http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php en nrubin@jewishtimes.com Copyright 2012 2012-02-10T19:04:19+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/international_news/rabbi_gunther_plaut_dies/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/international_news/rabbi_gunther_plaut_dies/#When:18:03:30Z Rabbi Gunther Plaut, a major figure in Reform Judaism, died in Toronto. Plaut, a former president of the Canadian Jewish Congress who wrote widely on human rights, died Wednesday at the age of 99. He often was quoted by media around the world on issues pertaining to Reform Judaism. He published a volume of commentary on the Torah… News - International 2012-02-10T18:03:30+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/international_news/irish_bagels_come_of_age/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/international_news/irish_bagels_come_of_age/#When:16:02:49Z Bagels were granted equal status with soda bread in Ireland following a government decision to reclassify the traditionally Jewish favorite as ordinary bread for the purposes of taxation. Bagels and other ‘ethnic’ breads such as naan, pita and tortilla wraps now will be exempt from the 13.5 percent valued added tax on premium baked goods charged by the… News - International 2012-02-09T16:02:49+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/international_news/poles_call_for_day_to_honor_righteous_gentiles/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/international_news/poles_call_for_day_to_honor_righteous_gentiles/#When:12:58:04Z Jewish and historical groups in Poland have called for a day to be devoted to Poles who helped Jews during the Holocaust. The Association of the Children of the Holocaust, the Jan Karski Association and the Museum of the History of Polish Jews have appealed to Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski to set aside the tribute… News - International 2012-02-07T12:58:04+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/international_news/concerns_mount_over_iranian_backed_terror/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/international_news/concerns_mount_over_iranian_backed_terror/#When:12:54:46Z When America’s top intelligence official said that Iran’s regime is considering attacks on U.S. soil, he cited a single incident and qualified the assessment with a “probably.” But intelligence and law enforcement experts say the Jan. 31 warning by the director of national intelligence, James Clapper, was likely based on more than the evidence he cited. “I would… News - International 2012-02-06T12:54:46+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/international_news/french_jewish_mom_wins_custody_from_saudi_prince/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/international_news/french_jewish_mom_wins_custody_from_saudi_prince/#When:13:21:10Z A Jewish mother from France won the first step in an international custody battle against a Saudi prince, whom she claims has kidnapped her daughter. A Paris criminal court ruled last month in favor of Candice Cohen-Ahnine’s plea to “get back” her 10-year-old daughter, Haya. Cohen-Ahnine claims Haya has been held captive by the girl’s… News - International 2012-02-05T13:21:10+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/international_news/bratzlav_hasidim_can_now_use_nachmans_shul/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/international_news/bratzlav_hasidim_can_now_use_nachmans_shul/#When:16:54:26Z Jewish pilgrims who come to Ukraine to visit the Uman grave of Reb Nachman of Bratslav may now use the building that once housed the rabbi’s synagogue. “The Hasidic religious community has full rights to use the building of the former synagogue in which Tzadik Nachman used as a prayer house,” said Serhiy Tulub, the head of the… News - International 2012-02-02T16:54:26+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/international_news/italian_school_kids_confront_jews_holocaust/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/international_news/italian_school_kids_confront_jews_holocaust/#When:17:13:34Z It was International Holocaust Memorial Day, and when I told my audience that I was a Jew, they burst into applause. I was speaking at the City Hall in this ancient seacoast town in Calabria, deep in southern Italy on the instep of the Italian boot. My audience consisted of some 100 schoolchildren aged 10-13, along with… News - International 2012-02-01T17:13:34+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/international_news/ukrainian_native_first_conservative_rabbi_in_fsu/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/international_news/ukrainian_native_first_conservative_rabbi_in_fsu/#When:12:42:57Z A Ukraine native will be the first Conservative rabbi to serve in the former Soviet republic. Reuven Stamov, 38, originally from Crimea, on Feb. 3 will be the 82nd rabbi to be ordained by the Schechter Rabbinical Seminary in Jerusalem. Stamov, with his wife and their two daughters, will return to Ukraine from Israel to serve as the… News - International 2012-01-31T12:42:57+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/international_news/ukranians_levin_makes_his_move/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/international_news/ukranians_levin_makes_his_move/#When:22:41:07Z Ukrainian Jewish leader and real estate mogul Alexander L. Levin came to New York this week to launch the latest international Jewish organization with a grandiose name. Called the World Forum for Russian Jewry, this one aims to harness the power of Russian-speaking Jews the world over. At the launch event Wednesday at the United Nations, Levin,… News - International 2012-01-29T22:41:07+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/international_news/wehrmacht_soldier_honored_for_preserving_jewish_history/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/international_news/wehrmacht_soldier_honored_for_preserving_jewish_history/#When:13:44:55Z A former Wehrmacht soldier was one of five Germans honored this year for helping ensure that local Jewish history and culture are not forgotten. The 12th annual Obermayer German Jewish History Awards, one of several events in Germany marking Holocaust Remembrance Day, the 67th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, come as a new study reveals that one-fifth… News - International 