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February 1, 2011

Senate Dems press GOP on Paul’s call to cut aid

Jewish Journal February 1, 2011

Senate Democrats urged Republicans to reject a colleague\’s call for an end to foreign aid, including aid to Israel. \”Both Republicans and Democrats are committed to reining in the federal deficit, but assistance to Israel is not a matter of \’pork barrel spending,\’ \” said the letter sent Tuesday to the GOP chairmen of the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations and Budget committees, respectively Rep. Hal Rogers of Kentucky and Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin. \”Rather U.S. foreign aid to Israel demonstrates America\’s rock-solid commitment to ensuring Israel\’s right to exist.\”

Dilemma of pro-Israel groups: To talk Egypt or not?

Jewish Journal February 1, 2011

As Egypt convulses, pro-Israel groups and U.S. Congress members are seized by the ancient maternal dilemma: If you have nothing nice to say, should you say anything at all? The question of whether to stake a claim in the protests against 30 years of President Hosni Mubarak’s autocracy is a key one for the pro-Israel lobby and pro-Israel lawmakers because of the role they have played in making Egypt one of the greatest beneficiaries of U.S. aid.

Accused Nazi dies before denaturalization trial

Jewish Journal February 1, 2011

A retiree living near Seattle, Wash., accused of committing genocide and other crimes as a Nazi officer during World War II died a month before his denaturalization trial. Peter Egner, 88, died last week in an assisted-living community in Bellevue, Reuters reported Monday, citing a facility representative who did not give her name. Egner, a Yugoslavia native, is accused of joining in April 1941 the Nazi-controlled Security Police and Security Service in German-occupied Belgrade, a Nazi mobile killing unit that participated in the mass murder of more than 17,000 Serbian civilians during World War II.

Arsonists strike Tunisian synagogue

Jewish Journal February 1, 2011

The Torah scrolls at a Tunisian synagogue were burned in a fire reportedly set by arsonists. The synagogue in the southern Gabes region was set ablaze Monday night. Jewish community leader Perez Trabelsi told the French news agency AFP about the scrolls and criticized police for not stopping the attack. \”I condemn this action and I believe those who did it want to create divisions between Jews and Muslims in Tunisia who have lived for decades in peace,\” Trabelsi told Reuters.

Montana inmate sues for kosher food

Jewish Journal February 1, 2011

An inmate in Montana Women\’s Prison is suing the state corrections office and prison officials for not providing her with kosher food. Shelley Tischler claimed in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Billings, Mont., that she is Jewish and eats kosher food. She claims that prison officials are denying her kosher food, and that fellow inmates and prison staff are directing slurs about her Jewish faith at her, according to The Billings Gazette.

Obama urges Mubarak not to run again

Jewish Journal February 1, 2011

President Obama reportedly urged Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak not to run for office again. The New York Times, the Al Arabiya news network and other media quoted U.S. officials on Tuesday as saying that Obama relayed the message through Frank Wisner, a former U.S. diplomat. Egyptian presidential elections are slated for September.

The ring’s the thing: Ex-Steeler Randy ‘The Rabbi’ Grossman recalls glory days

Jewish Journal February 1, 2011

For ex-Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Randy Grossman, being nicknamed \”The Rabbi\” was inevitable. “The fellow who pretty much nicknamed everyone was Dwight White, who recently passed away,\” Grossman said of the outstanding lineman from the Steel Curtain defense of the 1970s. \”He and I were locker neighbors and, yeah, what are you gonna call a white kid from Philadelphia who’s Jewish? Sparky?”

Haley Barbour the latest GOP hopeful heading to Israel

Jewish Journal February 1, 2011

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, a likely candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, will visit Israel. The Republican Jewish Coalition announced Tuesday that it would host Barbour in Israel Feb. 5-9. The RJC has hosted Barber in 1994, when he chaired the Republican National Committee. He will be the third potential Republican 2012 presidential candidate to visit Israel in recent weeks. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney visited Jan 13-14; ex-Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is currently touring the country.

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