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American NGO Holds Fundraiser for Survivors

The American NGO iVolunteer, which provides individual assistance to Holocaust survivors in the US, held its annual fundraising “Light Up the Night” Hanukka gala last week in New York City to raise funds for survivors and increase public awareness of their needs.Sheva Tauby, who runs the organization with her husband, explained that the help iVolunteer provides ranges from covering certain ...

American Jewish organizations laud U.S. decision not to attend Durban 3

The American Jewish Committee lauded the Obama administration for its decision not to take part in the upcoming United Nations’ Commemoration of the Durban World Conference Against Racism, set to take place in September in New York.The conference, referred to as “Durban 3″, is to mark the 10-year anniversary of the contentious 2001 conference in the South African city of ...

American Jewish leader confirms he secretly visited Syria

A top American Jewish leader said Monday that a secret visit he recently made to Syria could be a sign that President Bashar Assad wants to improve relations with the West.Malcolm Hoenlein, the executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, also said the international community should proceed with caution as the Arab world begins ...

American Jewish JDC Appoints Alan Gill as New CEO

The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee named Alan Gill, its longtime executive director of international relations and a resident of Israel, as the organization’s new CEO.Gill will take over Jan. 31 from interim CEO Darrell Friedman, who stepped in after the abrupt resignation of Steven Schwager in June.The JDC, which has an approximate annual budget of $350 million, is one ...

‘American Greed’ episode to feature Sholom Rubashkin

Jailed former Agriprocessors official Sholom Rubashkin will be featured on an episode of the CNBC series “American Greed.”The March 23 episode of the cable TV network series will tell the story of the failed kosher meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa, according to the Gazette of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The episode is being billed with the tagline “The head of a ...

American Al-Qaida Spokesman Urges Attacks on Jewish Interests

A U.S.-born spokesman for al-Qaida on Saturday urged Muslims living in the United States and Europe to carry out attacks there, calling it a duty and an obligation. In a 48-minute video posted on militant websites, Adam Gadahn directed his appeal to Muslim immigrants in what he called the “miserable suburbs” of Paris, London and Detroit, as well as those ...

‘Amazon Jews’ on Their Way to Israel

Hundreds of descendants of Peruvian Jews are planning to make aliyah (immigrate) to Israel, the Jewish Agency reports.The community of Peruvians with Jewish ancestry has been dubbed the “Amazon Jews.”The members of the community who will be moving to Israel have undergone a conversion to Judaism through the Conservative movement. Because the Conservative movement’s conversions differ from traditional Orthodox conversions ...

Allow Torah Scholars to Continue Studies

Bayit Yehudi leader Naftali Bennett said on Monday with regard to the issue of haredi enlistment in the army that yeshiva students who are studying Torah should be allowed to continue their studies and not be forced to enlist in national service programs.Speaking with haredi station Radio Kol Hai, Bennett added that his party would “fight against legislation which would ...

Alleged yeshiva misdeeds damaging to haredim

Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, the most respected halachic authority in the Ashkenazi haredi world, spoke out in the most harsh terms against the possibility that three haredi educational institutions defrauded the state of dozens of millions of shekels.“If the story turns out to be true, then the thieves should be considered pursuers [Din Rodef],” the venerable rabbi was quoted as ...

All Natural Banana Ice Cream Made From…..Only Bananas!

Did you know that you can make “ice cream” from just one ingredient — bananas? I first learned this little secret here, and when my husband brought home two huge bunches of bananas for Passover, I had a feeling I’d need to use some of them for some kind of treat. And just when those bananas started to look a little ...

‘All Jews share a certain gene’: German banker sparks outrage with ‘stupid’ comments

A leading member of Germany’s central bank has caused outrage by claiming that Jews are identified by a particular gene.Thilo Sarrazin, who is on the board of the the Bundesbank in Frankfurt, said in a newspaper interview: ‘All Jews share a certain gene. Basques (Spanish separatists) have particular genes, that distinguishes them from others.’ German’s Jewish community today reacted with ...

Alert: Missionary Books Being Distributed To Homes & Shuls Throughout Borough Park

Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) is alerting the community about the dissemination of a missionary paperback book entitled, Ten Amazing Jews: They Thought for Themselves currently being mailed to teenage residents throughout Boro Park. For wider distribution, free copies of the book are also being dropped off at various shuls in Boro Park. According to several reports, the mailings come in ...