Travel and Food

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (WJC)– A Muslim-owned company in Johannesburg has canceled an order placed by the South African Zionist Federation with comments saying: “Please don’t pay! Don’t contaminate our account with your blood money!” JTA reports that the organization had ordered conference bags from Saleys Travel Goods for a conference in March and had dealt with […]

TEHRAN (WJC)–Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for allegedly having committed adultery, escaped her execution on Wednesday after strong international protests, but still faces the death penalty. Ashtiani, whose case has captivated the world, might be hanged instead of stoned to death, human rights advocates said. The 43-year-old mother, was

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) –The Media Art Center’s San Diego Latino Film Festival plans to offer  the best of Jewish Latino films to San Diego County from November 2010 to February 2011. The Jewish Latino Film Series is a four- month celebration of films by Jewish Latino filmmakers or by filmmakers of other heritages about the

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– Chronos Theatre Group performs on Nov. 12-14, 19-20 Tales of Chelm, a series of comic and heart-warming scenes of life in a Jewish village in Poland a century ago.  Tales of Chelm is conceived and directed by Eric George Tauber, adapted in part from stories by Sholem Aleichem and also including accounts

  NEW YORK (Press Release)–In an audience at the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday, assured top leaders of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) that he would continue to raise his voice against anti-Semitism and attempts to isolate the state of Israel. The Pope was greeted by a leadership delegation in Rome led by Robert G.

LA JOLLA, California  (Press Release)– The Gotthelf Art Gallery at the Lawrence Family JCC will present a  solo exhibition, “John David Ratajkowski – From Page to Stage: Portraits of Jewish Literary Figures in Film,” running December 8, 2010 – February 23, 2011.  Art will be  for sale, with all proceeds benefiting the artist and the Gotthelf Art Gallery.

JERUSALEM (WJC)–Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor has canceled an appearance at a fundraising dinner in London over fears he could be arrested by UK authorities, the ‘Jewish Chronicle’ reports. It is believed the Israeli British Justice Ministry warned the Likud politician that an arrest warrant might be issued if he entered Britain. Meridor was

NEW YORK (Press Release)– The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) condemned the massacre of worshippers in an Iraqi Catholic church as a “despicable and cowardly act” and expressed its sympathies to Pope Benedict XVI, saying the attack was “another example of the terrible price of religiously motivated extremism.” Terrorists linked to Al Qaeda took nearly 100 people hostage