Archive: January 2014

Knesset Producing Film to Fight Anti-Circumcision Laws

Posted on January 20, 2014

The Jerusalem Post By Lahav Karov and Sam Sokol PACE secretary-general calls motion limiting minority rights dangerous; MK Shai plans to screen pro-circumcision short in PACE committee meeting. The Knesset is producing a short pro-circumcision documentary, to be filmed this week and shown in a committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Continue Reading »

Circoncision: Des associations demandent au Conseil de l’Europe de revoir sa resolution

Posted on January 20, 2014

20 Minutes LEGISLATION L’assemblée parlementaire de l’organisation paneuropéenne (APCE) a voté le 1er octobre une résolution classant la «circoncision des jeunes garçons pour des motifs religieux» parmi les «violations de l’intégrité physique des enfants» à combattre… Des responsables juifs et musulmans ont plaidé ce lundi auprès du secrétaire général du Conseil de l’Europe, Thorbjorn Jagland, Continue Reading »

Delegation Of Muslim And Jewish Leaders Receive Assurance From Council Of Europe Secretary General Of Firm Opposition To Circumcision Ban

Posted on January 20, 2014

Muslim leaders had joined Jewish clerics in lobbying in opposition to the controversial resolution supporting banning male circumcision across the continent in discussion with Council of Europe Secretary General Thorborn Jagland.

Mandela’s Road To Reconciliation; The Next Stop On The Journey

Posted on January 2, 2014

The Times of Israel By Rabbi Marc Schneier In 2003, I traveled to South Africa with my dear friend, Martin Luther King III, at the invitation of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies, where we spoke at their centenary celebration on the state of black-Jewish relations in the United States. During the civil rights Continue Reading »