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| September 16, 2014
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American Jews divided if right to bear arms is ‘Kosher’

Gun group & club affirm the`importance of armed self-defense,’ and the Rabbinical Council of America “condones” people learning to use weapons.

 

A Jewish gun-rights advocate and a gun club, affirming the right of law-abiding citizens to own weapons, have taken argument with the stances of two rabbinical groups, which they said called for greater gun control.

Itamar Gelbman helps Lea Rosenfeld take aim

A shooting class for Children of Jewish Holocaust Survivors in Los Angeles. – Photo: Anthony Weiss/JTA Photo Service

Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership said it joined with the Golani Rifle & Pistol Club to oppose the rabbinical groups’ positions and “affirm the importance of armed self-defense by Jews and all Americans.”

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| September 15, 2014
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German Chancellor: Whoever attacks a Jew attacks us all

Under the banner “Stand Up: Jew Hatred – Never Again!” German Chancellor Angela Merkel joins political & religious leaders at a rally against anti-Semitism in Berlin.

By i24news

 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Jewish leaders spoke Sunday at a Berlin rally against anti-Semitism after the latest Gaza conflict sparked an upsurge in hate speech against Jews.

John MacDougall (AFP)

Supporters of Israel – John MacDougall (AFP)

Under the banner “Stand Up: Jew Hatred – Never Again!” political and religious leaders and thousands of people gathered at the iconic Brandenburg Gate.

The event, attended by German President Joachim Gauck, coincided with a meeting in the capital of the World Jewish Congress (WJC), whose president Ronald S. Continue Reading »

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| September 15, 2014
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The top 10 best educated countries in the world

Compulsory conscription into the IDF has not lowered educational attainment rates, as 46% of Israeli adults had attained tertiary qualification in 2012, putting them #4 in global placement according to data recently released by the OECD.

By Thomas C. Frohlich

According to data recently released by the Organization for Co-operation and Development (OECD), more than half of Russian adults held tertiary degrees in 2012 — the equivalent of college degree in the United States — more than in any other country reviewed. Meanwhile, less than 4% of Chinese adults had tertiary qualifications in 2012, less than in any other country. 24/7 Wall St. Continue Reading »

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| September 14, 2014
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UEA donates 50 mobile homes to Gaza’s homeless

According to Hamas housing ministry, 9,800 homes were destroyed during Israel’s ‘Operation Protective Edge’. With some families beginning to enter newly donated mobile homes, the rehabilitation process is starting.

By AFP

 

 

Fifty Palestinian families made homeless by Israeli bombing during the summer’s fierce offensive on the Gaza Strip were rehoused Saturday in mobile homes in the southern town of Khan Yunis.

UEA gives 50 mobile homes (Photo: AFP)

UEA gives 50 mobile homes – Photo: AFP

During the 50-day conflict, 9,800 homes were totally destroyed and another 8,000 left uninhabitable, according to data from the housing ministry in Gaza.

Imad al-Haddad, Gaza head of a United Arab Emirates association providing these 50 mobile homes, told AFP that, in the town’s Khuzaa neighborhood alone 500 families lost the roofs over their heads. Continue Reading »

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| September 14, 2014
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Hollywood’s ‘A list’ continues to grow in support of Israel

Massive show of support for Israel: Among Hollywood’s top stars joining  Stallone & Schwarzenegger are Academy Award nominee Minnie Driver,TV host Bill Maher as well as major studio execs.

By Yitzhak Benhorin

 

WASHINGTON – After first expressing their support for Israel during Operation Protective Edge, members of the film industry posted an additional ad Saturday in the New York Times which included 300 of Hollywood’s most prominent figures expressing their “commitment to peace and justice.”

