Swiss Jews join Muslims in protesting referendum banning face-covering veils The Swiss “have a long history of trying to curb migrations through banning religious practice,” a Zurich-born European Jewish leader said.
Zalman Kossovsky, former chief rabbi of Zurich and a US Marines chaplain, dies at 80 He led congregations on three continents and toiled to find solutions for women whose husbands refused them a Jewish writ of divorce, or get.
Zurich Jewish school to close after failing to meet standards for secular subjects Separately, a Jewish school in London was flunked by the Education Ministry over its censorship of textbooks deemed immoral.
