A Jewish doctor was murdered on Saturday in his house in Lviv, Ukraine. Dr. Leon Freifeld, 60, was a senior orthopedic surgeon, a university professor and a prominent member of the Lviv community.
Hartford police are trying to find the vandals who overturned nearly 40 gravestones at a Jewish Cemetery. Police say the headstones at the Congregation Ados Beth Israel Cemetery off Tower Avenue and Waverly Street were damaged sometime between Oct. 12 and Oct. 19. The vandalism was discovered by a congregation member who regularly visits his son’s grave.
The iconic River Café on the Brooklyn waterfront in DUMBO — famous for its floating-barge dining room that offers sweeping views of lower Manhattan — discriminates against Jews dressed in religious garb by requiring them to pay a minimum of $25 per person to sit at the bar, according to one current and one former employee.
Police have arrested two young men in relation to the desecration of Jewish graves with anti-Semitic messages at a central Auckland, New Zealand cemetery.
A kosher restaurant that bills itself as “Montreal’s premier steakhouse and sushi bar” was firebombed early this morning.
Last night’s presidential debate was held in Long Island’s Nassau County, so it’s not surprising that Jews would be represented among the folks asking questions.
With sadness we inform you of the passing last night of Reb Shmuel Kunda, OBM, following a lengthy illness. Many of us grew up listening to his popular Jewish story tapes, including: When Zaidy Was Young and The Magic Yarmulka.
One of the most visible and outspoken Jewish politicians in United States history passed away, taking with him a quixotic voting record that defied labels. But on the issues of religious freedom and Israel’s right to self-defense, say leaders of American Jewish organizations, former Sen. Arlen Specter – who lost a long battle with non-Hodgkins lymphoma Sunday at the age of 82 – left little doubt as to his positions.
All education is valuable, but an ORT education is transformational. Just ask Nell Racabi in Israel and Yosef Abrahamson in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Though half a world apart, their lives have changed forever, due in part to the power of ORT’s educational resources.
The latest IBD/TIPP 2012 Presidential Election Daily Tracking Poll shows Mitt Romney leading President Obama among likely Jewish voters by 4 points, with 44% of the vote versus 40% for Obama and 16% undecided. A lead for a Republican candidate among Jews would be a first in modern history.
Several Jewish organizations and three rabbis filed suit today against the New York City Department of Health (DOH) seeking an injunction against regulations that would illegally inhibit and unfairly criticize a form of circumcision that has been safely practiced by Jewish people across the world for thousands of years.
After months of debate, today the German cabinet decided to introduce new legislation which would clearly enable and support the religious practice of circumcision.
An explosive device was set off outside a Jewish community center in Malmo, Sweden late on Thursday night. Nobody was hurt in the blast, but the building sustained damage.
Egyptian-American anti-Israel activist Mona Eltahawy was arrested on Tuesday evening on charges of criminal mischief misdemeanor for defacing a pro-Israel advertisement at a Times Square subway station, according to the New York Post.
In advance of the weeklong Jewish festival of Sukkot, the Transportation and Security Administration reminded its airport screeners and the travelling public that Jewish travelers may carry the Four Species – a palm branch, myrtle twigs, willow branches, and a citron fruit known in Hebrew as an etrog – through security checkpoints and onboard planes.
Close to 80 Danish Jews travelled to Malmo, Sweden in solidarity with the city’s Jewish community and in protest of anti-Semitic attacks there.
The parents of slain 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky have a new baby girl. The infant was born Friday morning at Maimonides Hospital to Nachman and Esther Kletzky, a family friend revealed.
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