Jews Urged Not To Wear Religious Symbols In Public

Attack on the Israeli Embassy in Denmark a few weeks ago.

Israeli and Jewish officials in Denmark are urging local Jews not to wear identifying religious in public, due troubling rise in anti-Semitic incidents. This comes during the holiday of Chanukah whose main premise is to spread the light and message.

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Walmart and MK Team Up to Celebrate Chanukah

This year, the Walmart on Jean-Talon in Montreal is going all out to give its Jewish customers a Chanukah treat. Centrally located just off Decarie, between the de Vimy neighbourhood and Cote-St-Luc/Hampstead, Walmart recognizes that the Jewish community of Montreal forms an important part of their customer base. Together with the MK-Canada’s Kosher Certifier, this is Walmart’s way of saying “thank you” for their patronage.

Jacob Kolton, 88, had a Profound Impact on Others

Jacob Kolton sings at an event at Chabad-Lubavitch of Essex County, N.J. On the right is Rabbi Mendy Kasowitz, director.

Jacob Kolton, a Holocaust survivor who moved thousands with his story of a renewed faith late in life despite the atrocities he endured, died last month in New Jersey. He was 88.

War on Chanukah Rages at Tony E. Side Building

Beekman Place, a two block stretch, is one of New York City’s most exclusive neighborhoods.

Forget the War On xmas, a building on the East Side has become ground zero for the War On Hanukkah. The board of 2 Beekman Pl. has refused a resident’s pleas for a menorah in the lobby to accompany the co-op’s elegant nine-foot tree.

Dinner Celebrates Community Members’ Ordination

Former Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, spent a celebratory weekend in Chicago December 1 and 2, officiating at the rabbinic ordination of 14 community members on Saturday evening, and then and addressing the greater Chicago Jewish community on Sunday in a speech that drew a crowd of nearly 1,000.

German Parliament Passes Bill to Protect Bris Milah

by Karen Schwartz – Chabad.org

The Bundestag, Germany’s lower house of Parliament, passed the final version of the circumcision bill today by a vote of 438 to 100.

Religious circumcision is again legal in Germany after the Bundestag, Germany’s lower house of Parliament, passed the final version of a circumcision bill today by a vote of 438 to 100. The upper house of Parliament passed the draft law in October, and the final vote means the right to religious circumcision is now guaranteed. A court in Cologne previously ruled it a criminal act.