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March 19, 2012
After Toulouse attack, Sarkozy suspends campaign and Jews warn of rising anti-Semitism
The attack by an unidentified gunman on a Jewish school in Toulouse, France was condemned by Jewish leaders, who also warned against the rise of anti-Jewish sentiment in Europe.
Opinion: The irrelevance of J Street
In January 2009, flushed with the success of Barack Obama’s election to the presidency, many on the left assumed that the new left-wing lobby J Street would soon be a major force in Washington. They thought that even if it did not replace AIPAC as the voice of American Jewry on Israel, it would, at the very least, be a potent rival that would help the new administration’s policy of pressure on the Jewish state survive criticism from the right.
John Demjanjuk, convicted of war crimes in Germany, dies stateless and in limbo
Though the death last weekend of John Demjanjuk brought a close to the seemingly never-ending quest for justice in the case of a man long accused of being a Nazi war criminal, it also brought a premature end to the legal battle over his legacy.
Opinion: Wall Street shock wave in rear-view mirror
On the day after his op-ed piece appeared in The New York Times of March 14, 2012, Greg Smith, a midlevel executive in the London office of Goldman Sachs had generated 19 million entries on Google. By three days later, that number had risen to 134 million.
Security group asks U.S. Jewish groups to be on alert
The security arm of the U.S. Jewish federations asked Jewish officials to remain vigilant in the wake of a deadly attack on a French Jewish school, citing the possibility of copycat attacks.
Mets’ owners settle lawsuit in Madoff Ponzi scheme
The owners of the New York Mets will pay up to $162 million to settle a \”clawback\” lawsuit filed in the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme.
Jewish cemetery in Poland is vandalized
Polish police are investigating the desecration of a Jewish cemetery in northeastern Poland.
Jewish group rips Canadian party’s questioning of ritual slaughter
Canada\’s Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs accused a Quebec legislator of raising \”a false issue\” when he questioned ritual slaughter practices in the province.
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