figuring-out-what-to-do-in-one-some-kosher-options-for-valentines-day-1328571019/ LOS ANGELES (JTA) — On Valentine’s Day, for a people tasked in the Bible with being fruitful and multiplying, what goods are good for the Jews? Perhaps sex toys from an Orthodox-oriented website that are not supposed to make you blush? Or maybe your Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/jewish-leaders-pledge-to-reduce-greenhouse-gases-1328570437/ http://www.jewpi.com/jewish-leaders-pledge-to-reduce-greenhouse-gases-1328570437/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:20:37 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/jewish-leaders-pledge-to-reduce-greenhouse-gases-1328570437/ (JTA) — Fifty Jewish leaders signed a pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in advance of Tu b’Shvat. The communal leaders and rabbis from the Conservative, Orthodox, Reconstructionist, Reform and Renewal movements on Monday signed The Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life’s “Jewish Environment and Energy Imperative” declaration. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/proposal-calls-for-righteous-gentiles-day-in-poland-1328543429/ http://www.jewpi.com/proposal-calls-for-righteous-gentiles-day-in-poland-1328543429/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:50:29 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/proposal-calls-for-righteous-gentiles-day-in-poland-1328543429/ PRAGUE (JTA) — Jewish and historical groups in Poland have called for a day to be devoted to Poles who helped Jews during the Holocaust. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/boteach-declares-intent-to-run-for-congress-1328542809/ http://www.jewpi.com/boteach-declares-intent-to-run-for-congress-1328542809/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:40:09 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/boteach-declares-intent-to-run-for-congress-1328542809/ (JTA) — Rabbi Shmuley Boteach has sent a letter declaring his intent to run for Congress in New Jersey’s newly formed 9th District. Boteach sent the letter of intent to the offices of the Bergen County Republican Organization by the Jan. 31 deadline. But he has not decided definitively to run, the New Jersey Jewish [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/bishop-eddie-long-apologizes-for-torah-scroll-ceremony-1328539207/ http://www.jewpi.com/bishop-eddie-long-apologizes-for-torah-scroll-ceremony-1328539207/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:40:07 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/bishop-eddie-long-apologizes-for-torah-scroll-ceremony-1328539207/ (JTA) — Baptist Bishop Eddie Long has apologized for a church service in which he was wrapped in a Torah scroll and called a king. Last week during a service at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Ga. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/obama-u-s-and-israel-in-lockstep-on-iran-1328486524/ http://www.jewpi.com/obama-u-s-and-israel-in-lockstep-on-iran-1328486524/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:02:04 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/obama-u-s-and-israel-in-lockstep-on-iran-1328486524/ WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Obama said Israel and the United States will work in “lockstep” to keep Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. In a pre-Super Bowl interview on NBC on Sunday, Obama discounted reports that Israel was getting ready to strike Iran. “I don’t think that Israel has made a decision on what they [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/american-ngo-workers-indicted-in-egypt-1328481019/ http://www.jewpi.com/american-ngo-workers-indicted-in-egypt-1328481019/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:30:19 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/american-ngo-workers-indicted-in-egypt-1328481019/ (JTA) — Forty-three employees of NGOs in Egypt, including 19 Americans, have been charged with using foreign funds to incite violence in the country. Sam LaHood, the son of U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, reportedly is one of the American NGO employees whose case has been referred to a criminal trial in Egypt. Read More [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/anti-arab-graffiti-sprayed-on-west-bank-home-1328479813/ http://www.jewpi.com/anti-arab-graffiti-sprayed-on-west-bank-home-1328479813/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:10:13 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/anti-arab-graffiti-sprayed-on-west-bank-home-1328479813/ JERUSALEM (JTA) — Invective against Arabs was spray-painted on a home in a West Bank village. “Death to the Arabs” and the names of several Israeli unauthorized outposts demolished or set to be demolished were sprayed on a home in Al-Jeniya. Other graffiti included the words “revenge” and “Mohammed is a pig. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/madonna-reportedly-to-launch-world-tour-in-israel-1328479086/ http://www.jewpi.com/madonna-reportedly-to-launch-world-tour-in-israel-1328479086/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:58:06 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/madonna-reportedly-to-launch-world-tour-in-israel-1328479086/ JERUSALEM (JTA) — International pop star Madonna reportedly will launch her new world tour in Israel. The concert tour for Madonna’s new MDNA album will begin May 31 at Ramat Gan Stadium near Tel Aviv, The Jerusalem Post reported Sunday, in advance of her Super Bowl halftime show. Fan websites have been publishing the rumor [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/russia-china-block-u-n-security-council-syria-resolution-1328478606/ http://www.jewpi.com/russia-china-block-u-n-security-council-syria-resolution-1328478606/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:50:06 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/russia-china-block-u-n-security-council-syria-resolution-1328478606/ (JTA) — Russia and China blocked approval of a U.N. Security Council resolution that would have backed an Arab League peace plan for Syria. The 13-2 vote Saturday in favor of the resolution was stymied by the two permanent members of the Security Council. