WJC News Update – Israeli-Palestinian peace talks on verge of collapse after surprise move by Abbas

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 02 April 2014

Israeli-Palestinian peace talks on verge of collapse after surprise move by Abbas

Peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians are set to collapse after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas defied the United States and Israel by taking steps to join 15 international agencies.

Greece’s Romaniote Jews remember a catastrophe and grapple with disappearing – JTA

02 Apr 2014 When the Jews of Ioannina gathered in their whitewashed-stone synagogue over the weekend, it was to commemorate 70 years since the Nazis destroyed their community. READ MORE »

New York City attacks on Jews triples in 2013, Anti-Defamation League says – NY Daily News

02 Apr 2014 The rise in the number of physical attacks on Jews in the city came as the overall number of anti-Semitic incidents in New York and across the US fell by 18 percent last year. READ MORE »

Top US senators slam ‘desperate diplomacy’ on Pollard – Times of Israel

02 Apr 2014 Chorus of American voices rises up against releasing the convicted spy now, as Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are floundering. READ MORE »

Ilan Stavans: Repatriating Spain’s Jews – New York Times

02 Apr 2014 The Spanish government recently announced its decision to grant citizenship to the descendants of Sephardic Jews. According to Justice Minister Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, this new legislation is an attempt to correct “the biggest mistake in Spanish history.” READ MORE »