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.
READ: B’NAI BRITH ANGRY CRITICIZES FEDERAL AGENCY FOR FUNDING WHAT IT CALLS PRO-TERRORIST EXHIBIT
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.
Award-winning LGBT reporter @GretchRHammond talks about being “silenced” after exposing anti-Semitism at the Chicago Dyke March: pic.twitter.com/xwsYgLe0Pz
— (((Yair Rosenberg))) (@Yair_Rosenberg) July 17, 2017
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.”
