In Nigeria, Chabad House Is Not For Jews Only
From an “embassy” helping Jews, the Chabad House in Nigeria—the only one of its kind in central Africa—has become a ray of light for local Africans.
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In Life-Or-Death Legal Dispute, Modern Medical Ethics, Jewish Law And Civil Law Clash
As David Stern, 61, an observant Orthodox Jew suffering from a rare neurodegenerative disease, lies conscious and hooked up to a respirator at the Providence Tarzana Medical Center in the San Fernando Valley, the hospital and lawyers for two of Stern’s children are battling to determine whether the hospital should remove Stern from life support,…
DetailsIn Israel, Teaching Kids Cyber Skills Is A National Mission
Beit Shemesh, Israel – In some Israeli schools, fourth-graders learn computer programming while gifted 10th-graders take after-school classes in encryption tactics, coding and how to stop malicious hacking. The country even has two new kindergartens that teach computer skills and robotics.
In Israel, Jewish Divorce Is Only Granted By Husband’s Permission
In Israel, religious law governs family matters. For a Jewish divorce, an Orthodox rabbi oversees a ritual that begins with the husband placing a folded decree into the wife’s cupped hands. But that paper can be hard to get, because the husband can refuse to grant the divorce. A new Israeli film playing in the…
DetailsIn His Last Days, Gaddafi Reportedly Turned To Israel For Help
Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi reportedly asked for Israel’s help to stem Western coalition airstrikes on his country during the 2011 uprising that led to his downfall.
In Emotional Moment, Trump Salutes Slain SEAL’s Wife
The widow of a U.S. Navy SEAL killed in Yemen stood in the balcony of the House chamber, tears streaming down her face as she looked upward and appeared to whisper to her husband.
In Brooklyn, Stifling Higher Learning Among Hasidic Women
In the mid-1940s, Joel Teitelbaum, an eminent and charismatic rabbi, immigrated to the United States, colonizing a section of Williamsburg in Brooklyn for his Hasidic sect, the Satmar, its name taken from the Hungarian town of Szatmar, where Rabbi Teitelbaum had fought to resist the encroachments of a modernizing society.
In Britain, Lord Janner’s Molestation Trial Raises Hopes For Closure, Not Justice
Back in 1991, as he was led away from the courtroom, convicted child molester Frank Beck shouted out an accusation against one of the most prominent British Jews. Greville Janner, a former leader of British Jewry and lawmaker for the Labour Party, Beck screamed, was his eager accomplice in the sexual exploitation of several young…
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In a twist, German Reform rabbi at scandal’s center cedes rabbinical school ownership to Berlin Jews
In a shocking development, the embattled founder of Germany’s non-Orthodox rabbinical schools has relinquished his ownership stake in them to the Jewish Community of Berlin. The 25,000 euro transaction means that Rabbi Walter Homolka is no longer in control of the Reform Abraham Geiger College and the Conservative Zacharias Frankel College at the University of…
DetailsImmigration Agents Aid In Arrests Of Over 1300 Accused Gang Members
Washington – Federal immigration agents have helped arrest more than 1,300 accused gang members across the United States in the last six weeks, the Homeland Security Department said Thursday.