Polish priest’s dismissal exposes rift over dialogue with Jews

WJC News Update – Polish priest’s dismissal exposes rift over dialogue with Jews

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 01 August 2013

Polish priest’s dismissal exposes rift over dialogue with Jews

When the outspoken Polish priest Wojciech Lemanski returned with his parishioners to his church after holding a prayer vigil at the Treblinka Nazi death camp in July, a dismissal notice awaited him.

Lauder: ‘Berthold Beitz earned the everlasting love and gratitude of the Jewish people’

The leading post-war German industralist Berthold Beitz, who saved hundreds of Jews during World War II, died Tuesday at the age of 99.

Portugal sets sights on renewing Jewish life – Arutz Sheva

01 Aug 2013 The first Jewish cultural and religious center in Portugal was inaugurated last week following expulsion of Jews 500 years ago. READ MORE »

Trading yarmulke for blond wig, Israeli Orthodox gay Jew becomes drag queen – Associated Press

01 Aug 2013 It has been a long and agonizing metamorphosis for Hadar, 34, from being a conflicted Orthodox Jew to a proud religious gay man — and drag queen. READ MORE »

Chief Rabbi Lau says racist remarks were a ‘joke’ – JTA

01 Aug 2013 Rabbi David Lau, the newly elected Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Israel, said his widely condemned racist comment was a “joke.” READ MORE »

Anti-Semitism in Sweden forces Jews to question their future – Arutz Sheva

31 Jul 2013 Attacks against Jews in Malmö, Sweden’s third-largest city, have left members of the local community questioning their future. READ MORE »