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| September 27, 2013
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4 Jews Among MacArthur ‘Genius’ Award Recipients

Four Jewish doctors & scientists among the 13 men & 11 women picked by the John and Catherine MacArthur Foundation for the annual Honorees for 2013.

By Anne Cohen, With Reuters

 

Four Jews are among 24 of America’s most creative and original thinkers who will each get $625,000 “genius” grants this year.

Genius Jews: Jeffrey Brenner (above),primary care physician in Camden, is among the 24 recipients of the MacArthur “Genius” Awards

Genius Jews: Jeffrey Brenner (above),primary care physician in Camden, is among the 24 recipients of the MacArthur “Genius” Awards

Dr. Jeffrey Brenner, 44, Sheila Nirenberg, a New York City neuroscientist, Sara Seager, a Canadian-American astrophysics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Carl Haber, a physicist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are among the 13 men and 11 women picked by the John D. Continue Reading »

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| September 25, 2013
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Jewish Establishments in India Warned to Strengthen its Security

REPORT: Jewish establishments in Mumbai have been surveyed by Indian Mujahideen members for possible terrorist strikes.

By JTA

 

 

Amid a terror threat, Jewish establishments in India have been instructed by police to tighten security in and around their businesses.

A file photo of the inside of Chabad's Nariman House in south Mumbai taken sometime after the terror attack that killed its rabbi, his wife and several guests - Photo: AFP

A file photo of the inside of Chabad’s Nariman House in south Mumbai taken sometime after the terror attack that killed its rabbi, his wife and several guests – Photo: AFP

The call came following the interrogation of Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal by the National Investigation Agency in New Delhi, as well as in the wake of the Islamist attack on an upscale mall in Nairobi, Kenya.

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| September 24, 2013
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Dutch filmmaker digs up Bavarian soil for hidden Nazi gold

 

Dutch filmmaker begins multiple excavations based on ‘code’ found in the melody & words of old Nazi song.

3 times he dug into Bavarian soil, so far no gold.

By Ynet

 

The quiet life in a German village near the Austrian border was recently interrupted – by a series of archaeological excavations and treasure hunters. The person responsible for this is a Dutch filmmaker who claims to have deciphered a map that leads to a cache of Nazi gold – a map he says is hidden in the musical notes written on a page.

Is there a hidden map to Nazi gold?

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| September 23, 2013
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Somali militants report: Israeli forces attempted to storm Nairobi mall

 

REPORT FROM KENYA:

Explosions & gunfire heard inside mall as crisis enters 3rd day.

By REUTERS
 

 

Somali Islamist group al Shabaab said on Monday Israeli and Kenyan forces have tried to enter the besieged Nairobi shopping center but we unsuccessful, Reuters reported, citing the group’s spokesman.

Kenyan policemen gathered for briefing at Westgate Shopping Center, September 23, 2013.

Kenyan policemen gathered for briefing at Westgate Shopping Center, September 23, 2013. – Photo: REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

“Israelis and Kenyan forces have tried to enter Westgate (mall) by force but they could not, the mujahideen (fighters) will kill the hostages if the enemies use force,” Sheikh Ali Mohamud Rage, al Shabaab’s spokesman said in clip posted on www.somalimemo.net.

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| September 22, 2013
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Anti-Semitic Professors Promote anti-Israel Agenda at Northeastern University

Northeastern University’s professors promote anti-Jewish, anti-Israel agendas under academic banner. Tenured professors indoctrinate students, encourage meetings with anti-Semites.

By Ilya Feoktistok and Charles Jacobs

 

 Northeastern University

If they find out I’m Jewish, they’ll target me.

Proudly antiSemitic

Proudly anti-Semitic – Shahid Alam

This is one of a litany of chilling claims by Jewish students at Northeastern University in Boston MA about the anti-Semitic hostility they have been forced to deal with on campus, as quoted in a letter recently sent by the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) to Northeastern’s President Joseph Aoun. First alerted by our organization’s exposés of the university’s hostile climate for Jews, the ZOA’s own investigation has gone much further to lift the curtain on what Jewish students can expect to face if they enroll at Northeastern.

