July 8, 2014

U.S. intervenes in Europe’s circumcision wars

Jewish Journal July 8, 2014

The Obama administration’s anti-Semitism monitor has added an issue to his office’s portfolio: defending circumcision in Europe.

Warning sirens sound across southern and central Israel, rocket hits Jerusalem

Jewish Journal July 8, 2014

Code Red warning sirens sounded throughout Israel’s center and south, and a rocket hit Jerusalem.

German neo-Nazi’s naming to EU committee rankles Jewish leaders

Jewish Journal July 8, 2014

European Jewish leaders slammed the appointment of a German neo-Nazi lawmaker to the European Parliament’s civil liberties committee.

Beating of Palestinian-American teen another black eye for Israel

Jeffrey Hensiek July 8, 2014

For Israelis, the enduring image of the past few weeks may be the montage of the three Israeli teens murdered last month after being abducted from a hitchhiking post in the West Bank.

On the threshold of a Third Intifada

Simone Wilson July 8, 2014

The shocking kidnap-murder of Israeli teens Eyal Yifrach, Gilad Shaar and Naftali Frenkel in the West Bank on June 12, followed by the brutal revenge killing of Palestinian teen Muhammed Abu Khdeir in Jerusalem on July 1, have bred a level of anger and mistrust between Jews and Palestinians that many in Israel say they haven’t felt since the end of the bloody Second Intifada in 2005.