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NPR exec apologizes for anti-Jew slur

Ron Schiller, president of the National Public Radio Foundation, has apologized for videotaped comments he made including his statement that Jews control the print media.Schiller, who was already set to leave his position, said his resignation scheduled for May 6 would now happen “immediately” after discovery of the video was made on March 8.“I offer my sincere apology to those ...

Novominsker Rebbe: Child Molestation Threatens Integrity of the Community

At the recent Agudas Yisroel Convention, held over Thanksgiving weekend, the Novominsker Rebbe, Rav Yaakov Perlow, Rosh Agudas Yisroel, addressed an issue that is a sensitive but pressing one in the frum community.The Rebbe’s remarks were delivered at the Thursday night session at the 88th National Agudah Convention, whose theme was “Leiv Avos al Bonim – For the Sake of Our Precious, Vulnerable Youth: ...

Nourish your soul and pick up a ‘Launchbox’ today

Get ready to receive “nourishment for the Jewish soul” – all in a hand-delivered, interactive “LaunchBox”.The LaunchBox, created by Californian Batsheva Frankel and the 2011 winner of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles’s “Next Big Jewish Idea!” contest, is a box filled with activities, materials and links to online content all about Judaism.Frankel will receive up to $100,000 in ...

Not Just Jews Eat Kosher Food in Prison

The tiny population of religious Jews in prison has plenty of company when it comes to keeping kosher behind bars. A number of secular Jews, messianic Jews, Black Hebrew Israelites and, in many cases, people with no Jewish background at all eat a traditional Jewish diet.Jews, according to one estimate, make up just one-sixth — or about 4,000 — of ...

Not 2 Be Missed | Presidential dream: long walk in the park

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama wants you to know that he is not a golf addict.He spends so much time unwinding on the links because security restrictions mean he can’t go out for long walks or go to the carwash or the grocery store.The president’s comments came during a session with editors and publishers from Hearst Magazines in which he ...

Norwegian lawmaker under fire for denying the Holocaust

Norwegian Labor Party MP Anders Mathisen has caused outrage within his own party after denying that the Holocaust ever happened and calling anyone who can prove him wrong to step up and challenge him, Norwegian online news agency Ice reported Wednesday.“There is no evidence the gas chambers or mass graves existed. Even reputable Holocaust historians have admitted it cannot be ...

Norway Police Apologize for Deporting Jews

Norwegian police apologized for the first time on Monday for their complicity in the deportation and murder of over 700 Jews during the Nazi occupation in World War II, just months after the prime minister made a formal apology.“Norwegian police officers participated in the arrest and deportation of Jews,” police chief Odd Reidar Humlegaard said on the 70th anniversary of ...

Norway Jews Praise Media Criticism of Anti-Semite

Members of Norway’s tiny Jewish community on Tuesday welcomed the wall-to-wall denunciation of Johan Galtung, the prominent Norwegian academic who made anti-Semitic comments earlier in the week.Rabbi Shaul Wilhelm, Chabad’s emissary to the country, said he was pleased with the widespread criticism of Galtung, who pioneered the discipline of peace studies and conflict resolution.“He is a known anti-Semite and anti-Israel ...

North Korea fires artillery barrage on South

North Korea fired dozens of artillery shells onto a South Korean island on Tuesday, killing one person, setting homes ablaze and triggering an exchange of fire as the South’s military went on top alert.In what appeared to be one of the most serious border incidents since the 1950-53 war, South Korean troops fired back with cannon, the government convened in an ...

North Carolina Conference Focuses on Bullying

When Charlotte’s three Jewish schools decided to initiate a joint fundraising project last year, they all agreed that a program for both parents and educators would best suit their goals. As a result, the Joined in Education symposium was born, offering two days of speakers, classes and workshops.This year’s program, “Stand up to Bullying,” featured Lee Hirsch, director of the ...

‘Non-Kosher Meat Served at President’s Residence’

President Shimon Peres’s chief of staff Efrat Duvdevani has sent a letter to Chief Rabbis Yona Metzger and Shlomo Amar calling on them to thoroughly investigate the catering company Pri Haaretz, which allegedly served non-kosher meat at the president’s Independence Day party at his Jerusalem residence.First reported by Ma’ariv, the company that catered the festivities had a large consignment of ...

Non-Jewish Couples Embrace the Faith for Weddings

Jessie Engelman and her fiancé plan to wed later this year and sign a ketubah, the traditional Jewish marriage contract. But neither is Jewish, nor are they evangelical Christians looking to honor their biblical connections to the faith.More non-Jewish couples have embraced Jewish marriage rituals over the last decade. Some stomp a glass – or a lightbulb as a popular ...