Tuesday, 5 October 2010

BREAKING NEWS

A Jewish newspaper in New Jersey said its first same-sex engagement announcement will be its last one.
Congressional Democrats defended their meetings with Richard Goldstone and denied any J Street role in arranging meetings with the author of a controversial report on the 2009 Gaza War.
The official Vatican newspaper slammed Italy's prime minister for a joke that played on Jewish stereotypes and made fun of the Holocaust.
A YouTube video of a male Israeli soldier belly dancing around a blindfolded Palestinian woman was broadcast on a late-night Israeli news program.
Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters defended himself against accusations of anti-Semitism.
A Jerusalem municipal planning committee approved a plan to make sweeping changes to the Western Wall plaza.
Israel's Supreme Court rejected an appeal by an Irish Nobel laureate who was refused entry to Israel because of her involvement in a Gaza-bound flotilla.
The head of France’s Vichy regime may have pushed for tougher laws against French Jews than were requested by Nazi Germany, a newly discovered document shows.
Australian Jewish leaders blasted a small Jewish group over its decision to support a partial boycott of Israeli products.
Former British lawmaker George Galloway has vowed to sue the Canadian government over invasion of privacy.
Irving Kessler, a longtime lay leader of the Jewish federation system and its overseas partners, has died.
A Washington rally of liberal groups included a rabbi, a key Jewish diplomat and a shofar blower in its religious portion.
Israel's Tourism Ministry launched an application for the iPhone that will make visits in the country easier.
Israel's first all-sports talk radio went on the air.