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Poland: Ban on kosher slaughter is unconstitutional and infringes human rights, says supreme court

 

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 10 December 2014

WJC hails ‘landmark decision’ by Polish high court lifting kosher slaughter ban

Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal vindicated the stance of the Union of Polish Jewish Communities and ruled that the current ban on religious slaughter was unconstitutional.

German writer and commentator Ralph Giordano dies, aged 91 – Deutsche Welle

10 Dec 2014 Giordano was a luminary of German public life, documenting his experiences as the son of a Jew living in Nazi Germany.  READ MORE »

Palestinian Minister Ziad Abu Ein dies after clash with Israeli forces – NBC News

10 Dec 2014 A Palestinian Cabinet minister died Wednesday after a confrontation with Israeli forces in the West Bank, the Palestinian government confirmed.  READ MORE »

Litvak Jewish art gets first global show after almost a century – Reuters

10 Dec 2014 In London, scenes from Jerusalem and 1920s Paris are among the rare works showcasing Lithuania’s Jewish artists from the last century that are going on show as a collection abroad for the first time. READ MORE »

Cardinal Mejia, pioneer of Catholic-Jewish dialogue, dies – Catholic News Service

10 Dec 2014 Argentine Cardinal Jorge Maria Mejia, an expert at the Second Vatican Council, a longtime leader of Catholic-Jewish dialogue, and the former Vatican archivist, died in Rome at the age of 91. READ MORE »

Jewish student stabbed in head in attack at New York synagogue – suspect shot dead by police – The Independent

09 Dec 2014 A Jewish student has been stabbed in the head inside a synagogue in New York by an attacker who was shot dead by police. READ MORE »

Holocaust survivors’ descendants help keep memory alive in new book – Reuters

09 Dec 2014 In a book edited by Menachem Z. Rosensaft, 88 descendants of Holocaust survivorsof them tell how they inherited the memory and how they hope to pass it on. READ MORE »

Terror attack by nephew of Israeli teens’ murderer thwarted – Jerusalem Post

09 Dec 2014 One of the suspects is the nephew of Amar Abu Eisha, the suspected kidnapper and murderer of Gil-Ad Shaer, Eyal Yifrah and Naftali Fraenkel in June.  READ MORE »