Swedish, Danish docs call for ban on bris
JTAJan 30, 2014
COPENHAGEN Large medical associations in Sweden and Denmark recommended banning non-medical circumcision of boys. In Sweden, the recommendation came in a resolution...
$100,000 to disabilities advocate
JTAJan 30, 2014
BOSTON The Boston-based Ruderman Family Foundation awarded Harvard University professor Michael Stein with its first Morton E. Ruderman Award in Inclusion. The...
UNESCO kills exhibit on Jewish tie to Israel
JTAJan 23, 2014
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed UNESCO, the cultural arm of the UN, for canceling the opening of an exhibition on the Jewish presence...
Making Judaism splashy in 2014
JTAJan 23, 2014
NEW YORK An Israel-based nonprofit boasts staff and board members from brand-name companies like Facebook and Disney. Its splashy fundraising video promises a...
Canada exuberantly pro-Israel
JTAJan 23, 2014
By Ron Csillag, JTA TORONTO — It took seven years, but one of Israels staunchest allies among world leaders has made his maiden voyage to the Jewish state....
A close aide to Sharon remembers
JTAJan 16, 2014
IN January, 1985, as a colonel in the Israeli Air Force, I was running a course for high-ranking officers of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), focused on lessons from...
Israel’s Defense Minister puts down Kerry
JTAJan 16, 2014
WASHINGTON The Israeli defense ministers reported description of US Secretary of State John Kerry as messianic and obsessive is offensive and inappropriate,...
NBA’s Tony Parker apologizes for anti-Semitic salute
JTAJan 09, 2014
PARIS NBA star Tony Parker has apologized for performing an anti-Semitic salute after a three-year-old photo was published in the French media. The photo shows...
Dutch soccer team ditches Israeli player for Abu Dhabi match
JTAJan 09, 2014
THE HAGUE A Dutch soccer team is facing criticism for playing in Abu Dhabi despite the emirates refusal to let in the teams Israeli defender. Two Dutch...
Hateful salutes in France
JTAJan 02, 2014
PARIS Amid a public debate in France over an allegedly anti-Semitic gesture, French media have published a photo of a man performing it outside the Toulouse school...
