SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Following is a compilation of  ongoing activities offered at Jewish Family Service’s College Avenue Older Adult Center, operated within Beth Jacob Congregation at 4855 College Avenue.  For additional information, refer to www.jfssd.org or call   (619) 583-3300. Many classes are offered through the San Diego Community College District and are free. Mondays: Classes […]

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Rabbi Chalom Boudjnah says Chabad will be giving away menorahs and treating passersby to latkes  and sufganiyot during a pre-Chanukah party at San Diego State University from noon to 3 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 10. “It will be the whole nine yards,” said the rabbi. * Preceding based on material provided by Chabad

NEW YORK (Press Release)—Efforts to haul foreign officials before American courts in civil actions should be rejected, the AJCongress Friday told the Supreme Court in Samantar v. Yousef, a case in which Somalian citizens seek to sue in Virginia for alleged violations of international law which took place in Somalia. The agency said enforcement of international

TEHRAN (WJC)–Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has warned Switzerland of unspecified “consequences” if the ban on the construction of new minarets, approved last week by 57 percent of Swiss voters, is enforced. The vote went “against the prestige of a country which claims to be an advocate of democracy and human rights,” Mottaki told his

BIELEFELD, Germany (WJC)—Anti-Semitism and homophobia are on the rise in Europe, according to the annual study conducted by the University of Bielefeld’s Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence. For the first time, the study included attitudes in other European countries. According to the findings fear of Islam and hatred of Muslims has dropped