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U.S. Jewish groups clash over response to Glenn Beck’s Holocaust rhetoric

A newspaper advertisement bearing the signatures of 400 rabbis who criticized Fox News host Glenn Beck for his televised statements about the Holocaust has itself been criticized by America’s best-known Jewish communal relations group.Though the advertisement cited statements by the Anti-Defamation League’s national director, Abraham Foxman, it was sponsored by Jewish Funds for Justice (JFSJ), a left-wing group with little ...

U.S. Jewish groups: A nuclear Iran would increase worldwide terror threat

Jewish lobby groups in the U.S. called upon the international community on Tuesday to stop Iran’s nuclear development program, or face increased threat of world terrorism.Responding to the International Atomic Energy Agency report that confirmed Iran has been working toward building a nuclear weapon for years, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs urged the international community to employ “intensive and ...

U.S. couple suspected of drugging daughter to force her to leave Israel

An American couple was arrested at the Ben Gurion International Airport late Monday on suspicion of trying to force their 21-year-old daughter to return to the United States with them.The daughter had been living with relatives in Bnei Brak after fleeing from her parents, who she claimed had been abusing her.The relatives notified police of the young woman’s disappearance on ...

U.S. condemns Palestinian claim that Western Wall ‘isn’t Jewish’

The United States on Tuesday condemned claims by a senior Palestinian official that the Western Wall of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount holds no significance for Jews.Al-Mutawakil Taha, the Palestinian Authority’ deputy minister of information, had said Wednesday that the wall, regarded as Judaism’s holiest site, was part of an Islamic waqf, or religious endowment, and that only “Islamic tolerance” allowed Jews to ...

U.S. Appeals Court Rejects Demjanjuk’s Posthumous Citizenship Bid

A U.S. appeals court has rejected a request to restore the citizenship of John Demjanjuk, the recently deceased autoworker convicted of Nazi war crimes.The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati ruled that John Demjanjuk cannot regain his citizenship posthumously. The court ruling said in its ruling that his death made the case moot.Demjanjuk died March 17 in Germany ...

U.K. extends Rosh Hashanah greetings, hopeful for Israeli-Palestinian peace

U.K. Foreign Secretary William Hague extended Rosh Hashanah greetings on Tuesday to the British Jewish community as well as Jews around the world, expressing hope that a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would be reached in the upcoming year.“The Jewish New Year traditionally gives us the chance to pause and reflect on the past year and its events,” Hague said. ...

Tzohar wedding crisis resolved

Religious Services Minister Yakov Margi and Tzohar Chairman Rabbi David Stav reached a series of understandings on Wednesday evening, allowing the Modern Orthodox organization’s rabbis to resume their wedding project.The talks between the parties began in the early afternoon hours, concluding with a private meeting between Margi and Stav at the Knesset.Many lawmakers and activists took part in the mediation ...

Tzohar Seeking Change Ahead of Chief Rabbinate Elections

The Tzohar Zionist rabbinical organization as launched a public information campaign designed to encourage a new approach to religious leadership within the Israeli Chief Rabbinate.The organization is suggesting that the Rabbinate be strengthened through a change in its policy with regards to State and religion, but it has been estimated that this is the opening shot in Tzohar’s election campaign ...

Tzohar Rabbis to Run for Chief Rabbi Positions

The national-religious rabbinical association Tzohar fired off a new round in its war with the Chief Rabbinate by announcing on Thursday that it was beginning a process to present candidates from the organization to stand in elections for the two chief rabbi positions.The elections will take place in six months.Tzohar has frequently taken issue with the rabbinate’s approach to the ...

Tylenol Recall Broadens; Includes Extra Strength, Benadryl

A Tylenol recall issued last year by the Johnson & Johnson unit of McNeil Consumer Healthcare because of chemical contamination has been expanded for a second time to include Benadryl Allergy Ultratablets and Extra Strength Tylenol.The latest recall includes four lots of Benadryl Allergy Ultratab tablets in 100 count bottles sold in the U.S. with lot numbers AJA008, ADA194, ABA022 ...

Two TSA agents arrested at JFK Airport for stealing $39K from passenger’s bag

Two TSA officers were busted Wednesday for stealing $40,000 from a bag at Kennedy Airport they thought belonged to a drug dealer, a law enforcement source said.Under questioning, the pair also admitted swiping up to $160,000 from other unsuspecting passengers.Rogue agents Davon Webb, 30, and Persad Coumar, 36, were busted after a sharp-eyed colleague blew the whistle.Read More: @ nydailynews.comYou might also ...

Two Torah scrolls saved at Christchurch’s Chabad House

Police initially stopped Christchurch’s Chabad House Rabbi Shmuel Friedman when he tried to reach his stricken building following last week’s earthquake.But when they heard why he wanted to reach the structure, they aided his mission – to recover two Torah scrolls.Accompanied by Israeli backpacker Noam Diamant, Friedman on Wednesday headed towards the city center to what is left of the ...