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| September 21, 2013
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Essay: 200 Million Europeans See Israel as Nazi State

Political Islam is the latest totalitarian ideology chosen by Europeans to move towards isolating Israel and liquidating the Jewish people – and it is working.

By: Giulio Meotti

 
The fundamental Zionist idea about anti-Semitism was that once a Jewish State was realized, the problem of anti-Semitism in Paris, Berlin and Rome would be solved. Since Jews would have their own homeland, they could no longer be persecuted as religious and national strangers. But this neat packet of reasoning has turned out to be incorrect.

Protesters raising a banner reading "in France, we kill Blacks, Jews, and Arabs" during a silent demonstration in Paris in March. (Photo credit: Daniel Hoffman)

Protesters raising a banner reading “in France, we kill Blacks, Jews, and Arabs” during a silent demonstration in Paris in March.

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| September 20, 2013
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Brussels Could Reinstate Kosher Slaughter in Poland

Former Deputy Prime Minister says Poland’s recent ban on kosher slaughter must be rescinded as it is in violation of EU Laws.

By Adam Ross

 

The Polish lawyer representing the European Jewish Association (EJA), says a Polish ban of kosher ritual slaughter is illegal and should be overturned immediately.

Roman Giertuch, who is also a former Deputy Prime Minister of Poland, says the ban was adopted in violation of a European law that requires formal notification of the EU Commission for a legislation that contravenes EU regulations.

Giertych said the Polish law was made on January 1 – before the EU gave member states the right to rule on ritual slaughter independently. Continue Reading »

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| September 19, 2013
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Virginia official refuses to apologize for anti-Semitic joke at rally

John Whitbeck, the Rep. chairman of Virginia’s 10th District, introduced the GOP candidate for governor with an anti-Semitic joke who’s punchline focuses on 2 toxic anti-Jewish stereotypes: ‘God-killers’ & ‘Cheapskates’.

 

WASHINGTON — A GOP official in Virginia refused to apologize for an anti-Semitic joke, although the party’s candidate for governor called it inappropriate.

John Whitbeck, the Republican Party’s chairman in its 10th Congressional District, in northern Virginia,

Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II, the Republican candidate for Virginia governor – Photo: AP

“I did not tell an anti-Semitic joke,” John Whitbeck, the Republican Party’s chairman in its 10th Congressional District, in northern Virginia, told the Free Beacon on Wednesday. “I told a joke I heard from a priest at a church service.”

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| September 14, 2013
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The U.S. Transportation Security Administration issues Sukkot advisories

A U.S. agriculture specialist will inspect the ethrog. If either insect stings or pests are found, the ethrog will be prohibited from entering the US. If neither is found, the traveler will be allowed to rewrap & re-box the ethrog for entry.

By JTA

 

WASHINGTON — U.S. authorities released travel guidelines for Sukkot.

“TSA’s screening procedures do not prohibit the carrying of the four plants used during Sukkot – a palm branch, myrtle twigs, willow twigs, and a citron – in airports, through or security checkpoints, or on airplanes,” the Transportation Security Administration said in a statement, noting the dates of this year’s Sukkot holiday, from Sept.

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| September 12, 2013
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Spain’s Parliament vote on Holocaust Studies being obligatory

According to Wednesday’s report in Spain’s El Pais daily, the country’s ruling People’s Party submitted a proposed amendment to the education law for approval by Spain’s lower House.

By JTA

 

Spain’s parliament is set to vote on an amendment that would make Holocaust studies obligatory for Spanish students.

A session of the Spanish Parliament, Madrid, Spain, August 2013.

A session of the Spanish Parliament, Madrid, Spain, August 2013. – Photo: AP

Spain’s ruling People’s Party recently submitted the proposed amendment to the education law for approval by Spain’s lower house, according to a report Wednesday in the El Pais daily.

