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Trump stirs controversy with new Judaism definition

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 12 08:43 AM

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump celebrated the Jewish festival of Hanukkah on Wednesday with a controversial change to the definition of Judaism -- a move that will allow clamping down on boycotts of Israel. Read more »

Christian, Jewish, Muslim envoys sign joint paper vs assisted suicide

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 29 07:24 AM

ROME, Italy - Christian, Jewish and Muslim envoys signed Monday and submitted to Pope Francis a joint document that denounced euthanasia and assisted suicide as "inherently" wrong acts that should be forbidden. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: October 18, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 19 12:28 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos Read more »

Filipinos show love for Israel

Gali Tibbon, AFP
Posted at Oct 18 10:42 AM

Evangelical Christian pilgrims from the Philippines march during the 64th annual Jerusalem Parade on Thursday in the streets of Jerusalem, to mark the Jewish holiday of Sukkot (Tabernacles) and to express solidarity with Israel. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: June 11, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 12 12:01 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Holy See, Israel mark 25 years of diplomatic ties

Roy Lagarde, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 11 12:33 PM

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila joins Ambassador Rafael Harpaz and Rabbi Eliyahu Azaria during his visit to the Great Synagogue of the Jewish Community in the Philippines in Makati City on Tuesday. Read more »

Last known survivor of Sobibor Nazi death camp dies

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 04 04:43 AM

JERUSALEM - Semion Rosenfeld, the "last known survivor" of the Nazi death camp Sobibor, has died aged 96, the quasi-governmental Jewish Agency said Monday. Read more »

Jewish Refugees and the Philippines, a timeline: nationalism, propaganda, war

Manuel L. Quezon III
Updated as of May 31 12:05 PM

From the 1930s until World War II broke out, President Manuel L. Quezon participated in a frenetic back-and-forth with the US government over accepting Jewish refugees in Mindanao. Perusing a wealth of academic citations, Quezon’s grandson traces over a decade of discussions that led to over a thousand Jews finding shelter in the Philippines after fleeing Europe Read more »

Lebron James apologizes for controversial 'Jewish money' post

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 25 11:28 AM

LOS ANGELES - American basketball star LeBron James has apologized for posting controversial song lyrics with the phrase "getting that Jewish money" on Instagram, where he boasts over 45 million followers.  Read more »

Former Argentine president faces arrest over alleged bombing cover-up

Caroline Stauffer and Jorge Otaola, Reuters
Posted at Dec 08 07:54 AM

A federal judge in Argentina indicted former President Cristina Fernandez for treason and asked for her arrest for allegedly covering up Iran's possible role in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center that killed 85 people, a court ruling said. Read more »

Vandals attack Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia

Agence France Presse
Posted at Feb 27 11:42 AM

WASHINGTON, United States - Vandals have broken and overturned more than 500 gravestones at a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia, the latest in a spate of bomb threats and attacks against Jewish sites across the United States. Read more »