Jerusalem Post editor David Horovitz steps down
Jewish Journal
June 13, 2011
Jerusalem Post Editor in Chief David Horovitz is stepping down, the newspaper announced.
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June 13, 2011
Whiskey boycott urged in reponse to Scottish council’s anti-Israel effort
Jewish Journal
June 13, 2011
The umbrella body for men\’s clubs at North American Conservative synagogues is calling for a boycott of certain whiskey brands in retaliation for an anti-Israel boycott by a Scottish local government.
Israel to raze outpost buildings
Jewish Journal
June 13, 2011
Israel will raze three permanent buildings in an illegal outpost that is situated on private Palestinian land.
Mother, grandfather get life sentence for murdering girl, 4
Jewish Journal
June 13, 2011
The mother and grandfather of a 4-year-old girl murdered in Israel were sentenced to life in prison for killing her. Ronny Ron and Marie Renault were sentenced Monday in Petach Tikvah District Court for the murder of Rose Pizem in 2008. The girl, who was born in Paris, was the daughter of Renault, a French Jew, and Benjamin Pizem, Ron\’s son. Renault later began a relationship with and moved in with Ron in Israel.
Mayors converge on Israel
Jewish Journal
June 13, 2011
Some 26 mayors from more than a dozen countries are visiting Israel for a conference on municipal cooperation. Mayors from United States, Canada, Australia, the Philippines, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Hungary, Greece, Kenya, Tanzania, El Salvador, Uruguay, Malta, Cape Verde, Peru and Bosnia & Herzegovina arrived in Israel Sunday for the conference, hosted by the mayors of Israel\’s three largest cities, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Haifa.
Jacobs unanimously elected to lead Reform Jews
Jewish Journal
June 13, 2011
The Board of Trustees of the Union for Reform Judaism unanimously elected Rabbi Richard Jacobs to serve as its next president. Jacob\’s election on Sunday makes him the fourth person to hold the office since its creation in 1943. Previous presidents were Rabbis Maurice Eisendrath, Alexander Schindler and Eric Yoffie.
Jewish Indigenous woman honored in Australia
Jewish Journal
June 13, 2011
A Jewish Indigenous woman was awarded a top honor in Australia. Lisa Pulver, the co-founder and director of the Muru Marri Indigenous Health Unit at the University of New South Wales, was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the annual Queen’s birthday honors list announced Monday. Pulver also is a professor of Indigenous health at the university.
Gingrich would move embassy on first day
Jewish Journal
June 13, 2011
Newt Gingrich said he would move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem on his first day in office. \”Israel has every right as a sovereign, free nation to choose its own capital and we should respect that choice,\” the former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives said Sunday in an address to the Republican Jewish Coalition. \”As President, on my first day in office, I would issue an executive order directing the U.S. embassy in Israel to be moved to Jerusalem as provided for in the legislation I introduced in 1995.\”
U.S. delegation visits jailed contractor Alan Gross
Jewish Journal
June 13, 2011
A delegation of Americans visiting Cuba met with jailed American contractor Alan Gross. The group met for two hours with Gross, 62, who is serving a 15-year prison sentence for \”crimes against the state\” for distributing laptop computers and connecting Cuban Jews to the Internet, on June 10 in Havana. They delivered a letter to him from his Washington-area synagogue, according to Reuters.
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