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| November 3, 2013
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eBay removes Holocaust memorabilia found listed on its site

 

Britain’s Mail reports: Internet auction site eBay, removes 30 items, then offers to donate 25,000 pounds to charity over the inappropriate listing.

By Reuters

 

 

EBay has removed from its listings around 30 items of memorabilia purportedly from the Nazi Holocaust, including what was described as clothes worn by concentration camp victims, after a newspaper investigation discovered they were on sale on the e-commerce website, Britain’s Mail reported on Sunday.

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Nazi-era Jewish identification badge. – Photo: AP

The newspaper said its reporters found a range of items on the site over the past week, including what was presented by the vendor as a complete Auschwitz uniform worn by a Polish baker who perished in the Nazi death camp. Continue Reading »

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| November 2, 2013
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American Jewish women giving birth later than others

Modern advances in reproductive medicine allows a viable pregnancy up to age 55 — which is good news for many American Jewish women, who generally have children later than other American women.

 

NEW YORK (JTA) — American Jewish women are giving birth later than other women, sometimes delaying childbearing into their late 30s or even 40s.

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The much-discussed Pew Research Center survey of American Jews released this month found that Jews aged 40 to 59 have an average of 1.9 children, compared to 2.2 children per adult among the same-age cohort of the general public.

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| November 1, 2013
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Neo-Nazi’s appeal awards him extra year in French jail

The Colmar court of appeals sentenced Nicolas Lecureur, 24, to an additional year in prison Wednesday for desecrating Jewish graves.

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A Frenchman who helped desecrate 90 Jewish and Muslim graves had his jail term extended by one year following his failed appeal for a lighter sentence.

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The Colmar Court of Appeal – Photo courtesy: Flickr

The Colmar court of appeals sentenced Nicolas Lecureur, 24, to a year in prison Wednesday for his actions, which he committed in eastern France in 2010 with two accomplices, Jonathan Husser and Matthias Leyer, according to L’Alsace daily.

All three men began serving an 18-month jail term in June 2012, but Lecureur appealed the sentence, claiming to have new evidence that prove his innocence.

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| October 31, 2013
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Polish prosecutor rules: Nude photo shoot in Jewish cemetery not illegal

 

 

Lukasz Szczygielski, a Polish photographer conducted a controversial photo shoot with a half-naked model which he explained, before apologizing, was meant to draw attention to a neglected Jewish cemetery.

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A Polish photographer did not break the law by conducting a photo shoot with a half-naked model at the Jewish cemetery in Checiny, Polish lawmakers held this week after a complaint was filed.

The city prosecutor in the Polish city of Kielce decided this week that Polish photographer Lukasz Szczygielski did not intend to insult the religious sensibilities of the cemetery of the Jewish community and that his main objective was art when he photographed a topless model at the Jewish cemetery in Checiny in August, TVN 24 reported. Continue Reading »

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| October 31, 2013
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Sergio Bergman is Argentina’s history-making Rabbi-lawmaker

“If the society knows us better, the level of anti-Semitism will become lower…If I am attacked for being a rabbi, the first to come out to defend me are the non-Jews.” – Rabbi Sergio Bergman

 

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (JTA) — When he takes the oath of office in December as a new member of Argentina’s lower house of parliament, Rabbi Sergio Bergman will eschew the Christian Bible used by other legislators in favor of the Five Books of Moses.

Sergio Bergman, shown in Jerusalem in May 2013, will be the first rabbi serving to serve in Argentina's parliament when he takes office in December.

Sergio Bergman, shown in Jerusalem in May 2013, will be the first rabbi serving to serve in Argentina’s parliament when he takes office in December.

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| October 26, 2013
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Jewish Family of 5 Attacked Viciously on Sydney Street

Police have charged 3 people over an anti-Semitic attack in the Sydney’s eastern suburbs. A man in his 60’s was seriously injured.

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Police charged three people Saturday over an anti-Semitic attack in Sydney’s eastern suburbs that left one man seriously injured.

Beach line at Bondi- Photo: Reuters

Four men and a woman were walking on Blair Street, Bondi, at about 12:30 AM Saturday,  on their way home from a Sabbath eve meal, when a group of about eight young men began yelling anti-Semitic insults at them, and then attacked them.

The five suffered injuries including a fractured cheekbone, broken nose, concussion, lacerations and bruising. Continue Reading »

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| October 23, 2013
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Turkey’s Jewish Youth Emigrating Due to Anti-Semitism, Tensions with Israel

A leading member of the Turkish Jewish community in Israel reports to the Hurriyet Daily that too many young people back home feel targeted by the Turkish gov’t & bothered by the experience of being ‘othered.’

