Crime
Alvin Kass, long-serving NYPD rabbi, mugged on Upper West Side
Kass fell and hurt his shoulder, but refused medical treatment at the scene.
New Jersey Rabbi Sentenced To 18 Months For Human Trafficking Of Teen Girl
Goodman was already a sex offender after a plea in an earlier case involving an allegation he molested a youth while working as a camp counselor.
Family Of Businessman Irwin Jacobs ‘Hearbroken’ After Suspected Murder-Suicide
Jacobs’s longtime business partner said that when he spoke to him a few days ago, he seemed “upbeat.”
Businessman Irwin Jacobs, Wife Found Dead In Suspected Murder-Suicide
Jacobs said in 2014 that he expected to die in his house.
Miami Teen Sues Police Department After Being Cleared In Rabbi’s Murder
A Miami teenager accused of killing a rabbi is suing police for wrongful arrest.
William Rapfogel Fired From Met Council Amid Criminal Probe
The Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty has fired longtime executive director William Rapfogel, citing financial irregularities.
Press TV's News Analysis - Israel Threatens Cast Lead II - November 12, 2012
In this program O’Keefe gets to respond directly to one of Israels countless prostitutes of propaganda in the mainstream media, Daniel Pipes.
UN Human Rights Panel Says Jihadists, Iran Fighting in Syria: War Crimes on Rise - 23000 Killed
Foreign extremists are escalating the conflict in Syria according to a UN commission investigating human rights abuses in the country. The panel’s chairman Paulo Pinheiro reported that Jihadist militants are pushing anti-government fighters towards more radical positions and that Syrian President Bashar Assad has also been receiving foreign help from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. Pinheiro said that government forces and allied militias had committed more serious war crimes and human rights violations than the rebels, highlighting daily indiscriminate attacks on civilians. The UN panel also said it has drawn up a list of Syrians and Syrian military units suspected of committing war crimes who should face criminal prosecution. Activists say at least 23000 people have been killed in Syria over the past 18 months.
Criminal Charges Against Rabbi in Bavaria, Germany over Jewish Circumcision: Over-Secularization
Criminal charges filed in Bavaria against a Jewish rabbi for performing a circumcision — a totally legal action — has caused outrage and shock among the Jewish communities in Germany. It seems as if the circumcision debate will not just fade away, what we are now in fact witnessing are the opening rounds of a long fight for the right to display religious beliefs and spirituality in an over secularized society not only in Germany but throughout Europe. Wilson Ruiz, Jewish News One, Germany.
Germany Charges Rabbi David Goldberg over Circumcisions after Cologne Ruling: Yona Metzger Visits
Criminal charges for bodily harm have been filed against a rabbi in Germany for carrying out circumcisions. Rabbi David Goldberg, who is a mohel in the 400-strong Jewish community of Hof in Bayern, has been charged according to a July ruling by a court in Cologne banning circumcision on religious grounds. The ban was introduced after a four year old Muslim boy was returned to hospital with bleeding following circumcision. The news of charges against the rabbi, brought by a doctor in Hessen, has caused outrage and shock among Jewish groups in Germany and internationally. The vice President of the World Jewish Congress has said there was an urgent need to create legal certainty over the matter. The news came on the day that Israel’s chief rabbi Yona Metzger travelled to Berlin to try to convince German lawmakers that they should overturn the ruling and reach a compromise on how circumcisions should be carried out. Orthodox Jewish practice sees circumcision performed at eight days old. The doctor who has pressed charges against Rabbi Goldberg is reported to be one of a number of signatories to an open letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel which states that religious freedom should not constitute a basis for violence against boys too young to consent. But some commentators have said that the ruling has proved disastrous for Germany’s image, particularly in the light of the country’s Nazi past. Germany is home to around 120000 Jews and 4 million Muslims. Both Jewish and …