World Report

LONDON (JTA) -- British campaigners held a candlelight vigil here Sunday for Jewish women whose husbands have denied them a religious divorce.

The Agunot Campaign designated the first night of Chanukah as Agunot Awareness Day. Agunot is the term used for women denied gets, or religious divorces.

Berlin museum sets new German record

BERLIN (JTA) -- The new Jewish Museum here has become the most visited museum in Germany, according to its director. W. Michael Blumenthal. He said this week that more than 217,000 visitors have passed through the halls of the building designed by architect Daniel Libeskind since the museum opened in September.

In another development, the German culture minister, Julian Nida-Rumelin, was elected president of the museum's newly established Foundation Council.

Other council members include Jewish leader Paul Spiegel and Michael Naumann, a former culture minister who is now a newspaper publisher.