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February 17, 2011

Jewish groups urge renewal of refugee fast-track

Jewish Journal February 17, 2011

A number of Jewish groups have joined two senators in an appeal to the U.S. House of Representatives to renew a provision that fast-tracks religious refugees. \”If the Lautenberg Amendment is not renewed by March 2011, hundreds of Iranian religious minorities will be stranded in Iran, unable to access the protection of the United States,\” says the letter signed by the Jewish Federations of North America, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, and other Jewish and Christian groups and first reported last week by Politico.

‘Who is a Jew’ crisis moves into aliyah sphere

Jewish Journal February 17, 2011

Thomas Dohlan, who converted to Judaism in an Orthodox Canadian beit din, never anticipated that Israel’s Interior Ministry might question his Jewishness and block his bid to make aliyah. But that’s what is happening because of what appears to be a new policy that gives Israel’s Orthodox-controlled Chief Rabbinate, and not the Interior Ministry, the ultimate authority to decide which Orthodox converts are kosher enough for immigration purposes.

Netanyahu to Nasrallah: ‘Stay in the bunker’

Jewish Journal February 17, 2011

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told American Jewish leaders — and Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah — that Israel is strong and can defend itself. Netanyahu, speaking Wednesday evening at the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations meeting in Jerusalem, responded to Nasrallah\’s threat earlier in the day that Hezbollah would take over Israel\’s Galilee region in a future war. Nasrallah also threatened to harm senior Israeli leaders.

Obama taps Rudman, Grossman for key diplomatic spots

Jewish Journal February 17, 2011

The Obama administration has tapped veteran Jewish diplomats Mara Rudman and Marc Grossman for senior posts. President Obama said Wednesday that he is nominating Rudman to the top State Department post administering assistance to the Middle East through the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Leslie Wexner, Limited give $100 million to Ohio State

Jewish Journal February 17, 2011

Jewish businessman and philanthropist Leslie Wexner and his company\’s Limited Brands Foundation have donated $100 million to The Ohio State University. Wexner, 73, will give the university $65 million and the foundation will provide $35 million. Most of the donation will go to the university\’s academic medical center, the Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute.

Maryland bill requiring disclosure of Nazi assistance

Jewish Journal February 17, 2011

Maryland legislators introduced a bill requiring recipients of state contracts to fully disclose their ties to any operation responsible for transporting people to Nazi concentration camps. The legislation, which was introduced last week in the State House and Senate, is clearly aimed at the French rail company known as SNCF. The operation, via its subsidiary Keolis, is likely to soon bid again to run two lines of the Maryland Area Regional Commuter train service.

Dershowitz joins WikiLeaks team as adviser

Jewish Journal February 17, 2011

Alan Dershowitz has joined an effort to keep U.S. authorities from reviewing Twitter accounts related to the WikiLeaks case. The U.S. Justice Department in December subpoenaed the social network site to obtain communications between the documents leaks site and its followers.

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