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Would a bris ban stand up in court?

L. MARTIN Nussbaum, a Colorado Springs-based attorney, suggests that the proposed San Francisco ban on circumcision flies in the face of constitutional guarantees and...

Sherman’s bill would preserve bris rights

WASHINGTON — US Rep. Brad Sherman will introduce a bill to prevent cities from banning male circumcision, the California lawmaker’s office said. Sherman’s bill, which...

Buenos Aires Jewry no longer afraid that Jewish candidacies will spark anti-Semitism

By Diego Melamed, JTA BUENOS AIRES —— Rabbi Sergio Bergman, already one of Buenos Aires’ most prominent spiritual leaders, has become one of the Argentine capital’s...

EJC lobbies against a unilateral, UN Palestine

BRUSSELS — The European Jewish Congress has contacted leaders on the continent in a bid to prevent recognition of a unilaterally declared Palestinian state in the UN....

Yale closes program on anti-Semitism

WASHINGTON — Did Yale’s program on anti-Semitism die a natural death from lack of academic vigor, as the university says? Should it have been saved, as two major...

The Jewish bail bondsman

WASHINGTON — AIPAC photo-ops? Check. Initiate and pass Iran divestment bill? Check. Pheasant-hunt fundraisers, sandbagging for flood protection and running a bail bonds...

US saves Netanyahu from choosing between two unpalatable options at UN

JERUSALEM — It was a sign that ties between the Obama and Netanyahu administrations remain strong despite the apparent tensions two weeks ago when the two leaders met...

ADL marks 70 years in region

IN 1941, a group of Denver Jewish leaders — led by Col. Melvin Schlesinger and including such notables as Lou Isaacson, A.B. Hirschfeld, Max Goldberg and Emmett Heitler...

Pakistani intelligence ordered Chabad attack

CHICAGO — A Pakistani government intelligence official directed terrorists to attack the Mumbai Chabad house in their November, 2008 rampage through the Indian city, a...

British Prime Minister David Cameron steps down from JNF

LONDON — A pro-Palestinian group is claiming responsibility for British Prime Minister David Cameron’s stepping down as a patron of the Jewish National Fund....