Jewish Religion and Thought
“The people of the Middle East want peace with Israel and for the leadership to promote it,” says Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem Rabbi Shlomo Amar during a rare visit to the Gulf state.
The neighborhood watch group Shomrim said the victim, a judge in a Judaic court, was left “on the pavement, bleeding and dazed where he lay for several minutes” following the attack.
Military officials said numerical differences were due to changes in the army’s definition of who qualified as haredi.
Judge Jon Alander ordered Rabbi Daniel Greer, 79, to begin serving instead of being free on bond pending appeal.
Progressive Jewish groups blast U.S. political activist Linda Sarsour after she compares Zionism to white supremacy at an American Muslims for Palestine conference.
The unnamed rabbi was assaulted on Shabbat during a visit to the United Kingdom; he boarded a flight to Israel on Saturday night.
There is “no room for anti-Semitism in the halls of power,” Israeli President Reuven Rivlin tells Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom Ephraim Mirvis during a meeting in London.
Celebrated in Jerusalem both at the Western Wall and on the Haas-Sherover Promenade that overlooks the Old City, the Ethiopian Jewish event is a multi-generational gathering that attracts thousands from all over the country.
After being asked four times if he wanted to address anti-Semitism within the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn hedged, instead expressing his determination “that our society will be safe for people of all faiths.”
In a year of growing challenges for the Jewish people, with anti-Semitism increasing domestically and worldwide, the proceedings struck a defiant and positive tone, focusing on all the good that has been accomplished.
“Raising concerns about anti-Jewish racism in the context of a general election ranks among the most painful moments I have experienced since taking office,” says British Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis.
The IDF stepped up security in the area as an estimated 40,000 to 50,000 Jews converged on Hebron and adjacent Kiryat Arba to commemorate the first Jewish land purchase in Israel.
