News updates from the World Jewish Congress website - 08 October 2010

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Wiesel calls for inter-faith center instead of mosque near Ground Zero

The Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel has come out in favor of an inter-faith center near the site of the 9/11 terror attacks in Manhattan, rather than the controversial 'Ground Zero mosque'. read more »

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'Haaretz': Hezbollah operatives trained on Syrian missile base near Damascus

08 Oct 2010 Citing recently made satellite photos on Google Earth, the Israel newspaper 'Haaretz' reports that the Syrian army has a Scud missile base near Damascus where it also trains Hezbollah fighters. read more »

OPINION: Menachem Z. Rosensaft - Simhah Bunim of Pshyskhe: A Hasidic Master for Our Times

08 Oct 2010 There are two very distinct types of religious leaders: those who consider their particular ideologies and practices to be exclusive and sacrosanct, and those who seek to help others find their own respective truths, their own sources of strength, within themselves. read more »

EJC lobbies European Parliament on new kosher slaughtering regulation

08 Oct 2010 The European Jewish Congress has expressed its concerns about the negative consequences of plans discussed in the European Parliament under which all kosher meat products would have to be labeled as "meat from slaughter without stunning". read more »

Israeli Cabinet set to back controversial oath of allegiance for new citizens

07 Oct 2010 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has given his backing to a proposal which would require any non-Jew taking Israeli citizenship to swear allegiance to Israel as a "Jewish and democratic state". read more »