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PARIS (JTA)-Last year may have been traumatic for France and its Jews, but it was a pretty good one for Rudy Abecassis. In a year that began with the Charlie Hebdo shooting and the subsequent killing of four at a kosher supermarket in Paris, Abecassis, 32, a Marseille-born computer specialist who moved to the Paris region in 2009 to find work, had a good job at a time of rising unemployment. The income was sufficient that his wife, Emilie, was able to quit her secretarial job after the birth of... Full story
The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute (JLI) will present The Jewish Course of Why, the institute’s new six-session winter 2016 course that will begin during the week of Feb. 7, 2016 Rabbi Yossi Hecht, director of The Chabad Jewish Center of Ocala and The Villages will conduct the six-course sessions at The Chabad Jewish Center 10:45 a.m.-noon on Sundays, starting Feb. 7 and at The Lady Lake Community Building noon -1 p.m. on Mondays, starting Feb. 8. “No religion is known for its rational basis and its welcoming of questions and intellectual deb... Full story
LOS ANGELES (JTA)-The prevalence of transgender issues in pop culture seems to have reached a pinnacle this year. Caitlyn-nee Bruce-Jenner appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair. The movie "Tangerine," which stars transgender actors, took film critics by storm. Director Tom Hooper's "The Danish Girl," currently in theaters, tells the story of one of the first sex-change operations. And the second season of Amazon's Emmy Award-winning "Transparent," about a Jewish family coming to terms with their... Full story
RA’ANANA, ISRAEL—More than 2.5 million tons of edible food, with a market value of NIS8 billion (roughly US$2 billion) is wasted in Israel annually, according to an inaugural report, Food Waste and Rescue in Israel: The Economic, Social and Environmental Impact, released today, Jan. 6, 2016, by global consulting group BDO Ziv Haft and Leket Israel, the national food bank. The report, the first of its kind in Israel, highlights the economic, social and environmental benefits of rescuing unused food for the more than two million Israeli cit... Full story
Chelsea Clinton, Ivanka Trump declare election 2016 truce (JTA)—Chelsea Clinton and Ivanka Trump reportedly have decided not to let the 2016 presidential election ruin their friendship. However, they have agreed not to see each other until after the November vote, the New York Daily News’ Confidenti@l column reported Saturday. Confidenti@l had reported Jan. 1 that the relationship between the two high-profile women, who exchanged baby gifts and had a frequent text messaging relationship, was strained over the attacks by their par... Full story
NEW YORK (JTA)-On a trip to London last year, actor Michael Zegen caught a revival performance of Arthur Miller's 1955 drama, "A View from the Bridge," about a Brooklyn longshoreman whose protective impulses toward his niece tilt toward lust. "I had a terrible seat," he told JTA. "But it still blew me away." The production, which was directed by the visionary Ivo van Hove, was so powerful that when he saw ads promoting its transfer to Broadway, he planned to see it again. But you know what they... Full story
WASHINGTON (JTA)-At first blush, it appears like a bombshell: The United States listened in on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's phone calls. But on closer examination, the revelations reported Dec. 29 by The Wall Street Journal might not be so far reaching. Spying on allies is both routine and legal in the United States, though perhaps not very politic. Here's what the controversy is all about and what may happen next. What exactly did the Obama administration do? According to the... Full story
