London - The Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks this week called for community-wide support to challenge a court judgment which he said has effectively branded Judaism as “racist”. Writing in today’s JC, he said: “We must join together” to contest last week’s Court of Appeal ruling that, under race relations law, Jewish schools cannot award places on the basis of whether the child’s...

New York - The World Jewish Congress is calling for Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone to resign after he was quoted as saying that Adolf Hitler "got things done, (as was reported here on VIN News). In the interview with London's The Times newspaper, Ecclestone also said democracy "hasn't done a lot of good for many countries - including this one. In a statement Sunday, Ronald Lauder, president...

New York - As summer weather heats up, a new federal law designed to improve pool safety is provoking a lot of questions, including who will enforce it. In December 2008, the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Safety Law went into effect. The law mandates all public pools and spas must have new, federally compliant drain covers installed and a second anti-entrapment system installed, when there is...

Israel - An Israeli submarine used the Suez Canal for the first time recently to get to military exercises in the Red Sea, the move was aimed as a message to arch-foe Iran. The Dolphine submarine entered the canal that connects the Mediterranean and the Red Seas during the day and was escorted by Egyptian navy vessels sometime in June, the Yediot Aharonot daily said. Previously Israeli...

Israel - The head of Mossad, Israel’s overseas intelligence service, has assured Benjamin Netanyahu, its prime minister, that Saudi Arabia would turn a blind eye to Israeli jets flying over the kingdom during any future raid on Iran’s nuclear sites. Earlier this year Meir Dagan, Mossad’s director since 2002, held secret talks with Saudi officials to discuss the possibility. The...