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Breaking News British Lawmaker Sayeeda Warsi Says Jews Shunned Her Over Gaza
A former British government minister — the first Muslim woman to serve in the Cabinet – said Jewish friends rejected her after her resignation over her government’s position on Israel’s Gaza operation. Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, former senior minister of state at Britain’s Foreign Office and minister for faith and communities, resigned Aug. 5 after the…
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Breaking News American Christian Fundamentalist Faces Israel Trial in Anti-Muslim Plot
An American indicted for acquiring explosives to blow up Muslim sites in Jerusalem must remain in custody until his trial ends, an Israeli court ruled. Adam Everett Livix, 30, of Illinois, was ordered held on Sunday by the Petach Tikvah Magistrate’s Court. He was indicted on Dec. 9 for weapons possession and overstaying his tourist…
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Opinion Why Jews Should Ride With Muslims in Sydney
People run with hands up from the Lindt Cafe during a hostage standoff in Sydney, Australia / Getty Images My ears perked up when I heard the news about a potential terror attack at the Lindt Chocolat Cafe in Sydney. “Potential” terror attack, because for a while the nature of the situation was unclear. And…
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Breaking News Jewish Singer Left Sydney Cafe Moments Before Hostage Drama
Jewish communities in Australia remained under lockdown as a hostage crisis continued at a café in Sydney. The Community Security Group, which handles security for the Jewish communities of Australia, raised the threat level to severe on Monday after an apparent Islamist gunman entered a café in downtown Sydney and took dozens of hostages, the…
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Breaking News 7 Orthodox Groups Back Muslim Headscarf Suit
Seven national Orthodox Jewish groups filed a Supreme Court brief in favor of a Muslim woman’s right to wear a head scarf at work. The brief was filed by attorney Nathan Lewin of Lewin & Lewin, LLP of Washington D.C. for a case that is expected to be heard in February or March of next…
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Breaking News American Christian Extremist Charged in Plot To Blow Up Muslim Holy Sites
An American Christian extremist has been indicted in Israel on weapons charges and told investigators he had been weighing the possibility of attacking Muslim holy sites, the Israeli domestic security service Shin Bet said on Tuesday. The man’s lawyer told reporters that the Shin Bet was exaggerating the security implications of the case, which coincides…
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Breaking News 8-Year-Old French Girl Taunted for Being Jewish
An 8-year-old girl in France was attacked verbally and harassed for being Jewish by two fellow students identified as Muslim, a watchdog group said. The two boys, ages 8 and 9, verbally attacked the girl on Dec. 4 in the school cafeteria, where they labeled her as being Jewish, according to the Bureau for National…
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Opinion In Berlin, Jews and Muslims Fight for Each Other
Salaam-Schalom organizes a Jewish-Muslim human chain event in Neukollen / Ömer Sefa Baysal This past summer, Armin Langer, a 24-year-old rabbinical student in Berlin, came to speak at the Sehitlik mosque in Neukoelln, a district of the German capital with a large Muslim population. Langer is the co-founder of the Salaam-Schalom Initiative, a Neukoelln-based intercultural…
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