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Preliminary reports indicate that kosher food consumers looking to dine at the London 2012 Olympics should prepare for some ‘hurdles.’  [[READMORE]] Writing for the Jewish Chronicle on Thursday, Marcus Dysch reported that strict advertising restrictions imposed on this year’s food servers will make finding Kosher food difficult: Labels will only tell the buyer what food they […]

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The International Olympic Committee denied the call for a minute of silence at the London 2012 games to remember the Israeli athletes slain at the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre. Given the global Jewish community’s efforts to organize this event, it may come as a surprise that Jewish and Israeli leaders once came close to boycotting […]

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said this week he welcomes the help of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan in stopping the surge of violence in Chicago neighborhoods. [[READMORE]] Back in 1997, Ed Rendell — then the mayor of Philadelphia — and local Jewish groups sparred over his taking part in a Farrakhan-led rally that city […]

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