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/french-railroad-hands-over-wwii-era-archives-1328476213/ http://www.jewpi.com/french-railroad-hands-over-wwii-era-archives-1328476213/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:10:13 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/french-railroad-hands-over-wwii-era-archives-1328476213/ (JTA) — SNCF, the French national railroad, has handed over digital copies of hits World War II–era archives. The documents were transferred to Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington and the Shoah Memorial in Paris, SNCF said Feb. 3 in a statement. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/after-string-of-foiled-plots-concerns-mount-over-iranian-backed-terror-1328475510/ http://www.jewpi.com/after-string-of-foiled-plots-concerns-mount-over-iranian-backed-terror-1328475510/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:58:30 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/after-string-of-foiled-plots-concerns-mount-over-iranian-backed-terror-1328475510/ Photos 1 out of 1 Other Media A poster campaign sponsored in part by the Jewish community’s Security Community Network urges Jews to keep an eye out for suspicious objects. U.S. intelligence officials are saying the likelihood of an Iranian-backed attack on U.S. soil has increased. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/special-nevada-caucus-participants-sign-religious-declaration-1328465296/ http://www.jewpi.com/special-nevada-caucus-participants-sign-religious-declaration-1328465296/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:08:16 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/special-nevada-caucus-participants-sign-religious-declaration-1328465296/ (JTA) — Participants in a special Saturday night Republican caucus in Nevada were required to sign a legal declaration stating they could not attend their regular caucus due to their “religious belief. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/netanyahu-to-address-aipac-as-iran-speculation-intensifies-1328462411/ http://www.jewpi.com/netanyahu-to-address-aipac-as-iran-speculation-intensifies-1328462411/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:20:11 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/netanyahu-to-address-aipac-as-iran-speculation-intensifies-1328462411/ WASHINGTON (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he will address the AIPAC policy conference as speculation grows about how the United States and Israel will tackle Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons program. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/egypts-gas-pipeline-to-israel-attacked-for-12th-time-1328461217/ http://www.jewpi.com/egypts-gas-pipeline-to-israel-attacked-for-12th-time-1328461217/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:00:17 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/egypts-gas-pipeline-to-israel-attacked-for-12th-time-1328461217/ JERUSALEM (JTA) — Egypt’s gas pipeline to Israel was attacked for the 12th time in the last year. Sunday’s attack near El Arish in the northern Sinai Peninsula came after masked gunmen planted explosives under the pipeline, security officials told AFP, the French Press Agency. The pipeline also supplies gas to Jordan. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/extreme-winter-weather-harms-elderly-jews-in-eastern-europe-1328460619/ http://www.jewpi.com/extreme-winter-weather-harms-elderly-jews-in-eastern-europe-1328460619/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:50:19 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/extreme-winter-weather-harms-elderly-jews-in-eastern-europe-1328460619/ (JTA) — The American Joint Distribution Committee has had to mobilize extra assistance in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union in the wake of extreme winter weather. An emergency winter response system was activated to provide additional care to tens of thousands of Jewish elderly, and young families. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/hungarian-political-leader-questions-holocaust-israel-1328458812/ http://www.jewpi.com/hungarian-political-leader-questions-holocaust-israel-1328458812/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:20:12 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/hungarian-political-leader-questions-holocaust-israel-1328458812/ (JTA) — A leader of Hungary’s far-right, anti-Semitic Jobbik Party questioned the Holocaust and claimed that Jews were colonizing Hungary, in an interview with Britain’s Jewish Chronicle. Marton Gyongyosi, deputy leader and foreign affairs spokesman for Jobbik, also told the Jewish Chronicle in an article published Feb. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/anti-semitic-hungarian-writer-and-politician-istvan-csurka-dies-1328455684/ http://www.jewpi.com/anti-semitic-hungarian-writer-and-politician-istvan-csurka-dies-1328455684/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:28:04 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/anti-semitic-hungarian-writer-and-politician-istvan-csurka-dies-1328455684/ (JTA) – Istvan Csurka, a far-right Hungarian writer and politician who was notorious for his anti-Semitism, has died. His family announced his death of an undisclosed illness at the age of 77 on Saturday. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/u-s-jewish-israeli-institutions-on-high-alert-fearing-iranian-attack-1328455210/ http://www.jewpi.com/u-s-jewish-israeli-institutions-on-high-alert-fearing-iranian-attack-1328455210/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:20:10 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/u-s-jewish-israeli-institutions-on-high-alert-fearing-iranian-attack-1328455210/ (JTA) — Jewish and Israeli institutions in the Unites States are on high alert over concerns that Iran or its proxy will target them, a U.S. news network reported. The precautions were put into place by the institutions, ABC reported Feb. 3, citing an Israeli internal security document. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/jewish-newspaper-assails-bds-conference-for-disinviting-reporter-1328311212/ http://www.jewpi.com/jewish-newspaper-assails-bds-conference-for-disinviting-reporter-1328311212/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:20:12 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/jewish-newspaper-assails-bds-conference-for-disinviting-reporter-1328311212/ NEW YORK (JTA) — Philadelphia’s Jewish newspaper is in a flap with organizers of a boycott, divestment and sanctions conference over the disinvitation of one of its reporters from the event. