An Israeli lawmaker told a delegation of American Jewish leaders that he would consult with Diaspora Jewry on issues involving conversion.\n
A swastika was discovered carved into a hallway bulletin board at a residence hall at the University of California, Davis.\n\nSunday night\’s discovery comes on the heels of five other swastikas that have been found on the campus in recent weeks, according to the university. The first was discovered carved on the door of a Jewish student\’s dorm room in late February; four more were spray-painted around campus earlier this month.\n
More than 70 years after its synagogue was destroyed by Nazi rioters, the German town of Herford dedicated a new Jewish house of worship.\n\nIn a ceremony Sunday, local and national Jewish leaders and clergy joined to unveil the new structure, which will serve the 106-member community — 90 percent are immigrants from the former Soviet Union.
Israel\’s Knesset passed a civil union bill, although it is expected to help only a small percentage of Israelis who do not want a religious wedding.\n\nThe bill introduced by the Yisrael Beiteinu party passed its second and third readings during a midnight vote Monday. The lawmakers\’ vote was 56-4; lawmakers from the religious Shas and United Torah Judaism parties opposed the bill and did not attend the vote.\n
Two haredi men were arrested after allegedly throwing chairs at women preparing to pray at the Western Wall.\n
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\’s youngest son won Israel\’s National Bible Contest.\n\nAvner Netanyahu, 15, will represent Israel in the International Bible Contest, which is held annually in Jerusalem on Israel\’s Independence Day.\n
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