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January 13, 2011

Boycott campaign targets Israeli goods in Canada

Jewish Journal January 13, 2011

Calls for a boycott of Israeli-made beauty products in Canada again have kick-started Jewish counter efforts. Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, a pro-Palestinian coalition, has launched a boycott campaign against stores selling the popular Ahava line of Dead Sea beauty products. On its website, the coalition charges that Ahava \”is economically linked to Israel\’s occupation of the Palestinian territories,\” and that almost 45 percent of the company is owned by \”two illegal Israeli colonies\” near the Dead Sea.

Jewish groups join faith call for civility

Jewish Journal January 13, 2011

Jewish faith leaders joined a call for soul searching in the wake of the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. \”This tragedy has spurred a sorely needed time of soul searching and national public dialogue about violent and vitriolic political rhetoric,\” said the open letter to Congress signed by 50 Muslim, Jewish and Christian leaders appearing Thursday in Roll Call, a newspaper that covers Congress. \”We strongly support this reflection, as we are deeply troubled that rancor, threats and incivility have become commonplace in our public debates.\”

Blame real inciters, not Palin and Tea Parties

Jewish Journal January 13, 2011

Extreme rhetoric can inspire extreme behavior, even violence. But there isn\’t a shred of evidence that anything that anyone on the political right — or left — said or wrote inspired Jared Lee Loughner to launch his deadly rampage in Arizona. Within hours of the shooting, before the blood had been washed off the Tucson sidewalk, New York Times Op-Ed columnist Paul Krugman was claiming that \”McCain-Palin rallies\” in 2008 and unspecified comments made by \”the likes of Glenn Beck and Bill O\’Reilly\” incited the massacre. Former Florida congressman Alan Grayson claimed that a map on Sarah Palin\’s website, with target symbols over various election districts, was what caused the bloodshed in Arizona. He and other blame-meisters on the left also have pointed accusing fingers at the Tea Parties, Fox News, and a laundry list of people and parties to the right.

Complaint filed over Al Jazeera producer’s security check

Jewish Journal January 13, 2011

After a pregnant Al Jazeera producer was asked to remove her bra during a security check, the Foreign Press Association in Israel is threatening to boycott news briefings. Najwan Simri Diab underwent a security check Tuesday in order to attend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\’s annual briefing with the foreign press in Jerusalem. She said she was taken aside and asked first to remove her coat and her shirt, and then her bra, or she would not be permitted to attend the event.

Israeli troops go on alert amid Lebanon’s political turmoil

Jewish Journal January 13, 2011

Israeli troops on the border with Lebanon went on high alert following the collapse of Lebanon\’s government. No additional reservists have been called up, however, according to reports. Military officials reportedly are concerned that Hezbollah, whose exit from the government caused its collapse, would initiate a disturbance on its border with Israel in order to deflect attention from the political crisis.

E. Jerusalem apartments staying in Jewish hands

Jewish Journal January 13, 2011

An Israeli supermarket magnate will develop a Jewish apartment complex in an Arab neighborhood of eastern Jerusalem after its contractor ran into debt problems. About one-quarter of 400 planned Jewish-only apartments had been built in the Nof Zion complex in the Jebl Mukaber neighborhood of eastern Jerusalem when the contractor, Digal Investments, was forced to put the rest of the project up for sale. Israeli businessman Rami Levy and his Australian Jewish partner Kevin Bermeister made a surprise offer Sunday to buy the rest of project.

Rabbinic group rejects proposal to admit women

Jewish Journal January 13, 2011

A liberal Orthodox rabbinic group in the United States voted down a proposal to admit women members. The International Rabbinic Fellowship, founded by Rabbis Avi Weiss and Marc Angel of New York, voted down by what is being called \”a close vote\” a proposal to admit women as full or limited members, The New York Jewish Week reported. The Dec. 20 vote came after what the president of the organization, Rabbi Barry Gelman of Houston, told The Jewish Week was a “wonderfully healthy and passionate discussion.”

Record numbers visit Auschwitz

Jewish Journal January 13, 2011

The Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp attracted a record number of visitors in 2010. Some 1.38 million people visited the site in southern Poland, up from 1.3 million in 2009, the Auschwitz memorial museum announced Wednesday. More than a half-million Poles visited the site, as well as 84,000 British citizens, 74,000 Italians, 68,000 Germans and 63,000 French nationals, according to a statement released by the museum. About 59,000 Israeli visitors came to the site.

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