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Hundreds of young Jews are leaving Turkey for the U.S. and Europe because of increased perceptions of anti-Semitism and Ankara’s tensions with Israel, a senior member of the immigrant community in Israel has told Hurriyet Daily News.

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Neve Shalom synagogue in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday July 9, 2003

Nesim Güveniş, the deputy chairman of the Association of Turkish Jews in Israel, told the newspaper that the mass exodus was a response to the actions of the Turkish government, including remarks of leaders against Jews for the waning relations between Turkey and Israel and the worsening of conditions for the nearly 15,000 Jews living in in the country. Continue Reading »

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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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From Protecting Queen of Denmark to Israel & the IDF

 

Benjamin Schultz parts with family & friends in Denmark, joins IDF’s Givati Brigade in Hebron after service in Danish Royal Life Guard left him seeking ‘more action’

By Yaron Kelner

From Queen of Denmark to IDF : Benjamin Schultzer, a 24-year-old Dane who at the age of 21 was recruited to the Danish army, is now serving as an IDF soldier in Hebron. At first he served with the Danish Royal Life Guard, the Danish monarchy’s guard unit, and then, during his army service, he was assigned to the UN force in Lebanon. Not once did he look over to Israel – to which he always felt great fondness. Continue Reading »

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| October 15, 2013
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In Vancouver ad war, StandWithUs fights Palestinian propaganda


Pro-Israel StandWithUs advocacy group launches campaign against untrue anti-Israel political ads on Vancouver buses & light rail stations.

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An Israel advocacy group has launched a transit campaign in opposition to anti-Israel ads on Vancouver buses and light rail stations.

Interior of the Canada Line trains used on the Vancouver SkyTrain system.

Interior of the Canada Line trains used on the Vancouver SkyTrain system. – Photo courtesy: Wikipedia

StandWithUs, a right-leaning Israel advocacy group, began running two advertisements on Monday meant to combat the ads put up by the Palestine Awareness Committee.

The pro-Israel ads include one series of three maps purporting to show “Jewish Loss of Land” and are dated from 1000 BCE until “Today.” Continue Reading »

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| October 11, 2013
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18th century Haggadah found in Manchester garage

The handwritten manuscript, painted on goat skin, was found in a cardboard soup box at a Bury garage. The Jewish couple who had lived there had just recently died.

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A handwritten 18th century Haggadah found at a home being cleared out in England is expected to fetch more than $200,000.

Handwritten 18th century Haggadah - BBC screenshot

Handwritten 18th century Haggadah – BBC screenshot

The Haggadah, which dates to 1726 and is written on goat skin, was discovered in a cardboard box in a garage in Bury, a town in Greater Manchester, the BBC reported this week. A Jewish couple had lived in the home. Continue Reading »

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| October 8, 2013
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After 22 years of restoration, Czech village synagogue opens

More than 100 people were at the village of Ckyne to attend the ceremony rededicating the rare shul after its 22-year restoration process.

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The synagogue in the southern Czech Republic village of Ckyne has been rededicated after a restoration process that took more than 22 years.

Former synagogue in the municipality of Ckyne, Prachatice District, Czech Republic, under reconstruc

Former synagogue in the municipality of Ckyne, Prachatice District, Czech Republic, under reconstruction in 2011. – Photo: Wikipedia Commons

More than 100 people attended the ceremony Saturday that included a religious service led by the cantor of the synagogue in the nearby Czech city of Liberec.

A Torah scroll found in the synagogue’s attic during the restoration was used in the service. Continue Reading »

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| October 4, 2013
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Beth Shalom in Surabaya, Java’s one and only synagogue, demolished

‘It was designated a heritage site by the Surabaya Heritage Society in 2009. It should’ve been protected,’ the director said.

By Camelia Pasandaran

 

 

The last vestige of one Indonesia’s oldest and largest Jewish communities is now just a pile of rubble.

A view of the synagogue in Surabaya before it was demolished. - JG Photo/Christyandi Tri Syandi

A view of the synagogue in Surabaya before it was demolished. – JG Photo/Christyandi Tri Syandi

Beth Shalom in Surabaya — Java’s one and only synagogue — was demolished in May after being sealed off by Islamic hard-liners in 2009.

“It’s not clear when exactly it was demolished and who did it,” Freddy Istanto, the director of the Surabaya Heritage Society (SHS), told the Jakarta Globe. Continue Reading »

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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 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.

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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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