Israeli honeymooner dies in car accident

An Israeli tourist died in a Barcelona hospital Friday after being hit by a car while on her honeymoon there last week.
....Shalgi was an event planner with Nohar Productions. The last event she worked on was the reception ceremony for US President Barack Obama at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem on March 20. Her colleagues related to Israeli media her excitement about having worked on the US president’s visit and been briefly greeted by him.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/honeymooning-israeli-dies-in-barcelona/

Calls to cancel 92 Street Y's event

An Israeli civil rights organization has called to cancel a Roger Waters event after his recent anti Israeli and anti Semitic activities, according to a press release by Shurat HaDin.

"New York's 92nd Street Y's decision to postpone and not cancel all together Roger Waters' event is appalling.
Read more: http://www.yourjewishnews.com/2013/03/26418.html

British poll on shechita

Almost half the population favour a ban on religious slaughter of animals for meat and nearly a third want a ban on male circumcision, according to the results of a YouGov poll for the JC.
Continue reading: http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/103895/forty-five-cent-britons-ready-ban-shechita

Doesn't think in French

The leader of the French far left said a Jewish Socialist minister “thought in international finances, not in French” and then denied he was referring to the minister’s origins.
Read more: http://www.jta.org/news/article/2013/03/25/3122986/french-leftist-leader-jewish-minister-doesnt-think-in-french

Kosher for Passover for pets

With four fish, three cats, two dogs and a hamster as her pets, Helene Rubin of Bloomfield Township loves animals a lot.
But as an Orthodox Jew, she also loves her faith and wants to follow its rules.
And so when Passover -- an eight-day Jewish holiday that has specific dietary rules -- rolls around every year, she makes sure to follow them not only for herself, but also her animals. That's because even feeding your pets the wrong kinds of food during Passover could violate the laws of Judaism.
Read more: http://www.freep.com/article/20130325/NEWS05/303250088/Keeping-pets-kosher-for-Passover-challenges-Jewish-owners

Barred from Libya

The French celebrity philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy was banned from joining the former President Nicolas Sarkozy’s visit to Libya this week because he is Jewish.
Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/author-barred-from-libya-for-being-jewish-8546522.html

Special spiritual bond

Pope Francis told Jewish leaders that Catholics and Jews are “bound by a very special spiritual bond.”
The new pontiff on Wednesday also pledged to foster the interfaith dialogue begun with the Nostra Aetate decree of the Second Vatican Council.
Read more: http://www.jta.org/news/article/2013/03/20/3122636/poe-francis-tells-jewish-leaders-they-have-special-spiritual-bond