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Silvester Stallone (Photo: MCT)

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Silvester Stallone – Photo: MCT

The stars have already planned their next target, setting their sights on Europe, particularly Germany and the city of London, where many they feel cultural figures operate against Israel. Continue Reading »

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| September 14, 2014
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Israel to sign a visa-waiver program with Belarus

Israeli Ambassador Yosef Shagal announced the signing with internationally ostracized Belarus on Friday, to 700 participants at the Limmud FSU conference in Vitebsk.

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Jerusalem and Minsk are set to sign a visa-waiver program, Israel’s ambassador to the internationally ostracized former Soviet republic of Belarus said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, right.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, right, and Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon, center back, enter a hall to attend a meeting – Photo: AP

Ambassador Yosef Shagal announced the signing on Friday to 700 participants at the Limmud FSU conference in Vitebsk, the former Soviet country’s third-largest city. The Limmud conference is an educational and cultural gathering.

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| September 11, 2014
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British chief whip: Europe has forgotten the Holocaust – fanning the flames of anti-Semitism.

Michael Gove, the UK Chief Whip, says far from eradicating the hatred of Jews, anti-Semitism in Europe is now considered ‘chic’ by some.

 

Europe has forgotten the warning of the Holocaust and is plagued by a “virus” of anti-Semitism, Chief Whip Michael Gove said, adding that the hatred of Jews has attained a “radical chic” in certain circles, U.K. daily The Telegraph reported.

Pro Palestinian protester burns an Israeli flag, Paris, July 26, 2014.

Pro Palestinian protester burns an Israeli flag during demonstration banned by police, in support of Gaza in central Paris, July 26, 2014.- Photo: Reuters

In his address to the annual dinner of the Holocaust Education Trust, Gove also accused pro-Palestinian activists of a “deliberate” campaign of “relativisation, trivialization and perversion” of the Holocaust by comparing the Israeli government to the Nazis, warning that this campaign is fanning the flames of anti-Semitism.

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| September 8, 2014
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Irish peacekeepers on Syria’s border SAVED by Israeli troops

Irish UN members of force serving in Syria would have been kidnapped or killed had it not been for Israel’s direct & thorough military intervention.

By and Reuters

 

 

Military intervention by the Israeli army saved the lives of Irish United Nations troops last week, Ireland’s Sunday Independent has established.

Irish observers

Irish members of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force sitting on their armored vehicles in the Golan Heights as they wait to cross into Syrian-controlled territory, Sept. 28, 2014. – Photo: AFP

Talking to senior sources, the Independent reported that “Irish soldiers would have been killed or taken hostage by Islamist extremists if it wasn’t for the military intervention of the Israeli army during last week’s battle to save besieged UN soldiers.”

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| September 5, 2014
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French Lawmaker Blasts His Foreign Minister for Improper Stance on Israel

French MP condemns Western leaders for not recognizing Israel’s crucial position in the world’s battle against Islamic extremism

By Yossi Aloni

 

In a sharply-worded letter sent late last month, French parliamentarian Meyer Habib (pictured) slammed French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius for accusing Israel of war crimes in Gaza, even as his boss, President Francois Hollande, struck a far different tone.

French parliamentarian Meyer Habib

Habib noted in his letter that early in the Gaza war the French government “fully identified with Israel and its right to defend its citizens. …We prevented a number of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic demonstrations…in order to change France’s position in regards to Israel.”

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| September 4, 2014
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Gene Simmons reveals Kiss coming to Israel

Gene Simmons, front man for legendary heavy metal band KISS revealed plans on Facebook, drawing a flood of support.

 

Legendary heavy metal band Kiss is headed toward Israel, according to front man Gene Simmons, and the initial reaction to his Facebook post about the band’s plans is overwhelmingly positive.

Gene Simmons

Gene Simmons, singer and bassist for the band Kiss, right, at the New York International Auto Show in New York, April 21, 2011.- Photo: Bloomberg

“Leg 1 of the KISS Def Lep Tour is over and ended spectacularly in Houston with a record, sold out concert,” Simmons posted Monday.

