A roundup of the most talked about political and global stories in the Jewish world this week:
Arrest in Brussels attack
“A 29-year-old Frenchman believed to have returned recently from fighting with Islamist militant rebels in Syria has been arrested for the killing of three people at Brussels’ Jewish Museum last month,” ” target=”_blank”>according to BBC News.
Some are growing worried about similar attacks in the future. “While some recent surveys indicate that there is an undercurrent of anti-Semitism in America, it is far less substantial than in almost every European country, with adults who cling to anti-Semitic stereotypes being three times as numerous in Europe on a percentage basis than in the United States,” ” target=”_blank”>according to JTA. It'll include lessons about natural selection “but will not include human evolution from primates.” Some contemporary rabbis, ” target=”_blank”>wrote Tsvi Sadan at Israel Today.
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