Hobby Lobby owner David Green notoriously sued the government (which is still being challenged)* because he doesn't want to cover birth control for his employees-who, like his shoppers, happen to be mostly women ( Read more... )

Death Machine Guarantees 100% Lethal Dose of Radiation, Or Your Money Back!

2 wanted device used on enemies, officials say
Suspect taped promising to build "Hiroshima on a light switch"

A plot to design a radiation weapon that could fit in a small van and be used to silently kill humans was unraveled by an FBI task force that charged two men - a ( Read more... )

Right-wing parliamentarian was challenged for using the term to disparage actress Mila Kunis


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German lawmakers on Wednesday passed legislation ensuring parents the right to have their boys circumcised, bringing a close to months of legal uncertainty set off by a regional court’s ruling that equated the practice with bodily harm.The measure passed by a vote of 434 to 100, with 46 abstentions, in Germany’s lower house of Parliament, the ( Read more... )

BUDAPEST, Hungary -- A Hungarian far-right politician urged the government to draw up a list of Jews who pose a "national security risk", stirring outrage among Jewish leaders who saw echoes of fascist policies that led to the Holocaust ( Read more... )

Survey: Most Israeli Jews would support apartheid regime in Israel
Survey, conducted by Dialog on the eve of Rosh Hashanah, exposes anti-Arab, ultra-nationalist views espoused by a majority of Israeli Jews.

Most of the Jewish public in Israel supports the establishment of an apartheid regime in Israel if it formally annexes the West Bank ( Read more... )

Proudly Bearing Elders’ Scars, Their Skin Says ‘Never Forget’

When Eli Sagir showed her grandfather, Yosef Diamant, the new tattoo on her left forearm, he bent his head to kiss it.

Mr. Diamant had the same tattoo, the number 157622, permanently inked on his own arm by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Nearly 70 years later, Ms. Sagir got hers at a hip ( Read more... )

Angela Merkel's spokesman has promised Germany's Jewish and Muslim communities they will be free to carry out circumcision on young boys, despite a court ban that has raised concerns about religious freedom.

The government said it would find a way around a ban imposed by a court in Cologne in June as a matter of urgency."For everyone in the ( Read more... )

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A Turkish TV advert for men's shampoo, featuring Adolf Hitler, has been withdrawn following complaints from the country's Jewish community.

The 12-second advert shows footage of Hitler with a dubbed voice shouting that men should not use women's shampoo if they do not wear women's clothes.

Turkey's Jewish community threatened legal action over the " ( Read more... )