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| October 6, 2012
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French anti-terror police kill man linked to attack on Jewish shop

In 4 simultaneous operations, elite French police units arrest 10 individuals after DNA evidence links suspected jihadist cell to last month’s attack on Jewish store.

By Reuters

 

French police shot dead a suspect during an anti-terrorism raid in the northeastern city of Strasbourg on Saturday that was part of an investigation into a grenade attack last month on a Jewish market, judicial and security sources said.

French officials say DNA on the grenade led them to suspected jihadist cell of young Frenchmen recently converted to Islam.

The Sarcelles store after the attack

Sarcelles Mayor Francois Pupponi, left facing, and Rabbi Chalom Berros, right, in front of the kosher store where a bomb exploded in Sarcelles, north of Paris, Wednesday, Sept.

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| October 5, 2012
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Greta Berlin: Zionists ran concentration camps

Free Gaza group’s head Tweets: “Zionists operated the concentration camps & helped murder millions of innocent Jews.”

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT

 

The US head of the pro-Palestinian group The Free Gaza Movement unleashed a wave of criticism over the last several days because of a Twitter post asserting that Zionists ran concentration camps and murdered Jews.

Greta Berlin, the American co-founder of the group Free Gaza, tweeted on September 30 “Zionists operated the concentration camps and helped murder millions of innocent Jews.”

Mavi Marmara

Mavi Marmara – Photo: Stringer Turkey/Reuters

Berlin’s tweet blaming Zionists for the Holocaust caught the eye of Avi Mayer, who oversees social media for the Jewish Agency for Israel. Continue Reading »

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| October 5, 2012
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Long-lost Jews are slowly returning to their roots in Southern Italy

A fervent congregation of about 35 ‘Returning Jews’ in San Nicandro have won the embrace of Italy’s Orthodox Jewish mainstream community.

By JTA

In the Christian cemetery of a sleepy farming town on the spur of Italy’s boot, Lucia Leone looks up at a row of tombs marked incongruously by Stars of David.

“That’s my mother,” she said. “And that’s my grandmother and great-grandmother. And that’s Donato Manduzio, who started everything.”

Manduzio, who died in 1948, was a self-taught local peasant, a disabled World War I veteran who in 1930 embraced Judaism on his own after having a visionary dream. A charismatic figure with a reputation as a faith healer, Manduzio attracted dozens of followers among his poverty-stricken neighbors. Continue Reading »

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| October 4, 2012
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Prominent Jerusalemites Concerned 0ver Missionaries

Israel is “selling its soul” to Evangelical Christian Missionaries for political support, according to two Jerusalemite activists

By David Lev

 

While many Israelis welcome the support shown by evangelical Christians for the State of Israel, at least two prominent Jerusalemites – city council member Mina Fenton and real estate activist develop Aryeh King – believe that Israel is “selling its soul” to Christian missionaries. And, they say, they represent many other Israelis who are uncomfortable with the idea of Christian missionaries taking such a prominent role in support for Israel.

The organizers of the Christian “Feast of Tabernacles” celebration, who have brought more than 3,000 tourists to Israel for the week of Sukkot, “have their own interests, namely the spreading of the vision of their messiah and the arrival of his kingdom,” said Fenton. Continue Reading »

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| October 3, 2012
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18th Century Jewish headstones recovered from Vistula River in Poland

The 17 headstones pieces from the Jewish cemetery in Brodno were recovered from the bottom of the Vistula River.

By JTA

 

Pieces of Jewish gravestones found at the bottom of Poland’s longest river have been returned to a Jewish cemetery.

The 17 gravestone pieces from the Jewish cemetery in the Brodno district were found at the bottom of the Vistula River, which is at a record low water level due to drought.

Historians salvage 17th century marble and alabaster decorative structures in the Vistula River.

Historians salvage 17th century marble and alabaster decorative structures in the Vistula River. – Photo by AP

In addition to the gravestones, fittings of the Royal Palace in Warsaw including a fountain, vases and marble steps, which the Swedes tried to take out of the city in the seventeenth century, were also discovered. Continue Reading »

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| October 2, 2012
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Spiritual Enrichment Activity: Dimona facility now houses a synagogue

For 1st time, religious employees at reactor will have a place to pray. The initiative was spearheaded by Rabbi David Abuhatseira, with help of American Jewish millionaire Ira Rennert.

By Yehuda Shlezinger

 

Israelis will celebrate the Simchat Torah holiday next week, but before this another large Torah-related celebration will take place in the most clandestine place in Israel — the nuclear reactor in Dimona.

A limited number of specially invited guests are slated to attend the special ceremony on Tuesday to inaugurate a new synagogue at the site, including a Torah scroll, the first ever at the nuclear reactor.

The Dimona facility now features a synagogue.

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| October 2, 2012
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Arab Death Threats Towards Jews on Temple Mount Ignored by Police

Arab threats to butcher Jews ascending the Temple Mount are ignored, but an Arab trying to stab a police officer gets arrested.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

Police ignored threats by Arabs to butcher Jews ascending the Temple Mount but arrested an Arab for trying to stab a police officer. The police also arrested Likud nationalist Moshe Feiglin for attempting to pray there.

Visiting the Temple Mount

Visiting the Temple Mount
Israel news photo by John Hasten

A number of Jews, including those from the Our Land of Israel movement, went up to the holy site on Tuesday despite rumors Monday night that Arabs planned to cause problems.  Continue Reading »

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| October 2, 2012
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Legal dispute over: Germany resumes ritual circumcisions

Ministry issues new legislation protecting family’s right to religious circumcision after court bans practice, outraging Germany’s Muslims and Jews.