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/israeli-incentive-program-does-not-include-settlements-1328301860/ http://www.jewpi.com/israeli-incentive-program-does-not-include-settlements-1328301860/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:44:20 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/israeli-incentive-program-does-not-include-settlements-1328301860/ WASHINGTON (JTA) — An Israeli program that offers incentives to move to outlying areas does not include West Bank settlements. The Cabinet on Sunday approved a list of 550 areas in outlying or poor areas to be included in an incentive program to draw residents to such areas. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/komen-reverses-course-on-planned-parenthood-but-supporters-still-hurting-1328301023/ http://www.jewpi.com/komen-reverses-course-on-planned-parenthood-but-supporters-still-hurting-1328301023/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:30:23 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/komen-reverses-course-on-planned-parenthood-but-supporters-still-hurting-1328301023/ Photos 1 out of 1 Other Media Sen. Joseph Lieberman participates in the Race for the Cure event in Jerusalem in 2010 with his wife Hadassah, left, and Komen founder Nancy Brinker. (Photo by U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv) NEW YORK (JTA) — It took just hours for the protests against Susan G. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/khamenei-iran-prepared-to-assist-those-who-confront-israel-1328300291/ http://www.jewpi.com/khamenei-iran-prepared-to-assist-those-who-confront-israel-1328300291/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:18:11 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/khamenei-iran-prepared-to-assist-those-who-confront-israel-1328300291/ (JTA) — Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameini said his country is prepared to assist those who would confront Israel and the United States. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/senate-bill-would-target-iranian-bank-transactions-1328296815/ http://www.jewpi.com/senate-bill-would-target-iranian-bank-transactions-1328296815/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:20:15 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/senate-bill-would-target-iranian-bank-transactions-1328296815/ WASHINGTON (JTA) — The U.S. Senate Banking Committee approved a bill that would effectively cut Iran off from international banking transactions. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/polls-jordanians-and-palestinians-strongly-negative-toward-jews-1328293112/ http://www.jewpi.com/polls-jordanians-and-palestinians-strongly-negative-toward-jews-1328293112/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:18:32 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/polls-jordanians-and-palestinians-strongly-negative-toward-jews-1328293112/ WASHINGTON (JTA) — Polls showed overwhelmingly negative feelings for Israel and Jews among Jordanians and Lebanese. The polls commissioned by The Israel Project in November and December and published Thursday showed 94 percent negatives for Israel and 99 percent negatives for Jews among Jordanians, and 100 percent negatives for Israel and 99. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/pew-poll-suggests-jewish-shift-to-gop-1328292606/ http://www.jewpi.com/pew-poll-suggests-jewish-shift-to-gop-1328292606/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:10:06 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/pew-poll-suggests-jewish-shift-to-gop-1328292606/ WASHINGTON (JTA) — A survey suggested a shift toward Republicans in party identification among Jews. The survey, published Thursday by the Pew Forum on Religion and Life, showed an overall shift to the GOP among various religious groups. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/the-weekly-sizzle-jewish-celebrity-roundup-jan-28-feb-3-2012-1328290949/ http://www.jewpi.com/the-weekly-sizzle-jewish-celebrity-roundup-jan-28-feb-3-2012-1328290949/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:42:29 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/the-weekly-sizzle-jewish-celebrity-roundup-jan-28-feb-3-2012-1328290949/ Jewish Super Bowl ads, Mel Gibson approached by a synagogue, Mark Cuban kitty investment, Fran Drescher abducted by Aliens, Pauly Shore’s birthday haiku Each week, 6 Degrees No Bacon, the Jewish celebrity blog(www.6nobacon.com), brings you the “Weekly Sizzle,” the six most interesting stories that involved Jewish celebrities or Jewish stories. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/komen-backs-down-on-planned-parenthood-1328289850/ http://www.jewpi.com/komen-backs-down-on-planned-parenthood-1328289850/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:24:10 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/komen-backs-down-on-planned-parenthood-1328289850/ NEW YORK (JTA) — Susan G. Komen for the Cure has backed down from its decision not to fund Planned Parenthood. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/jewish-indiana-jones-pleads-guilty-in-torah-fraud-case-1328288891/ http://www.jewpi.com/jewish-indiana-jones-pleads-guilty-in-torah-fraud-case-1328288891/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:08:11 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/jewish-indiana-jones-pleads-guilty-in-torah-fraud-case-1328288891/ (Baltimore Jewish Times) — Rabbi Menachem Youlus, who was dubbed the “Jewish Indiana Jones” for his remarkable tales of rescuing Holocaust-era Torah scrolls, pleaded guilty to fraud. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/australian-broadcaster-rejects-promise-complaints-1328282069/ http://www.jewpi.com/australian-broadcaster-rejects-promise-complaints-1328282069/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:14:29 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/australian-broadcaster-rejects-promise-complaints-1328282069/ SYDNEY, Australia (JTA) – An Australian TV broadcaster rejected complaints from Jewish groups that a controversial series “endorses and reinforces demeaning stereotypes about Jews. Read More »]]> 0