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Employment tribunal rules in favour sacked Jewish teacher

Zelda de Groen, 24, who lost her job in 2016 at a Jewish nursery school in London after school authorities found she was ‘living in sin’ with her boyfriend, has won her case of religious and sexual...

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NY synagogue ordered to stop congratulating gays who marry

America’s Orthodox Union has come down hard on New York’s  liberal Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, ordering it to stop using its newsletter to congratulate same-sex couples who marry. To its shame, the...

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Miss Iraq’s peace gesture leads to death threats in Iraq

When Miss Iraq, Sarah Idan, right, posed last month for a picture with Miss Israel, Adar Gandelsman, she said it was an expression of a desire for peace. Idan was also pictured – gasp! – wearing a...

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In Jerusalem camels are being used to bless Donald Trump

Oh, and billboards and buses too are carrying a message concocted by a lunatic called Mike Evans, 70, founder of Friends of Zion Heritage Centre in Jerusalem. In reporting on the appearance of the...

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Exposed Muslim hate preacher suddenly changes his tune

Earlier this month Imam Raed Saleh Al-Rousan of Houston’s Tajweed Institute delivered a sermon in which he called for Muslims to kill Jews. The Washington-based Middle East Media Research Institute...

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Shellfish and pork served at San Francisco Jewish banquet

A  banquet that would have had strictly observant Jews reaching for their heart pills took place on Sunday at San Francisco’s Brick & Mortar Music Hall where bacon, pulled pork and other treif...

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Rabbi: Soldiers can’t function effectively alongside women

Israeli Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, above, has sparked a row after attacking mixed-gender units in the army, claiming that ‘any healthy male soldier who is in the company of a female soldier on a mission...

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In parts of London Muslims & Jews say they are scared to die

Pressure is being put on a well-respected London coroner, Mary Hassell, above, to resign because she stands accused of being ‘insensitive’ to Jews and Muslims by failing to release bodies for burial...

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Mike Pence treated Jerusalem like ‘end-of-days theme park’

Daniel Seidemann, an Israeli attorney who founded the Jerusalem-based NGO Terrestrial Jerusalem, has slammed Vice President Mike Pence for treating his city like an ‘end-of-days biblical theme park’....

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Icelandic lawmakers are acting ‘like Nazis’ over circumcision

Jewish leaders in four Nordic countries have reacted angrily to a ban on non-medical circumcision proposed by Icelandic lawmakers. In an open letter deploring a bill that would prohibit the genital...

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God tells Christian to sculpt a lion. It will be gifted to Israel.

Back in 2006, Texas sculptor Max Greiner Jr allegedly received a message from God, telling him to create a giant lion. He completed the Lion of Judah in 2017, and, according to this report, Christians...

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Unlike Catholics, Jews have no concept of what the ‘truth’ is

Henryk Zielinski, above, Editor-in-Chief of the Polish Catholic weekly Idziemy, caused outrage at the weekend when he said that some of the biblical stories believed by Jews ‘have nothing to do with...

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Circumcision ban ‘would hand Hitler a posthumous victory’

A heated debate has erupted in the wake of Iceland’s plan to abolish male infant circumcision – a ban that, according to  UK Jewish academic Dr Irene Lancaster, above, should be rigorously opposed by...

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‘Nazi pug’ case: Scottish court finds man guilty of hate crime

Mark Meechan, 30, pictured above with a pug called Buddha, will be sentenced next month after he was found guilty this week of posting a video on YouTube that was ‘anti-semitic and racist in nature’....

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Plane insane: airport rejects women’s rights campaign ads

The Israel Airports Authority (IAA) has refused to to display adverts informing female airline passengers they are not obliged to change seats at the request of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men who do not...

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US Secretary of State pick opposed by Muslims & Jews

Mike Pompeo, above, nominated by President Trump to replace Rex Tillerson for the top diplomatic post, faces stiff opposition from Muslim and Jewish groups who have united to condemn his...

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US rabbi says women cannot issue kosher certificates

A female member of a Washington DC Modern Orthodox congregation – Maharat Ruth Friedman – has been handing out certificates, along with Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld – to a growing number of kosher restaurants...

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‘Nazi dog’ man Mark Meechan vows to appeal £800.00 fine

The fine was imposed on Meechan, above right, at Airdrie Sheriff Court a month after he was found guilty of a hate crime: posting a video on YouTube of a pug giving ‘Nazi’ salutes. According to this...

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Denmark’s bid to ban male circumcision hits the buffers

Denmark’s ruling Liberal Party has come out against a ban on the circumcision of young boys, meaning a controversial citizen’s proposal is unlikely to make it through parliament. According to this...

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Religion trumps equality: court rules against London coroner

Senior coroner Mary Hassell, above, who refused to fast-track Muslim and Jewish burials, has been ordered by the High Court to reverse her policy. Under Jewish and Islamic law, bodies must be buried on...

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