Knesset Committee for Immigration

Knesset Committee Debates Troubled Conversion Policy, Banning of Venice Chief Rabbi

Venice Chief Rabbi Rabbi Bahbout disregarded the status quo and declared that he would convert people from all over Italy in his court, including those who had been rejected in the courts in Milan and Rome.

Israel / US / Politics / News Briefs / Europe / Anti-Israel NGOs / On Campus / Education

Knesset Committee Hears Diaspora Jewish Students Won't Support Israel in US, Europe, Fearing Anti-Semitism

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Canada's former Justice Minister, said the current level of anti-Semitism 'is the highest in 40 years, and includes the rejection of Israel's right to exist at all, and the portrayal of Israel as a monster and enemy of mankind.'

Terrorism / Antisemitism / News Briefs / The Knesset / Media / European Union

EU Counter-Anti-Semitism Czar: Our Goal to Allow Jews Fear-Free Life in Europe

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A Rabbi of the Rabbinical Center of Europe told the EU official she cannot constantly undermine the foundations of Judaism: brit milah and kosher shechitah, and talk about wanting to eradicate anti-Semitism.

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Ethiopian MK Meets Visiting African Women, Advocates Merging Israeli Tech with 'Fertile African Soil'

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Neguise told the delegation members, pointing out Israel's advanced capabilities in the fields of irrigation, desalination, solar energy, medicine, education and tourism.