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July 10, 2014
4:03 am

Haredi and secular Jews praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. American Jews are increasingly less able to affiliate religiously. (photo credit: Serge Attal/FLASH90)

New app aims to deliver instant minyan

Minyan Now allows users to find nearby Jews seeking a quorum for prayer

By JTA

July 9, 2014
11:05 pm

Broward County public defender Howard Finkelstein. (screen capture: YouTube/Florida CAIR)

Florida lawyers fired for Palestinian Facebook abuse

Pair of assistant public defenders allegedly posted comments comparing Palestinians to pigs and cockroaches

By JTA

July 9, 2014
10:12 pm

A memorial display paying tribute to the three murdered Israeli teens at Camp Solomon Schechter in Olympia, Wash. (Josh Niehaus/via JTA)

US summer camps ‘safe place’ to grapple with Israel’s unrest

Teens’ murders and fallout discussed in careful age-appropriate manner at North American Jewish camps

By Hillel Kuttler

July 9, 2014
6:33 pm

Detail from 'The Harlot of Jericho and the Two Spies,' c. 1896-1902, by James Jacques Joseph Tissot

Netanyahu, Ya’alon and Rahab the harlot

What’s the source of the phrase ‘their blood is upon their heads,’ used by the prime minister and defense minister?

By Mitch Ginsburg

July 9, 2014
4:47 pm

A portrait of David Azrieli, one of Israel’s foremost architects, developers and philanthropists, in his newly-built Azrieli mall in Modi'in on June 17, 2008. (file photo credit: Jorge Novominsky/Flash90)

Holocaust survivor, billionaire Azrieli dies at 92

Philanthropist and architect who built iconic Tel Aviv towers, 13 major shopping malls passes away in Canada

By Yifa Yaakov

July 9, 2014
4:27 pm

The Reichtag building which hosts Germany's parliament Bundestag is reflected in a puddle on a rainy autumn day in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Man wearing Star of David attacked in Berlin park

Investigators suspect anti-Semitic right-wing hate crime, which is ‘becoming more common’ in Germany

By JTA

July 9, 2014
4:18 pm

Former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard, the first Australian parliamentarian to sign the London Declaration, is photographed at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem in 2009. (photo credit: Abir Sultan/Flash90)

South Australia signs declaration combating anti-Semitism

London Declaration, which targets politicians, first signed in the United Kingdom in February 2009

By JTA

July 9, 2014
4:08 pm

The last set of seven tefillin returned to their owners. (courtesy)

Last pair of unclaimed tefillin on way to owner

Six of seven pairs purchased for $45 by Florida rabbi in unclaimed airline baggage store returned in less than a week

By JTA

July 9, 2014
3:40 pm

Justin Bieber captures Tom Hanks dressed 'as a rabbi' at Jewish manager's wedding July 7, 2014. (Instagram screenshot)

‘Rabbi’ Tom Hanks dances on Instagram

Justin Bieber catches actor on video clowning in yarmulke and tallit at marriage celebration of Jewish manager Scooter Braun

By Renee Ghert-Zand

July 9, 2014
3:15 pm

Joan Rivers getting defensive on CNN in July 2014. (YouTube screenshot)

Joan Rivers storms out of CNN

Comedienne later laughs at herself when Letterman turns the tables on her

By Renee Ghert-Zand

July 9, 2014
10:46 am

Rabbi Natan Levy (right) attends a program organized by the OneVoice movement in London in 2012, along with Muslim and Christian faith leaders. (photo credit: OneVoice Movement)

The rabbi who’s fasting on Ramadan

Natan Levy craves chicken soup, but hopes his efforts will prompt UK Jews to have an ‘honest conversation’ with Islam

By Yifa Yaakov

July 9, 2014
9:55 am

Udo Voigt, chairman of the German right wing National Democratic Party NPD, April 5, 2009. (photo credit: AP/Gero Breloer)

European Jews pan appointment of neo-Nazi to EU parliament

Udo Voigt is notorious for praising Adolf Hitler and downplaying the Holocaust, served a year in jail for incitement to hate

By JTA and AP

July 9, 2014
9:35 am

Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky, left, with the organization’s head of French operations, Ariel Kandel, at a Paris synagogue, July 2, 2014. (photo credit: JTA/Alain Azria)

Tumultous times have French Jewry facing uncertain future

With immigration to Israel and anti-Semitism on the rise, Natan Sharansky says ‘it may be the beginning of the end of European Jewry’

By Cnaan Liphshiz

July 9, 2014
8:09 am

Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling (photo credit: AP/Danny Moloshok/File)

Ex-Clippers owner combative in court appearance

Donald Sterling claims that one of the neurologists who declared him mentally unfit was ‘intoxicated’ during examination

By AFP

July 9, 2014
5:37 am

Image taken by IsraAID member shows devastation in the Philippines. (Photo credit: IsraAID/Nufar Tagar)

JDC gives fishing boats, training to Filipino typhoon survivors

First batch of ten fishing vessels dispatched to central island of Panay after 2013 storm destroyed livelihoods

By JTA

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