Israel not represented at meeting due to Foreign Ministry strike; US takes particular issue with the council’s Agenda Item 7, which mandates that Israel must be debated at every session of the forum.
Ruderman Family Foundation survey finds that a majority of Israelis reject idea of Diaspora Jews voting in Israel, but think Chief Rabbinate should recognize American Reform and Conservative movements.
’Great concern exists among rabbis in Europe about religious freedom of their communities in the foreseeable future,’’ says Bastiaan Belder, a member of the European Parliament from Holland.
Margot Käßmann, the former head of the Protestant and Lutheran Churches in Germany, has admitted that her church had been complicit in fostering anti-Semitism in Germany since the times of Martin Luther.