http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/toronto-islamic-school-sent-packing-over-anti-semitic-teachings/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/toronto-islamic-school-sent-packing-over-anti-semitic-teachings/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 18:50:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133986 JTA.org: A Toronto Islamic school has lost the right to use a public school for its classes after anti-Semitic teachings were discovered in its curriculum and posted on its website. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/toronto-islamic-school-sent-packing-over-anti-semitic-teachings/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/gay-marriage-pope-representatives-calls-for-catholic-alliance-with-muslim-and-jewish-groups/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/gay-marriage-pope-representatives-calls-for-catholic-alliance-with-muslim-and-jewish-groups/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:32:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132414 Telegraph: The Pope’s representative in Britain has urged Roman Catholic leaders to form a united front with their Muslim and Jewish counterparts to oppose gay marriage. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/gay-marriage-pope-representatives-calls-for-catholic-alliance-with-muslim-and-jewish-groups/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/u-s-envoy-protests-anti-semitism-in-swedish-city/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/u-s-envoy-protests-anti-semitism-in-swedish-city/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:05:29 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132334 Religion Clause Blog: The Forward reported yesterday that Hannah Rosenthal, the United States special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism, held a meeting earlier this week with Ilmar Reepalu, mayor of the Swedish city of Malmo, to call attention to the anti-Semitism rampant in the city and the city's lack of adequate response to it ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/u-s-envoy-protests-anti-semitism-in-swedish-city/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/d-c-board-approves-hebrew-language-charter-school/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/d-c-board-approves-hebrew-language-charter-school/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:11:29 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132087 Religion Clause Blog: He stresses that the school's curriculum will be secular, but points out that the Hebrew foundation will be important for Jewish students who decide to pursue after-school religious studies. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/d-c-board-approves-hebrew-language-charter-school/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/28/the-inside-story-on-religious-accommodation-by-texas-high-school-basketball-league/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/28/the-inside-story-on-religious-accommodation-by-texas-high-school-basketball-league/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:47:29 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129802 Religion Clause Blog: The Huffington Post on Monday carried a lengthy and interesting article detailing the legal and strategic decisions on both sides in the widely-publicized battle of a Houston, Texas Orthodox Jewish school to get officials to accommodate its Sabbath observance in a recent statewide basketball tournament. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/28/the-inside-story-on-religious-accommodation-by-texas-high-school-basketball-league/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/21/christian-churches-sue-in-israel-challenging-discriminatory-property-tax-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/21/christian-churches-sue-in-israel-challenging-discriminatory-property-tax-law/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:42:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129287 Religion Clause Blog: . . . all the properties of synagogues, including space used for commercial purposes, are exempt from real estate tax. However, for other religions, only prayer halls are exempt. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/21/christian-churches-sue-in-israel-challenging-discriminatory-property-tax-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/20/cities-in-u-s-and-europe-increase-security-at-synagogues-following-france-school-shooting/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/20/cities-in-u-s-and-europe-increase-security-at-synagogues-following-france-school-shooting/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:31:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129171 Fox News: Police departments across the nation and around the world have beefed up security at synagogues following shootings at Jewish sites in France. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/20/cities-in-u-s-and-europe-increase-security-at-synagogues-following-france-school-shooting/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/19/after-attack-mk-calls-on-jews-to-leave-france/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/19/after-attack-mk-calls-on-jews-to-leave-france/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:38:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129006 The Times of Israel: MK Ya’akov Katz called Monday for Jews to leave France in the wake of a deadly attack on a Jewish school in Toulouse. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/19/after-attack-mk-calls-on-jews-to-leave-france/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/15/israel-ultra-orthodox-jews-protest-school-ruling/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/15/israel-ultra-orthodox-jews-protest-school-ruling/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 22:35:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128807 Washington Times: Tens of thousands of black-clad ultra-Orthodox Jews staged mass demonstrations on Thursday to protest an Israeli Supreme Court ruling forcing the integration of a religious girls school. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/15/israel-ultra-orthodox-jews-protest-school-ruling/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/14/uk-organization-calls-for-removing-the-divine-comedy-from-school-curricula/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/14/uk-organization-calls-for-removing-the-divine-comedy-from-school-curricula/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:53:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128642 Volokh Conspiracy reports: . . . The [Divine Comedy] should be removed from school curricula, according to Gherush 92, a human rights organisation which acts as a consultant to UN bodies on racism and discrimination . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/14/uk-organization-calls-for-removing-the-divine-comedy-from-school-curricula/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/14/india-expels-chabad-rabbi-for-not-claiming-religious-activities-on-visa-application/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/14/india-expels-chabad-rabbi-for-not-claiming-religious-activities-on-visa-application/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:56:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128621 Religion Clause Blog: The Indian government charged that Rabbi Zalman Bernstein did not declare on his visa application that he would be conducting religious activities and would be trying to convert foreigners. