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April 19, 2012
French voters moving on from Toulouse, but Jews can’t let it go
A new nIf Isaac Sitrin is worried about being targeted by Jew-hating thugs, then he is hiding it well. After determining that a fellow train passenger is Jewish and willing to lay tefillin, he ushers the passenger to the center of Gare du Nord train station. Praying aloud, Sitrin performs the ritual ceremony as his wife and daughters wait nearby.
Opinion: Reconsideration of state aid to Jewish schools is welcome
For decades, the American Jewish community has debated the advisability, constitutionality and necessity of government aid to Jewish (and other faiths’) parochial schools. But with the United States still experiencing tough economic challenges, the American Jewish community finds its schools under greater financial stress than ever.
Opinion: Monitor hate crimes, as promised
How much homophobia is there? And how much anti-Semitism? How many Muslims are beaten up because of who they are?
From Obama to Natalie Portman, Washington marks Yom Hashoah
President Obama marked Holocaust Remembrance Day with calls to combat Holocaust denial and anti-Semitism, as well as for vigilance against current and future atrocities.
Is HBO’s ‘Girls’ about young women’s struggles, or some women’s privileges?
“Girls” begins with the conversation that many parents of 20-somethings dream of having someday real soon with their floundering children: No. More. Money.
Basel opens first new Orthodox synagogue in 83 years
Basel, a city with a Jewish population of some 2,000, saw the opening of its fifth synagogue.
Islamist groups slam Egyptian grand mufti’s Jerusalem visit
Islamist groups including the Muslim Brotherhood condemned a visit to the Al-Aksa Mosque by Egypt\’s grand mufti, one of the country\’s highest religious authorities.
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