YOUR DAILY SPIEL FOR TUESDAY, JULY 18

Jewish participants at Gay Pride Parade in San Francisco. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Your Daily Spiel is The CJN’s (almost) daily roundup of trending stories in the Jewish world.


Canada

Imam Intolerance: An arrest warranted was issued for Sheikh Muhammad ibn Musa Al Nasr, an imam at a Montreal mosque, for calling Jews “the worst of mankind” and saying he hoped Muslims would slaughter them on Judgment Day.

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Israel

Ramming Returns: Two Israeli soldiers were lightly injured after a Palestinian driver struck them just north of Hebron. Soldiers subsequently opened fire and killed the attacker.

Arts & Culture

Journalistic Malpractice: Gretchen Hammond, an award-winning transgender reporter who broke the story of several Jews being expelled from the Chicago Dyke March, was removed from her reporting duties.

Europe

Hungarian Hoopla: After much anxiety surrounding Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s visit to Hungary due to accusations that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban had engaged in anti-Semitic behaviour, the trip concluded. According to Ha’aretz, Orban acknowledged to Netanyahu that Hungary had previously co-operated with the Nazis, and that his government will have zero tolerance for future anti-Semitism.

Column of the Day

The Coming Storm: An Op-Ed published in The Atlantic on American Jewry and religion believes the community is at a significant historical juncture. The article quotes an Orthodox rabbi who asserts, “We’re headed toward one of the greatest divisions in the history of Jewish people.”