Jewish Press of Tampa

Riki: 12 and alone, she made aliyah from Ethiopia

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:15:34 +0000

At an age when many American girls would feel uncomfortable going alone to a shopping mall, Bizu “Riki” Mullu traveled without her family from Ethopia to make aliyah in Israel.

Group defends suspended Amsterdam chief rabbi’s comments about ‘curing’ gays

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:15:34 +0000

(JTA) The suspension of Amsterdam’s chief rabbi for signing a statement on “curing” homosexuality is “verging on fascism,” a group calling itself the Committee for the Declaration on the Torah Approach to Homosexuality said in a letter to a Netherlands newspaper. The group said the rabbi was following “centuries-old religious truths.”

Two studies put U.S. Jewish census at up to 6.6 million

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:15:38 +0000

NEW YORK (JTA) – More than 6 million Jews are living in the United States, according to two independent studies.

The two studies, using completely different methodology, discovered between 6.4 million and 6.6 million U.S. Jews, or about 1.8 percent of the population, the Forward reported.

With Jack Lew’s appointment, the Jewish community again has White House address

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:15:44 +0000

By RON KAMPEAS JTA news service

WASHINGTON — @Jewish- WhiteHouse is back.

President Obama announced Jan. 9 that Jack Lew, his director of the Office of Budget and Management, would replace William Daley as White House chief of staff.

CA inmate should get kosher meals, appeals court rules

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:15:46 +0000

(JTA) — The California prison system is violating a Messianic Jewish prisoner’s constitutional rights by denying him kosher food, a state appeals court ruled.

Orthodox groups protest federal decision on contraception

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:15:46 +0000

WASHINGTON (JTA) – Two Orthodox groups protested the Obama administration’s decision to require some religiously affiliated institutions to cover contraception as part of their employee health plans.

Israelis vouch for Obama in new campaign video

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:15:48 +0000

WASHINGTON (JTA) – President Obama’s re-election campaign unveiled a video featuring testimonials from Israeli leaders a day after he raised $500,000 from Jewish donors.

RNC supports ‘one law for all’ in Israel’

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:15:48 +0000

WASHINGTON (JTA) – The Republican National Committee adopted a resolution calling for “a united Israel governed under one law for all people.”