Australian companies remove kashrut certification symbols over halal fears The companies asked that the symbols for Kosher Australia be removed due to pushback over halal certification, due to rumors that money raised from halal certification helps fund terrorism.
Witnesses attacked as neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party trial opens The trial at a high-security prison outside Athens, where the party leaders are being held, was adjourned for three weeks amid reports of the attacks.
Elio Toaff, chief rabbi of Rome for 51 years, dies at 99 Toaff served as chief rabbi from 1951 to 2002 and is considered an important figure in the history of Italy and European Jewry.