2012-01-27T13:44:55+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/international_news/mysterious_jewish_texts_found_in_afghanistan/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/international_news/mysterious_jewish_texts_found_in_afghanistan/#When:13:05:42Z It was said to be a finding of groundbreaking scholarly and historic significance, comparable in importance to the 19th-century discovery of the Cairo Geniza and rivaling the Dead Sea Scrolls for sheer drama. That, at any rate, was the buzz in scholarly circles when reports began surfacing last month that an exceptionally rare collection of ancient Judaic manuscripts—some… News - International 2012-01-26T13:05:42+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/international_news/islamic_parties_dominate_egypts_new_parliament/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/international_news/islamic_parties_dominate_egypts_new_parliament/#When:12:21:26Z The fundamentalist Islamic political party the Muslim Brotherhood won 47 percent of the seats in the new Egyptian parliament. An alliance of ultraconservative Islamist parties, the Salafi Al-Nour, also won 25 percent of the vote in the first parliamentary elections since former President Hosni Mubarak was deposed nearly a year ago. … News - International 2012-01-23T12:21:26+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/international_news/chief_amsterdam_rabbi_homosexuality_can_be_overcome/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/international_news/chief_amsterdam_rabbi_homosexuality_can_be_overcome/#When:18:08:15Z The chief rabbi of Amsterdam was suspended from his position for signing a statement on curing homosexuality. Rabbi Aryeh Ralbag of New York, who travels to the Netherlands a couple times a year to rule on matters of Jewish law, signed the “Declaration On The Torah Approach To Homosexuality,” which states that “We emphatically reject the notion that… News - International 2012-01-19T18:08:15+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/international_news/budapest_marks_raoul_wallenberg_centennial/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/international_news/budapest_marks_raoul_wallenberg_centennial/#When:16:49:52Z Ceremonies in Budapest inaugurated Raoul Wallenberg Year, a series of events marking the centennial of the birth of the Swedish diplomat who saved tens of thousands of Jews during the Holocaust. Hungarian Foreign Minister Janos Martonyi, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt and Israeli Cabinet minister Yossi Peled opened observances in Budapest on Tuesday, the anniversary of the day… News - International 2012-01-18T16:49:52+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/international_news/turkish_jews_revel_in_countrys_eurovision_singer/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/international_news/turkish_jews_revel_in_countrys_eurovision_singer/#When:00:53:52Z Turkey’s Jews are pleased as can be that for the first time, a Jew will be representing their country at the Eurovision song contest. But the singer, Can Bonomo, isn’t exactly trumpeting his accomplishment—at least not the Jewish part. “We would like to inform that Mr. Can Bonomo is bound to refuse answering all the questions about his… News - International 2012-01-18T00:53:52+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/international_news/jewish_singer_turkeys_eurovision_pick/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/international_news/jewish_singer_turkeys_eurovision_pick/#When:14:20:06Z Jewish singer will represent Turkey at the Eurovision song contest. Can Bonomo of Izmir was Turkey’s pick for the annual songfest, Zaman’s online edition reported Tuesday. This year’s contest will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, in May. EuroVisionary, a Eurovision fan site, describes the 24-year-old singer-songwriter’s style as “Istanbulian music that works with tunes from Alaturca to international… News - International 2012-01-14T14:20:06+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/international_news/visiting_the_jews_of_vietnamh/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/international_news/visiting_the_jews_of_vietnamh/#When:15:25:53Z
]]>Ask any recent visitor what they remember most about Vietnamese cities, and chances are it’s “those darn motorbikes.” The noise level in those urban centers reaches a crescendo not unlike a major American city. But the sound is different. Here, the noise comes from motorbikes and motorcycles that roar past. My eyes and ears picked up these… News - International 2012-01-13T15:25:53+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/international_news/ukrainian_historians_career_in_jewish_heritage_travel/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/international_news/ukrainian_historians_career_in_jewish_heritage_travel/#When:14:15:36Z Alex Dunai is not Jewish. But over 15 years of leading Jewish tourists searching for their roots in Ukraine, he’s built up a serviceable knowledge of Yiddish—though sometimes he has to make things up. “I make up sayings—you have highway roads, we have ‘oy vey’ roads,” Dunai said. “If it’s something funny and unusual, that’s always Yiddish. It’s… News - International 2012-01-13T14:15:36+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/international_news/iran_blames_israel_for_attack_on_nuclear_scientist/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/international_news/iran_blames_israel_for_attack_on_nuclear_scientist/#When:13:18:54Z ranian officials are blaming Israel for an attack in Tehran that killed a nuclear scientist. Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, 32, was killed Wednesday when a bomb placed on his car by a motorcyclist exploded. Roshan reportedly was a supervisor at the Natanz uranium enrichment facility, in addition to being a professor at Tehran’s technical university. “The bomb was a… News - International 2012-01-12T13:18:54+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/international_news/hungarian_jewry_shaken_by_corruption/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/international_news/hungarian_jewry_shaken_by_corruption/#When:17:25:42Z A whistle-blowing rabbi and a reform-minded lay leader are at the forefront of new efforts to shake up Hungary’s entrenched Jewish establishment. Late last year, Rabbi Zoltan Radnoti reportedly alerted authorities to complaints of embezzlement and tax fraud in the operation of Budapest’s main Jewish cemetery on Kozma Street. This led to a police investigation and an unprecedented… News - International 2012-01-11T17:25:42+00:00