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August 19, 2016
French Jew in stable condition after stabbing in Strasbourg
A French Jew in his sixties was stabbed in Strasbourg in a suspected anti-Semitic attack.
French Olympian apologizes for comparing Rio fans to Berlin games
A French Olympian apologized for comparing the booing he suffered at the Rio Olympics to what black American sprinter Jesse Owens went through at the 1936 Berlin games under Nazi rule.
Critics of the Iran nuclear pact wanted US prisoners to be part of the deal
You know the old joke about the definition of chutzpah? Well, critics of the nuclear deal with Iran are offering up a new punchline.
Meet the accent coach who taught Natalie Portman to sound like an Israeli for her new film
While making the film “A Tale of Love and Darkness,” Natalie Portman had to put her palm in front of her mouth, repeat Hebrew words and feel how the air hit her skin.
At 80, a Munich Olympics and Holocaust survivor is still the sportsman
Shaul Ladany, a two-time Olympian, acknowledged that he was “very happy” that the International Olympic Committee finally held an official memorial for the 11 Israelis who were killed in a terrorist raid at the 1972 Munich games.\n\n
Macedonia’s tiny Jewish community, JDC help flood victims
Members of the tiny Jewish community of Macedonia and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee distributed hundreds of aid packages to victims of deadly floods that forced thousands out of their homes in the Balkan nation.
Citing their ‘core beliefs,’ 40 Orthodox clergy condemn Trump’s ‘hateful rhetoric’
Forty American Orthodox clergy co-signed a letter condemning Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for what they called his “hateful rhetoric and intolerant policy proposals.”
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