By REUTERS

BERLIN – Shopkeeper Nevzat Cavan is rushing to meet orders for the white, fur-trimmed costumes worn by Muslim boys for their circumcision, relieved that Berlin’s city government has allowed the operations to resume.

A circumcision ceremony in Bnei Brak

A circumcision ceremony – Photo: Gil Cohen Magen / Reuters

For three months, the elaborate suits, capes and oriental slippers languished unsold due to a shock court ruling that raised the possibility of criminal charges being brought against families who had their sons circumcised.

“There were days when we didn’t even open the till, but now the phone never stops ringing,” Turkish-born Cavan said.

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| October 1, 2012
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Op-Ed: Jihad, Iran & “End Times”

Prologue to Nuclear War in the Middle East?

An Iranian nuclear 1st-strike could be selected in deference to certain religious obligations. Acting as the ‘individual’ suicide bomber, Iran could potentially offer itself eagerly in the spirit of Shahada, ready & willing to accept a collective Death for Allah.

Louis René Beres


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It is an immobilizing question, a query that was once only whispered: Could certain Iranian leaders, including President Ahmadinejad, be seeking nuclear weapons in order to deliberately bring about an apocalyptic “end of days?” Might these leaders be planning a religiously-mandated and possibly nuclear Final Battle in order to bring back the “Hidden Imam”? Continue Reading »

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| September 29, 2012
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Israeli Murdered in US was ‘living the American dream’

Israeli expatriate shot dead alongside 4 others by former employee, started successful business in Minnesota 30 yrs ago.

Rami Cooks, his production director & also former Israeli, was killed as well.

By Yaron Druckman

Reuven Rahamim, 61, who was shot deadat his own office along with four other people on Thursday night in Minneapolis, was living the “American dream” after moving up from being a laborer to an owner of a company with a turnover of over $5 million a year, his friends said.

Another Israeli, Rami Cooks, who worked for Rahamim at his signage manufacturing firm, was also killed in the massacre, as well as three other men and the gunman, who shot himself. Continue Reading »

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| September 29, 2012
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Jewish Community Center in Malmo, Sweden Bombed

Blast causes no injuries, only damage to community center. Malmo, where Muslim immigrants make up 30%-40% of the population, sees between 50-100 anti-Semitic incidents per year.  In 2010. the number of incidents doubled previous year’s, with 79 complaints filed.

Israel Hayom Staff

 

A bomb exploded at a Jewish community center in Malmo, Sweden early Friday morning, causing damage but no injuries. The door leading into the community center was shattered, as were several windows.

Anti-Israeli protesters in Malmo, Sweden in March 2009. – Photo: Reuters

Several eye witnesses told police officers that they saw two vehicles speeding away from the scene immediately after the explosion before dawn Friday.

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| September 28, 2012
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Senior Jewish Figure Threatened on Streets of Berlin

A Berlin police spokesman said ‘mutual threats’ during the Yom Kippur incident were being investigated, but would not give more details.

By DPA

One of Germany’s leading Jewish figures said Thursday he had been threatened on a Berlin street because of his religion.

A Berlin street.


A Berlin street. – Photo by Wikicommons/Alexrk2

“The culprit evidently felt provoked by the sight of a Jewish prayer book,” said Stephan Kramer, general secretary of the Central Council of Jews.

A city police spokesman said “mutual threats” during the Wednesday incident were being investigated, but declined to give more details.

The President of the Central Council, Dieter Graumann, told dpa that “this had the appearance of being an act of racism.” Continue Reading »

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| September 27, 2012
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Anti-Semitism alive at Northeastern University’s Faculty

A 30 minute video showing anti-Semitic faculty activity at Northeastern University was released by a ‘tolerance organization’.

By Arutz Sheva staff

 

Americans for Peace and Tolerance (APT) today released a 30 minute video showing how Northeastern Professor Denis Sullivan and other Northeastern faculty abuse academic freedom to promote anti-Israel lies and anti-Semitism as defined by the U.S. State Department.

Sullivan is a tenured professor and director of the Northeastern Middle East Center for Peace, Culture and Development.  The video examines Professor Sullivan’s lectures, invited guests, reading lists and student trips to the Middle East, all of which seem designed to provide students with a one-sided view of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Continue Reading »

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| September 26, 2012
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Jewish cemetery outside of Prague vandalized

Czech police say unidentified vandals desecrated 26 headstones in a Jewish cemetery south of Prague.

Czech police say unknown vandals knocked over 26 tombstones in a Jewish cemetery south of Prague.

A Jewish gravestone is desecrated with Nazi symbols


A Jewish gravestone is desecrated with Nazi symbols at a cemetery in Dortmund, Germany, Monday, Jan. 10, 2005. – Photo by AP

Police spokesman Miroslav Doubek says the tombstones were likely overturned in the last two months. The cemetery, which is no longer used for burials, is located in the woods near the village of Prudice, about 65 kilometers (40 miles) south of Prague. Continue Reading »

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| September 22, 2012
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Le Pen, leader of France’s National Front party: Ban Wearing a Kippah

French politician says,“Obviously, if the veil is banned, the kippa [should be] banned in public as well,”

By JTA

 

French right-wing politician Marine Le Pen said she supports a ban on wearing kippot in public in addition to a ban on Muslim headscarves.

Boy looks at selection of kippot in shop

Boy looks at selection of kippot in shop – Photo: Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post

“Obviously, if the veil is banned, the kippa [should be] banned in public as well,” the French daily Le Monde quoted Le Pen, leader of the National Front, as saying in an interview published on Friday.

Le Pen’s anti-immigrant, anti-Islamist party long has supported a ban on Muslim headscarves, niqabs and burkas.

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