Donald H. Harrison

PARIS — In France, where women rabbis are far from the norm, one can see today’s troubling climate as an opportunity to awaken Jewish creativity. One of the direct effects of anti-Semitism and threats, suggests Rabbi Delphine Horvilleur, is an increasing insularity and traditionalism of the Jewish community. “I’m not denying there are emergent issues […]

Chinese President Xi Jinping made it clear his opposition to the U.S. deployment of THAAD anti-missile system in South Korea during a summit with President Park Geun-hye in Hangzhou, Monday. “Mishandling the issue is not conducive to strategic stability in the region, and could intensify disputes,” Xi said during his summit with President Park on

HAMBURG, Germany (WJC) — An 87-year old German woman dubbed the ‘Nazi granny” by German media has been convicted of Holocaust denial and sentenced to eight months in prison for incitement to hatred. Ursula Haverbeck wrote a letter in February to the mayor of Detmold, the city where former Auschwitz guard Reinhold Hanning was going on trial, in which she

120,000 pack St Peter’s Square An estimated 120,000 people filled St Peter’s Square in Rome for the canonisation mass for Mother Teresa. However, the crowds were not as large as the 300,000 who turned out for the new saint’s beatification in 2003. Observers say security fears may have played their part. 3,000 police and security

Voters in a state in north-eastern Germany are going to the polls, in what is being seen as a serious challenge for Chancellor Angela Merkel. The anti-migrant and anti-Islam Alternative fuer Deutschland (AFD) could perform better than Mrs Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania. Why is this significant? The state election is being

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has had informal talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the fringes of the G20 summit in China. The summit is being held in the southern Chinese city of Hangzhou. #Erdogan , #Merkel discuss Syria op., July 15 coup bid https://t.co/UeMqyhoqB6 pic.twitter.com/MDeh7SpAey— ANADOLU AGENCY (ENG) (@anadoluagency) September 4, 2016 What