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January 25, 2011

French railway working to clear Holocaust image

Jewish Journal January 25, 2011

A state-owned French railway company is trying to clear its tarnished reputation, marked for delivering thousands of Jews into the hands of the Nazis. Guillaume Pepy, president of the SNCF national railway, officially ceded a former industrial train station and patch of muddy rail lines to the northern Paris suburb of Bobigny, so the area can be made into a memorial for the 22,407 Jews who were deported to Nazi concentration camps from there. The gesture is one of many similar efforts recently by the company — and at least one government diplomat — since it has been under increased scrutiny following a bid last year for two multibillion-dollar contracts to build high-speed trains in Florida and California.

Rahm Emanuel’s name back on ballot, for now

Jewish Journal January 25, 2011

The Illinois Supreme Court ordered Rahm Emanuel\’s name back on the ballot for Chicago mayor. A day after a state appellate court panel ordered that Emanuel\’s name be removed from the ballot because he had not lived in the city for a year before the election, as stipulated by the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, the state\’s high court agreed to examine his appeal, based on already filed briefs, on an expedited basis. The court ordered that any ballots printed in the interim include his name, according to reports. Emanuel has spent the last two years living in Washington while serving as President Obama\’s White House chief of staff.

Soldier’s story highlights plight facing gay would-be converts in Israel

Jewish Journal January 25, 2011

The young would-be convert to Judaism with a gold Star of David pendant peeking through a buttoned shirt is still baffled by the summer afternoon he says he was called in and dismissed from an Israeli army conversion course for being gay. The 23-year old Y.B., as he asked to be identified, had not disclosed his sexual orientation to anyone in the course, but one of the rabbi instructors \”outed him\” to course administrators after presuming he was gay. \”I was in shock. I felt the color draining from my face,\” Y.B. told JTA. \”I left eyes full of tears and angry, asking myself, why are they doing this to me? I have a partner of six years who comes from a religiously observant home and we are there every Friday night for Shabbat. The family is accepting and loving. If they come from such a traditional place and accept us with love, why can\’t others?\”

Ackerman cuts off J Street

Jewish Journal January 25, 2011

U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman severed ties with J Street over its call on the Obama administration not to veto a U.N. Security Council resolution on settlements. \”After learning of J Street’s current public call for the Obama Administration to not veto a prospective U.N. Security Council resolution that, under the rubric of concern about settlement activity, would effectively and unjustly place the whole responsibility for the current impasse in the peace process on Israel, and — critically — would give fresh and powerful impetus to the effort to internationally isolate and delegitimize Israel, I’ve come to the conclusion that J Street is not an organization with which I wish to be associated,\” Ackerman (D-N.Y.) said in a statement Tuesday.

Debbie Friedman: She will be missed

Jewish Journal January 25, 2011

Composer, Jewish liturgist, singer-songwriter, prayer leader extraordinaire, member of the lgbt community–Debbie touched our lives in ways too many to count. It was Debbie Friedman who taught the liberal Jewish world to pray for healing and just as there were special prayers offered worldwide (including at BCC) over the last few days for her healing, so now will there be prayers offered with the intent to comfort the many who mourn her loss, and to bring her soul to rest under the wings of Shekhinah.

Wrong people convicted in Daniel Pearl murder, new report asserts

Tom Tugend January 25, 2011

The basic facts are known. Nine years ago, on Jan. 23, 2002, Pearl, the 38-year-old South Asia bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal, was kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan, while checking out leads on a terrorist network. While Pakistani and United States officials were still frantically scouring Karachi, a video came to light one month later, showing in gruesome detail that Pearl had been beheaded. In May 2002, Pearl’s dismembered body was discovered.

Excavation on Jerusalem tunnel sparks fears of violence

Jewish Journal January 25, 2011

Israeli officials fear the completion of an excavation project near the Temple Mount may spur violence by Palestinians. The Israel Antiquities Authority announced Tuesday that it had completed the excavation of an ancient tunnel that runs from the City of David in eastern Jerusalem to near the Temple Mount. Some Palestinians believe the project is an attempt to damage the Al Aksa Mosque; previous archeological projects in the area have led to rioting by Palestinians. Uzi Dahari, the Israel Antiquities Authority \’s deputy director, told Israel Radio on Tuesday that there was \”no intention of igniting interreligious tensions.\”

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