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| October 23, 2013
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Toronto transit rejects ‘inaccurate’ anti-Israel promo ads for buses

‘The Toronto Transit Commission has not allowed itself to fall prey to the false anti-Israel propaganda campaign,’ B’nai Brith Canada said.

By JTA

 

TORONTO — The Toronto Transit Commission rejected four anti-Israel advertisements for being “inaccurate and misleading.”

disapearing palistineBrad Ross, a spokesman for the transit commission, told JTA on Monday that the ads were turned down because they were “inaccurate and misleading.” The ads were intended to run on buses and subways, as well as the commission’s shelters.

Proposed by the Montreal-based Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, the ads were similar to the “Disappearing Palestine” ad that ran this summer in Vancouver’s transit system.

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| October 21, 2013
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Toronto Star Columnist Promotes Jesus as Palestinian

By deceivingly portraying Jesus as a Palestinian martyr, Star columnist Ken Gallinger’s commentary, an attempt to invent a Palestinian history, was tantamount to historical revisionism.

By Mike Fegelman

 

 

Anti-Israel adherents continue to peddle the fiction that Jesus was a “Palestinian” who preached Islam.

According to Palestinian Media Watch (PMW), “One of the ways the Palestinian Authority attempts to create a Palestinian history is to deny the Judean/Jewish nationality of Jesus, and misrepresent him as a ‘Palestinian.’”

There exists a very real “history war” whereby Jewish history is being erased and replaced with an invented Palestinian history. According to PMW: “As part of its ongoing attempt to invent a Palestinian history, the Palestinian Authority tries to hitch a ride into the past with Jesus.

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| October 21, 2013
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Irish journalist dons kippa to assess anti-Semitism in Sweden

 

“As an Irish person abroad I’ve never felt remotely threatened but wearing the kippa for a few hours was enough to instill feelings of fear,” writes Patrick Reilly.

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An Irish journalist donned a kippa for a day in the southern Swedish city of Malmo, in an effort to experience what it might be like for Jews there, who have been known to suffer from anti-Semitism, The Local reported last week.

Screenshot from The Local

Screenshot from The Local.

Patrick Reilly said his experiment was inspired by recent anti-Semitic incidents in Malmo, as well as concern expressed by Jews planning visits there. Continue Reading »

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| October 18, 2013
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Bnei Menashe, ‘Lost’ Indian Jews coming to Israel

2,000 Bnei Menashe curently live in Israel & another 5,000 are in the pipeline waiting to immigrate. This week, the Israeli gov’t  approved 899 more Bnei Menashe to come.

 

SDEROT, Israel (JTA) — A Kassam rocket had just landed across the street, but it couldn’t wipe the smile off David Lhundgim’s face as he entered his apartment in this embattled town near the Gaza border.

Jewish immigrants of the Bnei Menashe arriving at Ben Gurion airport in Israel, Dec. 24, 2012. (Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)

Jewish immigrants of the Bnei Menashe arriving at Ben Gurion airport in Israel, Dec. 24, 2012.- Photo: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images

Born in the rural provinces of northeast India, Lhundgim has lived in Sderot since he moved to Israel in 2007, and by at least one measure he seemed to be well-adjusted: Lhundgim didn’t flinch when he heard bombs explode outside.

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| October 17, 2013
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UN Chief: American Jews have made distinct imprint on UN

 

Ban Ki-moon addresses Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations gala in New York, stresses anti-Semitism “has no place in the 21st century.”

By MAYA SHWAYDER, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT

 

 

 

NEW YORK – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon praised the American Jewish community for its partnership in fighting injustice while stressing the need to “stand strong against extremists,” while speaking in New York Tuesday night.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during a news conference in Andorra April 2, 2013.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during a news conference in Andorra April 2, 2013. – Photo: REUTERS/Albert Gea

At the 50th anniversary tribute gala dinner of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, Ban said the UN and American Jewry “share a common goal… and identical values” in the pursuit of “peace and human dignity for all.”

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| October 11, 2013
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Jewish Newlyweds Shocked to Get Anti-Semitic Wedding Video

Jewish newlyweds in the UK were shocked at the audio track of their wedding film that was pitted with anti-Semitic comments from the videographer & his assistant.

By Adam Ross

 

A Jewish couple have received their wedding video, complete with a highly distasteful anti Semitic diatribe filling its audio track.

The shocking story appeared in this week edition of the British Jewish Chronicle.

The newspaper reported how Londoners Claudia and Stan Gocman, were first made to wait nine months before a poorly edited video of their wedding arrived. After receiving an equally sloppily produced second version, the couple paid extra, to receive the original footage in order to have it edited by another company. Continue Reading »

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| October 10, 2013
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Council of Europe: Religious Circumcisions are Legal

The head of the Council of Europe responds to Israel’s President Shimon Peres’s letter, assuring him there’s no law banning male circumcision.

By Elad Benari

 

President Shimon Peres was assured on Wednesday that there is no binding law banning male circumcision in Europe for religious reasons.

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Secular “Brit Milah” Jewish circumcision ceremony – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

The head of the Council of Europe, Thorbjorn Jagland, responded to a letter Peres had sent earlier in the week, urging the council to reconsider a resolution it adopted against circumcision.

Jagland clarified in the letter that there were no “legal provisions regarding the practice of circumcision of young boys for religious reasons.” Continue Reading »

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| October 7, 2013
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Shoah Foundation honors George Clooney for humanitarian work

 

Steven Spielberg’s Shoah Foundation honors George Clooney for his humanitarian work in Darfur. Spielberg says ‘George is a humble humanitarian.’

