French Muslim and Jewish groups are outraged after two pig heads were hung outside a mosque in the town where an Islamist gunman killed two paratroopers in March. [RFI English] Jews, Sikhs and Hindus cheer on fellow believers in the Olympics. [The Huffington Post] Csanad Szegedi resigns from the Jobbik party. [Arutz Sheva 7] The Australian foreign minister, Bob Carr, will visit Israel this week with support from the Australian Jewish community. [The Jerusalem Post] Stephen J. Kramer, the general secretary of …More

Michele Bachmann needs to work on her “chutzpah.” The GOP presidential candidate attempted to use the word on Fox News Wednesday night — but while the Christian Midwesterner’s embrace of Yiddish is striking, her pronunciation would have caused confusion in the shtetl. The Minnesota congresswoman, on a tear in Iowa polls but as gaffe-prone as ever, accused President Obama of chutzpah during the current battle over raising the debt ceiling. But the congresswoman, whose religious views on gays …More

Rocker Tom Petty has demanded Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann stop using his hit American Girl at campaign rallies - because he doesn't agree with her politics. Republican Bachmann announced her official bid to run against President Barack Obama on Monday, and upset Heartbreakers leader Petty by using his rousing anthem. The rocker's management team has sent Bachmann's campaign officials a cease and desist letter, asking them to stop using the song as her theme tune. It's not the first time a …More