Monday Night with Yossi Klein Halevi: The Crisis of Israel’s Delegitimization
David Suissa
June 2, 2011
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June 2, 2011
Opinion: The realities of the circumcision debate
Jewish Journal
June 2, 2011
There is nothing esthetically appealing about a Brit Milah, the circumcision procedure performed on an 8 day old Jewish baby boy. To witness a barely one week old child strapped down with Velcro to a “Circ Board” in sight of everyone gathered is visually unappealing, if not spiritually uninspiring. If that were not enough, some officiants still engage in Metzitzah—the oral suction of blood from the circumcision. If not done by mouth directly, a pipette is used.
Opinion: What is right in the Middle East
Jewish Journal
June 2, 2011
Did you hear the story about the rabbi and Christian minister? It sounds like an old joke, but our story isn’t old, nor is it a joke. We are two clergymen who were the most unlikely to know each other, let alone be friends. One of us is an African American evangelical leader of a church group based in Los Angeles with connections to South Africa, while the other is an Orthodox Rabbi with a synagogue located on the border of Beverly Hills.
Peres urges Russia to cease sale of advanced weapons to Syria
Jewish Journal
June 2, 2011
According to a statement released by the president\’s office, Peres discussed ongoing turmoil in the Arab world with the Russian leaders, saying that Syria was undergoing a critical time of change.
Bennett Yanowitz, national Jewish leader, dies
Jewish Journal
June 2, 2011
Bennett Yanowitz, a Cleveland attorney who led many Jewish community organizations and worked to support Jewish education, has died. Yanowitz, a past president of the JTA board of directors, died May 31. He was 88.
Sobibor museum closes due to lack of funds
Jewish Journal
June 2, 2011
The museum at the Nazi death camp Sobibor closed due to a lack of funding. The museum in Poland on the grounds of the death camp announced Thursday that it closed because the regional government did not provide enough funding to keep it open, the German press agency dpa reported.
Bibi warns protesters planning new border breach
Jewish Journal
June 2, 2011
Palestinian protesters planning to breach Israel\’s borders again will be halted, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. Netanyahu, speaking Thursday evening at a conference in Jerusalem, said Syria and Iran and the Hezbollah and Hamas terrorist groups are behind the planned mass protests planned for Sunday.
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