Meeting in London at a forum organized by the World Organization for Jews From Arab Countries and Justice for Jews From Arab Countries, Jewish representatives from 14 nations met for two days last week to create the steering committee for the International Campaign for Rights and Redress.
For visitors to Israel this summer, the disengagement from the Gaza Strip proved hard to ignore.
\”Everybody\’s orange,\” said Rebecca Kaminski, from Berlin, with a laugh, referring to the color adopted by the anti-disengagement activists. \”I\’m on the blue side, I guess.\”
Sitting on the beach in Netanya, the 22-year-old was working on her already impressive tan with a group of girlfriends, all students at a six-week summer ulpan, or Hebrew-language immersion course, in Kibbutz Mishmar Hasharon.
They have not been deterred from visiting Israel during its exit from the Gaza settlements and parts of the West Bank.
Londoners view tributes to victims of a wave of coordinated terror attacks that struck the city on July 7, 2005. The park, Russell Gardens, is near the site of a bus bombing that killed at least 13 people.
Jewish leaders have vowed they will work to combat any rise in racial tensions following the London bombings, amid fears that the attacks may lead to increased anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.
The backlash against the decision by a union of British university lecturers to sever ties with two Israeli universities began almost as soon as the controversial motion was passed.
Does edgy Jewish humor translate? The New York-based magazine Heeb is coming to England — but whether the United Kingdom\’s rather reserved Jewish population will appreciate the magazine\’s offbeat urban style remains to be seen.
The magazine\’s British launch was held recently at a plush theater in north London during a Jewish film festival, organized in association with the Jewish Community Centre for London.
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