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| September 4, 2014
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Jerusalem terrorist bomber arrested in US faces prison and loss of citizenship

 

Rasmieh Yousef Odeh received a life sentence for a Jerusalem supermarket bombing that killed 2.
• Odeh was arrested in the U.S. on immigration fraud charges for failing to report her terror conviction.

By News Agencies & Israel Hayom Staff

 

A U.S. federal judge has scheduled a Nov. 4 trial for a Chicago-area Arab leader accused of covering up her conviction in a fatal terrorist bombing in Jerusalem when she moved to the U.S.

Rasmieh Yousef Odeh allegedly hid her conviction when applying for U.S. citizenship – Photo: AP

Detroit U.S. District Judge Gershwin Drain on Tuesday also scheduled motion hearings for Oct.

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| September 2, 2014
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Re-elected Greek mayor dawns yellow Star of David in protest against fascism

Yiannis Boutaris wore a ‘Jewish’ badge at his swearing-in ceremony in response to a Golden Dawn lawmaker from the far-right party also being on the city’s municipal council.

By Christine Pirovolakis

 

DPA – The mayor of the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki wore a yellow Star of David, similar to the ones worn by Jews rounded up in the city during WWII, to his swearing-in ceremony on Thursday in protest against fascism.

Thessaloniki Mayor Yiannis Boutaris (center) sports a replica Nazi concentration camp Star of David.

Thessaloniki Mayor Yiannis Boutaris (center) sports a replica Nazi concentration camp Star of David after his swearing-in ceremony for another five-year term in the northern port city.-

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| August 31, 2014
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Do you have Jewish roots? – New ‘home’ genetics kits could identify Jewish past

New home genetic tests kit could deliver answers for those who feel an affinity for Jews and closeness to Israel.

 

Millions of people around the world may discover Jewish roots with the increasing availability of home genetics tests and concurrent growth in popularity of genealogical websites, according to a Jerusalem think tank.

Ethiopian Jews

Uri Perednik poses with Ethiopian Jews in Addis Ababa. – Photo: Courtesy

The Jewish People Policy Institute, an independent body founded by the Jewish Agency in 2002, focused on Jewish continuity that conducted research regarding this issue, announced on Wednesday that earlier this summer it had recommended to the government, as well as Diaspora communities that they work to connect with people discovering that they have Jewish ties. Continue Reading »

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| August 20, 2014
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Australian judge blocks Palestinian protest against Israeli Film Festival in Sydney

New South Wales Supreme Court Judge ruled pro-Palestinian activists will be unable to protest outside the Israeli Film Festival in Sydney.

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A pro-Palestinian protest at the opening night of the Israeli Film Festival in Sydney will not go ahead, a judge ruled. Protesters responded that they will “not be silenced.”

A pro-Gaza rally in Sydney, Australia, July 20, 2014

A pro-Gaza rally in Sydney, Australia, July 20, 2014. – Photo: Reuters

New South Wales Supreme Court Judge Peter Hidden ruled Wednesday in favor of the police, who had applied to the court to block the planned protest on Thursday night because it would disrupt inner-city traffic during a peak hour.

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| August 18, 2014
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London supermarket empties shelves of kosher food amid fears of anti-Israel protests

A London Sainsbury’s supermarket removes its Kosher food-stuffs made in Britain & Poland, after pro-Palestinian protesters ransacked a Tesco store in Birmingham.

By Ynetnews

 

A supermarket chain branch in central London removed kosher food from its shelves on Saturday afternoon over fears it would be a target for the anti-Israel protesters who were demonstrating nearby, the Guardian reported on Sunday.

Empty kosher food shelves at Sainsbury's in Holbon (Photo: Colin Appleby on Twitter)

Empty kosher food shelves at Sainsbury’s in Holbon – Photo: Colin Appleby on Twitter

The kosher section in the Holborn Sainsbury’s store was emptied out after pro-Palestinian protesters ransacked a branch of competing supermarket chain Tesco in Birmingham on Saturday. Continue Reading »

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