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/14/india-expels-chabad-rabbi-for-not-claiming-religious-activities-on-visa-application/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/09/israel-and-the-plight-of-mideast-christians/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/09/israel-and-the-plight-of-mideast-christians/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:24:27 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128140 WSJ: Just as Jews were once expelled from Arab lands, Christians are now being forced from countries they have long inhabited. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/09/israel-and-the-plight-of-mideast-christians/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/08/nyc-probe-into-controversial-circumcision-death/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/08/nyc-probe-into-controversial-circumcision-death/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:02:22 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127978 AP: New York City authorities are investigating the death of an infant who died after contracting herpes last year through a controversial circumcision ritual. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/08/nyc-probe-into-controversial-circumcision-death/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/06/french-elections-pm-fillon-prompts-halal-kosher-row/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/06/french-elections-pm-fillon-prompts-halal-kosher-row/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 21:36:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127842 BBC: Muslim and Jewish groups have reacted with dismay after French PM Francois Fillon suggested the religious slaughter of animals was out of date. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/06/french-elections-pm-fillon-prompts-halal-kosher-row/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/05/israeli-mail-carriers-object-to-delivering-new-testaments/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/05/israeli-mail-carriers-object-to-delivering-new-testaments/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:01:48 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127647 Religion Clause Blog: In Israel, mail carriers in the city of Ramat Gan are refusing to deliver thousands of copies of the New Testament translated into Hebrew that have been mailed to city residents. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/05/israeli-mail-carriers-object-to-delivering-new-testaments/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/01/orthodox-ballers-sue-texas-school-school-district/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/01/orthodox-ballers-sue-texas-school-school-district/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:06:14 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127362 JTA.org: The captain of an Orthodox high schol basketball team has sued a Texas public school district over the refusal to accomodate a request to reschedule tournament games that conflict with the Jewish sabbath. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/01/orthodox-ballers-sue-texas-school-school-district/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/21/national-menorah-lit-in-d-c-as-hanukkah-begins/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/21/national-menorah-lit-in-d-c-as-hanukkah-begins/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:30:27 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121457 Religion Clause Blog reports. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/21/national-menorah-lit-in-d-c-as-hanukkah-begins/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/13/east-london-mosque-hosts-speaker-who-has-called-for-jewish-women-to-be-enslaved-and-pillaged/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/13/east-london-mosque-hosts-speaker-who-has-called-for-jewish-women-to-be-enslaved-and-pillaged/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:45:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120785 Telegraph Blogs: Last Friday, according to publicity material (above) and its Facebook page, the mosque was due to host that conspicuous moderate, Sheikh Saad al-Beraik, who has reportedly stated: “Muslim brothers in Palestine, do not have any mercy neither compassion on the Jews, their blood, their money, their flesh. Their women are yours to take, legitimately. God made them yours. Why don't you enslave their women? Why don't you wage jihad? Why don't you pillage them?” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/13/east-london-mosque-hosts-speaker-who-has-called-for-jewish-women-to-be-enslaved-and-pillaged/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/13/dutch-senate-debates-ritual-slaughter-ban/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/13/dutch-senate-debates-ritual-slaughter-ban/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:44:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120684 News from The Associated Press: Political support for a ban on the ritual slaughter of animals without stunning them first, as required by centuries-old Jewish and Muslim dietary traditions, has weakened as the Dutch senate debates the legislation. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/13/dutch-senate-debates-ritual-slaughter-ban/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/08/chaplains-commend-army-chief-of-chaplains-for-decision-concerning-rabbi/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/08/chaplains-commend-army-chief-of-chaplains-for-decision-concerning-rabbi/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:07:50 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120273 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/08/chaplains-commend-army-chief-of-chaplains-for-decision-concerning-rabbi/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/05/100-orthodox-rabbis-issue-same-sex-marriage-declaration/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/05/100-orthodox-rabbis-issue-same-sex-marriage-declaration/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:38:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120003 AlgeMeiner.com: “By definition, a union that is not sanctioned by Torah law is not an Orthodox wedding, and by definition a person who conducts such a ceremony is not an Orthodox rabbi.” They also dispelled any doubt over possible flexibility on the matter in the future, writing, “We strongly object to this desecration of Torah values and to the subsequent misleading reportage…the public should not be misled into thinking that Orthodox Jewish values on this issue can change, are changing, or might someday change…any claims to the contrary are inaccurate and false.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/05/100-orthodox-rabbis-issue-same-sex-marriage-declaration/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/28/proposal-in-norway-would-bring-ritual-circumcision-under-government-health-system/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/28/proposal-in-norway-would-bring-ritual-circumcision-under-government-health-system/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:17:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=102235 Religion Clause Blog: In Norway, the Labour Party is proposing a change in the health care law so that ritual circumcisions of boys-- practiced by Jews and Muslims-- will be covered without charge as part of the public health system. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/28/proposal-in-norway-would-bring-ritual-circumcision-under-government-health-system/feed/ 0