Cnaan Lipshiz
By Cnaan Lipshiz
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Fast Forward Turkish Paper Struggles To Save Ladino Language
Every time she prepares her newspaper for print, Karen Sarhon has her pick from dozens of submissions she receives daily from writers around the world. A desirable situation for any editor-in-chief, Sarhon says it is nothing short of unbelievable for her monthly, El Amaneser, which is the world’s only newspaper in Ladino — a Jewish-Spanish…
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Fast Forward Is Telecom’s Israel Pullout Sign of Rising BDS Tide?
(JTA) — To Israel’s supporters, the decision by the French telecommunications giant Orange to dump its Israeli affiliate is not only a politically motivated divestment by a major multinational corporation, but a sign that European policymakers are being impacted by efforts to boycott the Jewish state. Citing the French government’s ownership of a quarter of Orange’s…
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Fast Forward Why Russian Chief Rabbi Stands by Vladimir Putin
Rabbi Berel Lazar’s mother was eager for grandchildren. So she gave her 25-year-old son an ultimatum: He could return to his beloved Jewish outreach work in Russia if — and only if — he got married. His yeshiva classmates jokingly said he was already wed, “to the idea of going to Russia,” said Lazar, the…
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Fast Forward Turkish Jews Say They Aren’t Leaving — Even as Hatred Rises
(JTA) — In the backyard of the Etz Ahayim synagogue in Turkey’s largest city, congregant Yusuf Arslan hollers pleasantries as he mingles with other members of the small congregation. He needs to shout to be heard over the deafening sound of a sudden downpour hitting the blast-proof glass ceiling that stretches over the synagogue’s spacious…
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Fast Forward Crowds Return to Brussels Museum Year After Rampage
(JTA) — They now have to pass through a metal detector flanked by three armed soldiers. But visitors to Brussels’ Jewish museum seem undeterred by the security arrangements that were introduced there last year, after the slaying of four people, allegedly by an Islamist fanatic. Almost a year after the May 24 shooting, the museum welcomes…
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News French Jews Fight Back Against Anti-Israel Mobs at Synagogues
For the past 14 years, French Jews have grown accustomed to coming under attack during periods of conflict in the Middle East from hostile elements within their country’s large Arab and Muslim communities. One recent incident, however, stood out: the July 13 riot by Palestinian sympathizers outside the Synagogue de la Roquette in central Paris…
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News Why British Orthodox Rabbi Fasts for Ramadan
(JTA) — A few hours into the 10th day of Ramadan, Rabbi Natan Levy was swapping fasting tips with a Muslim fellow passenger aboard the London Northern train line. Specifically, they were debating the merits of having a very large meal before sunrise — a technique adopted by many observant Muslims who are trying to cope…
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News Young Hungary Jews Push for Slice of Communal Pie
(JTA) — Peering through dusty apartment widows isn’t an uncommon pastime in this capital city’s crime-infested 8th District, with its many drug addicts and alcoholics seeking for a fix. But Adam Schoenberger wasn’t scouting for a place to rob on his peeping tour of the district earlier this month. An activist who recently moved his…
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