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February 1, 2011

American rabbi sues Australian synagogue

Jewish Journal February 1, 2011

An American-born Orthodox rabbi is suing the board of an Australian synagogue for wrongful dismissal. Rabbi Yossi Engel, a Brooklyn, N.Y., native who served at the Adelaide Hebrew Congregation for seven years until his contract ended in 2006, is claiming more than $600,000 in compensation. Engel believes his termination was a breach of halachah, or Jewish law, which he says guarantees life tenure for rabbis.

Ireland’s Labor Party eyes Israel for economic inspiration

Jewish Journal February 1, 2011

One of the parties expected to form part of Ireland\’s next governing coalition is looking to Israel for economic inspiration. The left-leaning Labor party, which is second in the polls and expected to be the junior partner in Ireland\’s government following the Feb. 25 general election, has said Ireland should follow Israel\’s example of technology-led growth and development to help regain the competitiveness it has lost since the dot-com bubble burst a decade ago.

Brooklyn College reinstates adjunct professor

Jewish Journal February 1, 2011

Brooklyn College has rehired an adjunct professor whose academic work was said to be anti-Israel to teach a seminar on Middle East politics. Kristofer Petersen-Overton, 26, will teach the graduate-level course that begins Feb. 3, college President Karen Gould said in a statement issued Monday evening. Twenty students are registered for the course, The New York Times reported.\n

Grad rockets from Gaza strike Israel

Jewish Journal February 1, 2011

Rockets fired from the Gaza Strip struck southern Israel. Long-range Grad missiles fired Monday night struck the cities of Ofakim and Netivot. In Netivot, four people were treated for shock, and a parked car and a road were damaged when the rocket landed near a residential neighborhood.

‘Curly’s’ sidekick Nate Abrams a forgotten man in Packers’ lore

Jewish Journal February 1, 2011

You know the old saying: Behind every Hall of Fame football coach stands a 5-foot, 4-inch Jewish cattle dealer with good hands, a big heart and a \”Yiddishe kop.\” For Earl “Curly” Lambeau of the Green Bay Packers, that man was Nate Abrams. Just a little kosher food for thought while watching Sunday\’s Super Bowl XLV between the Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers.

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