French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday honored World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder with the order of officer of the Legion of Honor, calling him “a man of peace, of culture and of commitment.”
Bomber from far-left group blows himself up at embassy building in Ankara; damage done to building, blast heard from mile away; Turkish PM Erdogan: Event shows world must ally in fight against terrorism.
An Ipsos survey published this week in French daily Le Monde revealed that 74% of respondents considered Islam an “intolerant” religion and incompatible with the Republican values of French society, as opposed to the Catholic and Jewish religions.
The parliamentary assembly of the Strasbourg-based Council of Europe is considering a ban on some of its extreme-right members if they are affiliated with parties that are considered “neo-Nazi, racist and anti-Semitic''.
Senate approves appointment of Orthodox Jewish White House chief of staff to replace Timothy Geithner; Obama says Lew, a ''man of deep and devout faith'' knows how to express US values.
Accompanied by the special ambassador of Azerbaijan, the Minister of Culture to the Mogilev region of Belarus came to visit and learn about the thriving Jewish community, its synagogues and activities.
Tributes poured in for the late Italian-Jewish Nobel scientist Rita Levi-Montalcini, who died in the Italian capital aged 103 Sunday, as Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti commended her for having honoured her country in battling “for life in defending the values in which she believed”.
Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti met with leaders of Italy’s Jewish community to reassure them of the government’s enduring commitment to their position in Italian society, after the historically close Israeli ally’s unprecedented vote for Palestinian statehood at last month’s UN General Assembly sent shockwaves through Italian and global Jewry.
Noah Pozner, the six-year-old Jewish boy killed in the Newtown school massacre, was laid to rest Monday in the first of a string of funerals for the 27 victims of the senseless rampage, among them 20 children.
