The United States reportedly blocked an initiative by other major powers to outline an Israeli-Palestinian peace settlement. The three other members of the Quartet guiding Middle East peace talks — the United Nations, the European Union and Russia — had pressed for publication of such an initiative as early as this Friday, The Associated Press reported.
Richard Stone, the chairman of the NCSJ, was elected unanimously as the next chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. Stone, a New York attorney, was elected Monday at a meeting of the Presidents Conference in New York. He will assume his new position on June 1, succeeding Alan Solow.
What would the Exodus have looked like online? That’s the premise behind “Google Exodus,” a two-minute video that tells the Passover story using social media.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly has canceled a meeting with pop star Justin Bieber after the singer refused to meet with children from southern Israel.
Animal rights or Jewish rites? That is the question this week before the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of the Dutch parliament, as it considers a bill that effectively would prohibit shechitah, the Jewish ritual slaughter of animals.
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