Fifth-grader Rose Calvillo has a goal to commemorate the 1.5 million children who died during the Holocaust. She wants to see 1.5 million handmade butterflies decorating the walls of her Elementary School in Dalton, Georgia. Calvillo and her classmates are learning about World War II and the Holocaust. “It’s important that we remember the Holocaust,…
VIENNA (JTA) — Danish anti-circumcision activists have collected nearly 20,000 signatures out of the 50,000 they need to create a bill proposing to ban non-medical circumcision for boys. With another five months to collect the remaining 30,000 signatures, the petition by the group Denmark Intact appears likely to reach its goal of forcing a vote in…
(JTA) — An Iranian official said his country would destroy Tel Aviv and kill Benjamin Netanyahu if the Israeli prime minister followed through on his threat to attack Iran. “About Netanyahu’s unwise words, I should say that if they carry out the slightest unwise move against Iran, we will level Tel Aviv to the ground…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A former spokesman for Benjamin Netanyahu is accused of offering to make a judge attorney general if she agreed to close a case against the Israeli prime minister’s wife. The suspected bribe was first reported Tuesday morning by reporter Ben Caspit of the Hebrew-language daily newspaper Maariv. Caspit reported that Nir Hefetz,…
Yesterday, UK-based Gay Times reported that MOGA, a Muslim-owned Melbourne brand that sells women’s headscarves and shawls, would be re-issuing their pro-LGBTQ rainbow-print scarf for Sydney, Austrailia’s annual Mardi Gras celebration. The Pride flag-esque hijab was created last year to support Australia’s legalization of same-sex marriage — legislation which Australia’s parliament overwhelmingly voted in favor…
(JTA) — A New Jersey rabbi registered as a sex offender was among three people arrested in connection with the human trafficking and prostitution of a 17-year old girl. Rabbi Aryeh Goodman, 35, of East Brunswick, has been charged with engaging in prostitution with a child and one count of endangering the welfare of a…
Eliza Brichto dreams of modeling for Zara kidswear. But the seven-year-old girl doesn’t want to be photographed in dresses or skirts. Brichto has written a letter to the European fashion brand asking to model for the boys’ line. Brichto, who is the granddaughter of the late Rabbi Sidney Brichto, former head of the Liberal Judaism…
Micah Hart’s summers were filled with Israeli dancing, swimming in a lake, bad food and pranks — the classic Jewish overnight camp experience. Almost two decades after his last summer away, Hart found it more difficult to catch up with his camp friends. So he made a podcast about it. “All we do is reminisce…
(JTA) — A Jewish community center in Windsor, Ontario, received anti-Semitic hate mail that was similar to that sent to several Canadian synagogues two months ago. The flier, which calls to “Expel the Jews to the lake of fire!!!” and declares this is “Expulsion History Month,” was delivered to the center by regular mail on…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A new law allows families of Yemenite children who disappeared between the years 1948 and 1970 to obtain a court-ordered exhumation of their graves for genetic testing. Since the 1950s, more than 1,000 Israeli families have alleged their children were systematically kidnapped from Israeli hospitals and given to Ashkenazi families for adoption…
The ever-expanding investigation into Russia’s involvement in the 2016 election now reportedly includes also a probe of Jared Kushner’s businesses and finances. According to CNN, special counsel Robert Mueller and his team are looking into Kushner’s efforts to find foreign investors to help salvage the family business’s failed 666 Fifth Avenue real-estate deal. The Kushner…
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