Torah too R-rated for some Chasidim, so they edited it
Jewish Journal
July 2, 2014
For some Chasidim, the Torah is too hot to handle.
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On the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act
Jewish Journal
July 2, 2014
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Rabbi David Saperstein, Director and Counsel of the Religious Action Center, (and long time national Board member of the NAACP and the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights) issued the following statement.
Israel said to accept U.S. offer in search for teens’ murderers
Jewish Journal
July 2, 2014
Israel accepted U.S. assistance in its search for the murderers of three kidnapped teenagers, U.S. deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes said.
Kerry condemns murder of Palestinian teen
Jewish Journal
July 2, 2014
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry condemned the murder of a Palestinian teen from eastern Jerusalem.
In Israel, mourning turns to anger and despair
Simone Wilson
July 2, 2014
When news broke in Israel at around 7:30 p.m. on June 30 that the dead bodies of the three kidnapped boys had been discovered in a field near to where they disappeared — after 18 days of Israel Defense Forces (IDF) searches, raids and arrests across the West Bank — grief blanketed the nation.
Discovery of Palestinian teen’s body spurs rioting in E. Jerusalem
Jewish Journal
July 2, 2014
The body of a Palestinian teenager was found in the Jerusalem Forest hours after he was reported kidnapped from an eastern Jerusalem neighborhood.
In full recording of teen’s emergency call, kidnappers heard celebrating
Jewish Journal
July 2, 2014
The full recording of the emergency call placed by one of three abducted teens, in which the kidnappers can be heard celebrating, was released.
After two weeks of hope, a community mourns slain Israeli teens
Jewish Journal
July 2, 2014
Only 18 days after joining together in a hopeful prayer vigil for three Israeli teenage boys abducted at a bus stop outside their school, 1,500 members of the Los Angeles Jewish community grieved together in a memorial service for the teens—Gilad Shaar, Eyal Yifrach, and Naftali Frenkel—whose bodies were found on June 30 in a field north of Hebron.
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