Articles from the January 10, 2014 edition
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Bar Mitzvah - CHADWICK SIKORA
Chadwick Sikora, son of Risa and Jeff Sikora of Ocoee, will be called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014, at Southwest Orlando Jewish Congregation in Orlando. Chad is in the... Full story
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Oy vay, shades of Adolph Hitler... This is information reported by the World Jewry Digest of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) about Greece and its politics: "In the wake of continued harassment of... Full story
Ban shows by comedian Dieudonne, French FM tells mayors
(JTA)—French Foreign Minister Manuel Valls instructed French mayors to ban performances by the anti-Semitic comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala. Valls sent the non-binding recommendation days before Dieudonne is scheduled to launch a nationwide tour, th... Full story
Israel's ancient and historic trees
In 2013, the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI) published a survey of mature trees in Jerusalem that was "the most comprehensive of the recent SPNI surveys, including some 4,000... Full story
Abraham Joshua Heschel's insights elucidated for a new generation
By Rabbi Jack Riemer JNS.org Whenever a new book on the life and thought of Abraham Joshua Heschel appears, I always have two reactions. One is to marvel at the fact that Heschel is the only one of... Full story
Obama admin to IDF: Stop being so concerned
(Washington Free Beacon)—The Obama administration is pressuring Israeli generals to stop publicly voicing their concerns about the administration’s security proposals in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations and instead endorse the administration’s plans... Full story
Authors examine education's impact on Jewish history
Why has education been so important to the Jewish people? Author Maristella Botticini says a unique religious norm enacted within Judaism two millennia ago made male literacy universal among Jews... Full story
Israel's circumcision interventions draw mixed reception from European Jews
PARIS (JTA)—The Israeli government is wading into the burgeoning European debate over circumcision and receiving a mixed reception from the continent’s Jews. On Dec. 11, Israel initiated a motion in defense of circumcision at the Council of Eur... Full story
Weekly roundup of world briefs from JTA
Bus bomb in Israel called similar to Boston Marathon type JERUSALEM (JTA)—The bomb that exploded last month on an evacuated public bus in central Israel closely resembled the type used in the Boston Marathon attack. The explosive in Bat Yam was e... Full story
Fate of Bedouin resettlement plan a mystery in aftermath of cancellation
Several weeks after Bedouin and global anti-Israel elements celebrated the apparent cancelation of a plan to resettle tens of thousands of Bedouin in Israel's southern Negev region, the fate of the... Full story
