Kosovo Jewish Cemetery Desecrated
Kosovo authorities are investigating the desecration Tuesday of a local Jewish cemetery. Swastikas and anti-Jewish slogans were sprayed on tombstones of this old cemetery which was restored less than six months ago.
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‘Kristallnacht’ in Highland Park, NJ; Man Arrested
NJ Star Ledger
A New Brunswick man was arrested today on charges of smashing windows at five Highland Park stores that were apparently targeted because they are owned by Jewish merchants.
Rockets Fired from Lebanon Land in Northern Isreal
File Photo: Damage from a Katyusha rocket in Kiryat Shmona, Israel
The IDF confirmed Monday night that at least three Katyusha rockets have exploded in the Western Galilee near the border with Lebanon. No injuries were reported, but several structures sustained damage.
CBS New York
Yocheved Lerner-Miller is one of the women pushing to join the Hatzalah ambulance service.
Most Orthodox Jewish women avoid touching men except direct relatives. They don’t sit next to men on buses or even at weddings. They have separate swimming hours at indoor pools. But for an emergency birth, Orthodox Jewish women will usually turn to the all-male volunteer ambulance corps known as Hatzolah.
NYC Jewish Women Want to Join Hatzalah
CBS New York
Yocheved Lerner-Miller is one of the women pushing to join the Hatzalah ambulance service.
Most Orthodox Jewish women avoid touching men except direct relatives. They don’t sit next to men on buses or even at weddings. They have separate swimming hours at indoor pools. But for an emergency birth, Orthodox Jewish women will usually turn to the all-male volunteer ambulance corps known as Hatzolah.
The Age
Jews in Australia faced 517 incidents of harassment or intimidation in the year to September 30, a 31 per cent rise from the year before, according to the Jewish community's annual report on anti-Semitism. “Put bluntly, in Australia this year, 10 times a week, every week, Jewish Australians were attacked or threatened,” report author Jeremy Jones said yesterday.
Anti-Semitism Rises 31% in Australia
The Age
Jews in Australia faced 517 incidents of harassment or intimidation in the year to September 30, a 31 per cent rise from the year before, according to the Jewish community’s annual report on anti-Semitism. “Put bluntly, in Australia this year, 10 times a week, every week, Jewish Australians were attacked or threatened,” report author Jeremy Jones said yesterday.
Coming Soon: Kosher Ham?
AP
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Israel’s chief rabbi Yona Metzger is bringing home the bacon. His office says it is primed to allow import of an organic goose grown in Spain that tastes like pork. Metzger says three non-Jewish chefs confirm its swinish flavor. Jewish dietary law strictly forbids eating pork. Metzger’s office says there is no Jewish injunction against eating goose, no matter what it tastes like, as long as it is slaughtered according to Jewish ritual.
Do we really need yet another edition and translation of the Torah? In this case, Yes. Rabbi Chaim Miller has blessed us with a profound gift, penetrating the surface layer of the Bible and revealing multiple layers of meaning, which range from personal to midrashic to mystical. Dip into this treasure trove, and your understanding of Torah will never be the same.
What Jewish Leaders are Saying about the Lifestyle Chumash
Do we really need yet another edition and translation of the Torah? In this case, Yes. Rabbi Chaim Miller has blessed us with a profound gift, penetrating the surface layer of the Bible and revealing multiple layers of meaning, which range from personal to midrashic to mystical. Dip into this treasure trove, and your understanding of Torah will never be the same.
Booze Ruse Offends Jews
NY Post
A city vodka manufacturer erected a billboard showing a dog in a yarmulke next to the slogan “Christmas quality, Hanukkah pricing” — prompting Jewish groups to demand that the sign come down.
Jerusalem Vaad Tznius Member Heading to Prison
Yeshiva World News
The High Court of Justice on Monday, 24 Cheshvan, rejected an appeal filed on behalf of Shmuel Weissfish, a member of the Geula neighborhood’s Vaad HaTznius. Shmuel was convicted of a number of acts of violence in targeting an area business that he deemed unsuitable. He was sentenced to two years imprisonment, which he will be beginning before Chanukah. In addition, he must reimburse the store’s owner for damage to the tune of 50,000 Shekels ($13,300).
Summer Has Only Just Begun for Fried, Lipa & Freilach
As we approach the Summer blossoming season in South America, what better way and who better to open the season with a musical tribute to some of the most influential Jewish organizations in South America?
Chief Rabbi Blames Apple for Selfish Society [Updated]
Telegraph
Lord Jonathon Sacks, Chief Rabbi of Great Britain.
Chief Rabbi of the UK Jonathon Sacks said that advertising only made shoppers aware of what they did not own, rather than feeling grateful for what they have.
Yeshiva World News
Rabbi Yoel Schwartz, a well-regarded expert on insect infestation in foods, has issued a warning regarding rice. Rav Schwartz reports there is a new insect infestation contaminating rice, telling Arutz 7 that packages of rice being sold in stores around Israel are indeed infected with this insect.
Water, Strawberries, Salmon… and Rice?
Yeshiva World News
Rabbi Yoel Schwartz, a well-regarded expert on insect infestation in foods, has issued a warning regarding rice. Rav Schwartz reports there is a new insect infestation contaminating rice, telling Arutz 7 that packages of rice being sold in stores around Israel are indeed infected with this insect.
Attempted Obama Assasin Had ‘Israel’ Tattoo
JTA
Left: Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez’s neck tattoo. Right: The White House.
A man arrested in an alleged shooting near the White House who has “Israel” tattooed on his neck was charged with attempting to assassinate President Obama.
NBC
The graffiti of the “Avenue J” sign comes less than a week after an anti-Semitic spree in the same Midwood neighborhood of Brooklyn.
The Brooklyn neighborhood targeted by anti-Semitic graffiti and arson last week is grappling with a new vandalism incident, this time at a subway station.
Ant-Semitism in Flatbush Continues Unabated
NBC
The graffiti of the “Avenue J” sign comes less than a week after an anti-Semitic spree in the same Midwood neighborhood of Brooklyn.
The Brooklyn neighborhood targeted by anti-Semitic graffiti and arson last week is grappling with a new vandalism incident, this time at a subway station.
Yeshiva World News, CHI
A Jewish woman was R”L murdered in Flatbush, on Tuesday morning. The horrific stabbing happened just after 1:00AM on Homecrest Avenue and Avenue U. She was rushed to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Horror: Jewish Woman Stabbed to Death in Flatbush
Yeshiva World News, CHI
A Jewish woman was R”L murdered in Flatbush, on Tuesday morning. The horrific stabbing happened just after 1:00AM on Homecrest Avenue and Avenue U. She was rushed to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
by Paul Berger - Forward
Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes claims to have arrested an unprecedented 89 men on child abuse charges in the ultra-Orthodox communities in Brooklyn over the past two years — but declines to provide any details backing up the numbers or to give the status of any of the cases.
Child Abuse Arrests Spike in Brooklyn. Or Do They?
by Paul Berger – Forward
Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes claims to have arrested an unprecedented 89 men on child abuse charges in the ultra-Orthodox communities in Brooklyn over the past two years — but declines to provide any details backing up the numbers or to give the status of any of the cases.
Herzliya Residents Concerned About New Youth Trend
Yeshiva World News
An urgent town hall meeting was held by the Herzliya PTA, attended by Mayor Yael German, permitting participants to express their concerns surrounding the alarming trend, an increasing number of the city’s teens are returning to the fold, beginning to observe Torah and Mitzvos. Also present was the deputy mayor, Tova Rafael. The event was not well attended according to a Kikar Shabbat report.
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