Travel and Food

HAIFA (Press Release) — “Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit to Lebanon is intended to remind all of Lebanon’s denominations that Iran will not tolerate any harm to Hezbollah’s power and status,” says Dr. Soli Shahvar, Director of the Ezri Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies at the University of Haifa. Hezbollah was established as a branch […]

ROME (WJC)–At a synod of Catholic bishops dealing with the Middle East , Rabbi David Rosen said  “Christians in Israel are obviously in a very different situation from their sister communities in the Holy Land, who are part and parcel of a Palestinian society struggling for its independence and who are inevitably caught up in

MIAMI (Press Release)– In addition to prayer services, group dialogues and peace finding missions, music has increasingly become a venue for nurturing relationships between Christians and Jews among local communities. To further the message of building understanding among the two faiths, the Holy See is creating additional opportunities to worship through music. Sixteen members of

HAVANA – In a three-day series of interviews in September with correspondent Jeffrey Goldberg, Fidel Castro reflected upon anti-Semitism, Iran and Israel. He told of believing as a child that the Jews killed Jesus, but not knowing exactly what a Jew was.  He reflected that Jews have been persecuted for 2,000 years, and may have

MADRID (WJC)–The European Council on Tolerance and Reconciliation (ECTR), which operates under the auspices of the European Jewish Congress (EJC), has bestowed Spanish King Juan Carlos with the first ever European Medal of Tolerance. The award was conferred on the king on Monday in Madrid by the co-chairmen of the ECTR, former Polish President Aleksander

NEW YORK (Press Release) –The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) posthumously honored Horst Lantzsch for his courage and bravery in defying the Nazis to save his Jewish friend from a concentration camp during the Holocaust. The ADL Courage to Care Award, which honors rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust era, was presented to Lantzsch’s daughter, Ursula E.

By Harold J. Karpin MELBOURNE–Recently the Victorian Association of Jewish Ex Servicemen and Women (VAJEX) organized a yahrtzeit grave side memorial service for Sgt Issy Smith, VC.  Last Sunday, 10th October we payed tribute to an outstanding Jewish man and the highest ranking Australian Army commander; General Sir John Monash, by paying tribute at his

By Jeanette Katzir NEW YORK — In 1960, he was 5 and I was 6.  That was the last time I saw my cousin Paul . . . until this past week. Some people are blessed with large extended families.  Holiday tables spill out into other rooms with an almost endless line up of chairs

By Ira Sharkansky PRAGUE–Ten days away from the busyness of hourly news reports allowed some reflection about the bigger picture. Insofar as we were in places that used to be Jewish centers, however, it was not possible to get away from stories of great change, and what they mean for continuing danger. One can remain

BRUSSELS (WJC)–The European Jewish Congress (EJC) has expressed its concerns about the negative consequences of an amendment to the EU consumer food information bill which would require all meat products derived from animals slaughtered according to the Jewish tradition (shechita), to be labeled as “meat from slaughter without stunning”. EJC officials met this week in Brussels with

BOSTON (Press Release)–In recognition of her role in speaking out against anti-Semitism and fighting distortions and the delegitimization of Israel, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) honored Spanish journalist Pilar Rahola with its ADL Daniel Pearl Award. Established in 2003, the award is named in honor of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, who was abducted

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Congressman Bob Filner (D-San Diego) recently supported new sanctions against Iran by co-sponsoring a bill to eliminate U.S. government funding for companies that supply Iran with cyber spying and Internet censorship technology. “We cannot allow companies we fund with taxpayer money to support spying and censorship by a violent, undemocratic regime,” said Congressman