In Berlin, Michelle Obama and daughters visit Holocaust memorial
Jewish Journal
June 26, 2013
First lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha visited the Holocaust memorial in Berlin amid tight security
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June 26, 2013
Montreal Mayor Michael Applebaum resigns, asserts innocence
Jewish Journal
June 26, 2013
Michael Applebaum, the interim mayor of Montreal, resigned amid corruption allegations.
New eastern Jerusalem housing approved on eve of Kerry visit
Jewish Journal
June 26, 2013
The Jerusalem municipality issued construction permits to build 69 new housing units in the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Homa.
Should women wear tefillin?
Shmuel Rosner
June 26, 2013
Rabbi Professor David Golinkin is president and professor of Jewish law at the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem. For 20 years he served as chair of the Va’ad Halakhah (Law Committee) of the Rabbinical Assembly…
Women of the word: Parashat Pinchas (Numbers 25:10-30:1)
Rabbi Daniel Bouskila
June 26, 2013
On a recent trip to New York, I spent Shabbat morning at The Jewish Center in Manhattan, a vibrant Modern Orthodox community. As services came to a close, the 500 congregants did not make the typical mad rush for the door. Instead, everyone remained seated, anxiously waiting to hear scholar-in-residence Tova Manzel.
The truth about settlements
Arthur Cohn
June 26, 2013
Whenever the Middle East peace process is a topic in the news or in discussions, its factual stagnation is almost automatically blamed on the Israeli settlement development. It is one of the most controversial issues in the Middle East conflict.
Now, business leaders oppose settlements
Jewish Journal
June 26, 2013
“We come from the field, and we’re feeling the pressure; if we don’t make progress toward a two-state solution, there will be negative developments for the Israeli economy. We’re already noticing initial signs of this. The future of the Israeli economy will be in danger.” This, reportedly, is the message delivered last month to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by a member of a group of prominent businesspeople, just before they met, on May 26, with Palestinian counterparts in Jordan under the auspices of the World Economic Forum.
ADL welcomes Supreme Court decision on DOMA
Jewish Journal
June 26, 2013
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) welcomed today’s landmark decision by the Supreme Court in U.S. v. Windsor declaring Section 3 of the 1996 “Defense of Marriage Act” (DOMA) unconstitutional. In its 5-4 decision, the Court found that same-sex couples who are legally married are entitled to equal treatment under federal law. ADL filed amicus briefs in both cases.
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