The European Union for Progressive Judaism and Hungary’s two Reform congregations took their case against Hungary’s new law on religion to the European Court of Human Rights in The Hague.
A whistle-blowing Budapest rabbi was questioned by police for what has been described as the misuse of sensitive private information stemming from a personal conflict within the Jewish community.
An Iranian vice president blamed \”Zionists\” for the global drug trade and said the Talmud encourages promoting addiction in non-Jewish communities.
Prosecutors dropped all charges against a group of men who were accused of sexually abusing a young Brooklyn haredi Orthodox woman for eight years.
A former commander of Hamas\’ armed wing was found guilty in the deaths of 46 people in terror attacks.
Germany’s top Jewish leader called on the federal Parliament “to ensure religious freedom” following a Cologne court ruling that said circumcising young boys on religious grounds amounts to grievous bodily harm.
Writer and film director Nora Ephron, known for work on movies such as \”When Harry Met Sally,\” has died in New York at age 71, according to media reports Tuesday night, hours after it was first revealed that she was gravely ill and near death.
Lorraine Adler died May 15 at 88. Survived by daughter Barbara; son Rick; 1 grandchild. Mount Sinai
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