JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli college opened a journalism institute named for slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.
The Daniel Pearl International Journalism Institute, part of the Sammy Ofer School of Communications at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, was launched...
ATHENS, Greece (JTA) — A report released by the Council of Europe says that Greece could legally ban the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn Party, which has been linked to a number of violent, racist attacks.
(JTA) — Guatemala has recognized Palestine as a state, which it believes will help bring about a peace agreement with Israel. Several Latin American countries have recognized a sovereign state of Palestine in the last two years.
BUDAPEST, Hungary (JTA) — A far-right Hungarian priest said an “anti-Zionist” demonstration will be held in Budapest on the first day of the World Jewish Congress’ General Assembly.
Lorant Hegedus Jr., a Calvinist priest and member of the ultrarightist, anti-Semitic...
BERLIN (JTA) — Berlin’s district attorney is investigating complaints about a circumcision in the German capital involving the controversial metzitzah b’peh ritual.
A spokesman for the office of the public prosecutors, Martin Steltner, told JTA that several complaints were lodged...
(JTA) – Following the resignation of France’s chief rabbi in a plagiarism scandal, the Vatican reaffirmed its support for his position against same-sex marriage.
Rabbi Gilles Bernheim, 60, stepped down April 11 after admitting that he had falsified his academic...
(JTA) — “When Gilles Bernheim speaks, France listens.” That’s how Avraham Weill, the chief rabbi of Toulouse, describes what he believes was the main appeal of his charismatic mentor, who on Thursday resigned as chief rabbi of...
PRETORIA, South Africa (JTA) — The South African Trade Ministry in new regulations requiring the labeling of imported goods from West Bank settlements will soften the language used on the labels.
The new regulations will be consistent with the compromise...
