Olivér Várhelyi said Europe cannot claim Jewish life belongs while making religious practice “increasingly difficult, if not impossible.”
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This year, the two weekly portions Nitzavim and Vayeilech are read together. And it is precisely this combination that has made something clear to me about the way we live our lives.
The data was published amid allegations by Israel that Madrid’s anti-Israeli rhetoric and policies were fomenting Jew hatred.
Rabbi Shlomó Köves warned that staging political protests close to Jewish events crossed a red line, turning anti-Israel activism into direct hostility against local Jews.
What may seem here like a platitude is actually a lesson that is difficult to take to heart in life. This saying touches on the human desire to have everything at once: success, security, meaning, control.
“Deploy law enforcement, counterterrorism or military forces, as appropriate, to synagogues and other locations hosting services or events,” the US agency told its diplomatic missions worldwide to pass along to host governments.
An interim report into last year’s Bondi Beach mass shooting recommended increased security around Jewish public events and additional gun reforms.
“Will I have the opportunity on Rosh Hashanah to have a quiet Rosh Hashanah? Our enemies don’t rest,” Yechiel Leiter told JNS.
The unauthorized event, whose organizers are unknown, is timed to take place on the 129th anniversary of Herzl’s 1st Zionist Congress.