By Israel Hayom Staff & News Agencies

 

 

Steven Spielberg and George Clooney go way back in show business. In fact, it was Spielberg who gave Clooney his big break on the TV show “ER,” the actor recalls.

Heartthrob with a heart of gold: George Clooney – Photo: AP

But the two Hollywood heavyweights came together Thursday evening for a different reason: Spielberg was honoring Clooney for his humanitarian work around the globe, especially in the Darfur region of Sudan.

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| October 4, 2013
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Israel asks Council of Europe to cancel anti-circumcision resolution

“For the Jewish people, this is a path that stood the test of thousands of years, and now the Council of Europe is trying to erase it.”

By HERB KEINON

 

 

Israel on Friday called on the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to annul a resolution it passed on Tuesday against circumcision, calling it a “moral stain” on the Council.

Rabbi holds boy for circumcision

Rabbi holds boy for circumcision – Photo: REUTERS

“Circumcision of male children is an ancient religious tradition of two important religions, Judaism and Islam, and it is also common among some Christian circles,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

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| October 3, 2013
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European Council Wants Ban on Circumcision

Calling circumcision of children a violation of human rights, the European Council calls for a legal ban until age 15.

By Maayana Miskin

 

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, a pan-European group, has passed a resolution condemning circumcision of children as a violation of human rights, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) reports.

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Secular “Brit Milah” Jewish circumcision ceremony – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

The resolution passed with 78 in favor to just 13 against. Fifteen people abstained from the vote.

Representatives called to ban “certain operations and practices…before a child is old enough to be consulted.” The age suggested for allowing circumcision was 15. Continue Reading »

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| October 1, 2013
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Survey of American Jews: Rapid assimilation, soaring intermarriage

22% of U.S. Jews describe themselves as having no religion, & the survey finds they are much less connected to Jewish organizations &much less likely to be raising their children Jewish.

NEW YORK (JTA) — There are a lot more Jews in America than you may have thought — an estimated 6.8 million, according to a new study. But a growing proportion of them are unlikely to raise their children Jewish or connect with Jewish institutions.

The proportion of Jews who say they have no religion and are Jewish only on the basis of ancestry, ethnicity or culture is growing rapidly, and two-thirds of them are not raising their children Jewish at all.

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| September 30, 2013
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Female IDF soldier recites blessings over Torah in IDF synagogue

 

For the 1st time on a Simchat Torah holiday in an IDF synagogue, a Female soldier was called to recite blessings over Torah portion.

Will this be the beginning of a new tradition in the IDF?

By Yehuda Shlezinger

 

A religiously observant female soldier was called to the Torah last week during Simchat Torah services, setting a precedent for the IDF. The soldier received what is known as an aliyah to the Torah, during which she recited a blessing over a Torah portion — a custom that is typically reserved for men in mainstream Orthodox synagogues. The incident sparked a firestorm on a base where many Orthodox soldiers were serving.

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| September 29, 2013
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India Arrests Terrorist Planning New Mumbai Attack

Israel TV-2 reports Global Jihad terrorist has been arrested by Indian authorities. India has Heightened security alert around possible Jewish targets.

By Gil Ronen

 

Channel 2‘s website says that Indian security forces have arrested a Global Jihad terrorist who they believe planned to carry out terror attacks against Jewish targets in India. The investigation revealed that he is part of a cell that planned terror attacks in Mumbai and other locations. Chabad houses were reportedly on the list of planned targets.

The report has not been corroborated by other news sources.

According to the report, there are terror alerts regarding two possible targets on the island of Goa, which is very popular with Israelis, especially in the October “party season”: a beach town named Anjuna and a nearby resort village named Arambul. Continue Reading »

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| September 29, 2013
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US Holocaust museum agrees to return barracks to Poland

The barracks were borrowed by the Holocaust Museum in 1989. In 2003, Poland passed a law that historical artifacts cannot be loaned for more than 5 years.

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WARSAW, Poland — The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington will return a section of wooden barracks which was given on long-term loan by the Auschwitz Museum 24 years ago.

Auschwitz Barracks - Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

Auschwitz Barracks – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

The barracks, the centerpiece of the U.S. Holocaust Museum’s permanent collection, will be replaced by another set from Birkenau, which will be owned by the museum.

The exhibition containing the barracks, half of a wooden building in which Jewish prisoners slept while imprisoned in the death camp, will be closed for five months beginning on Tuesday to allow for the removal of the old barracks and the installation of the new ones.

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| September 28, 2013
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Shame Book: Facebook Called Upon to Remove All Hate Pages

Michael Mendelson’s group, Help Report Hate & Anti Semitic Pages has planned a Major Rally at Facebook HQ, Menlo Park Calif. on October 14, 2013, 10am.

The Rally is meant to force Facebook to recognize its social media platform is used to propagate hatred & abuse directed against Jews & Israel.

“ShameBook” must be completely socially responsible.

 

 

SAN FRANCISCO – September 27, 2013. Did ya’ hear the one about how Facebook routinely removes hate pages targeting racial minorities and the LGBT community, but allows anti-Semitic, anti-Jewish and anti-Israel hate pages to stay up online? No? Well, good, because it ain’t very funny, says Michael Mendelson, an average hard-working American, who is determined to do something about it. Continue Reading »

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