If passed, the proposed amendment would introduce the genocide of Jews by Nazi Germany into the curriculum “at various stages of basic education,” the Spanish news agency Europa Press reported Thursday. Continue Reading »

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| September 7, 2013
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Memorial plans for Munich Olympics Massacre unveiled

Bavarian Minister of Education & Cultural said the memorial will attempt to address questions about the impact of the attack and the importance of remembrance.

By JTA

 

BERLIN — Plans for a memorial in Munich to 11 Israelis and a German police officer murdered at the 1972 Summer  Olympics there were unveiled.

Munich Olympic MassacreWednesday’s news conference at the Bavarian Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs announcing plans for the memorial took place a day before a ceremony in Israel marking the 41st anniversary of the attack by the Palestinian terrorist group Black September.

The planned hall of remembrance is slated to be built near the site that housed the games and will cost 1.7 million euros (approximately $2.25 million).

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| September 5, 2013
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Obama goes to Swedish synagogue on Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year)

U.S. President compares the heroism of Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of Jews during the Holocaust, and a need to save lives in Syria now.

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U.S. President Barack Obama joined Jewish leaders and relatives of Raoul Wallenberg, who is credited with saving at least 20,000 Jews during the Holocaust at the Great Synagogue of Stockholm. A Swedish diplomat serving in Budapest, Hungary, Wallenberg risked his life to issue protective passports and shelter Jews in Swedish diplomatic buildings.

President Barack Obama and Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt

President Barack Obama and Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, center standing, listen to Nina Lagergren, 92, center, seated, as they look over the personal possession of Raoul Wallenberg.

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| September 4, 2013
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Facebook Ignores its own ‘Terms of Service’ for Vile Anti-Semitic Pages

Facebook must be held accountable for their blatant disrespect of many using social media.  Antisemitism, Holocaust denial, bullying, credible threats of violence pages, groups and profiles are running rampant throughout Facebook.

By David Fischler / JNS.org

 

Facebook is the world’s largest social media website, one with hundreds of millions of users in well over a hundred countries. Despite its size, however, Facebook is not an entirely public forum on which “anything goes.” Rather, it is a worldwide gathering place where certain forms of speech and certain kinds of images are not allowed.

An anti-Semitic illustration on "The Untold History" Facebook page. Photo: Facebook.

An anti-Semitic illustration on “The Untold History” Facebook page.

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| September 3, 2013
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Quebec to ban Jewish men wearing kippa in public

 

 

According to the new Charter of Quebec Values, skullcaps (kippa or yarmulke), religious jewelery,  & religious garments will be prohibited throughout public sector.

Canadian Jewish community outraged, where many compare initiative to Putin’s homophobic legislation.

By Tali Farkash

If you are a Jewish doctor in the Canadian health care system in Quebec, you may soon be forbidden to wear a skullcap. As part of the Charter of Quebec Values that is being developed these days in the Canadian province, employees of the public service will not be allowed to put on or wear religious symbols or garments.

Ban to apply to hospitals, government offices, schools and even toddler daycare centers (archives) - Photo: AP

Ban to apply to hospitals, government offices, schools and even toddler daycare centers (archives) – Photo: AP

These include wearing a Star of David or a cross, or putting on a yarmulke, burqa or Sihk turban – or any external religious garment or adornment, Canadian media reported. Continue Reading »

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| September 3, 2013
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Former presidential candidate Ron Paul to keynote largest ‘anti-Semitic’ conference

The Fatima Center, a Catholic organizations is described by human rights groups as being possibly ‘the single largest group of hard-core anti-Semites in America’, will have Ron Paul as keynote speaker.

By J.J. Goldberg, The Forward

 

 

Former Texas Congressman and perennial GOP presidential contender Ron Paul is scheduled to keynote a conference in Canada next weekend of a “radical traditionalist” Catholic organization that’s described by human rights organizations as a major center of anti-Semitism.

Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas speaks at University of California, April 5, 2012.

In this April 5, 2012 file photo, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas speaks at the University of California at Berkeley, Calif. – Photo: AP

Other scheduled conference speakers include John McManus, president of the John Birch Society, the hoary staple of the far right, and Italian politician Roberto Fiore, founder of the neo-fascist Forza Nuova and a close ally of the British National Front. Continue Reading »

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