Members of the Minnesota Rabbinical Association have signed a statement opposing a state ballot initiative that would ban same-sex marriages. The group represents rabbis from 15 congregations in the state from the Conservative, Reform and Reconstructionist movements. No Orthodox rabbis signed the statement, which was adopted last month.
The fence outside the Jerusalem offices of Peace Now was spray-painted with threatening graffiti.
An Israeli tourist charged by Chile with accidentally starting a massive forest fire in a popular national park was fined and released.
Bagels were granted equal status with soda bread in Ireland following a government decision to reclassify the traditionally Jewish favorite as ordinary bread for the purposes of taxation.
A bipartisan slate of U.S. senators will present a resolution calling on the Obama administration to make a \”nuclear-weapons capability\” by Iran a red line.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and top U.S. security officials told Jewish community leaders there is no imminent threat of an attack on Jewish targets in the United States.
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