Judaism

Swastika Painted on Jewish Professor's Door in N.Y.

October 31, 2007

Source: Reuters

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/919062.html

Police are investigating a third suspected hate crime at New York's Columbia University after a swastika was spray-painted on the office door of a Jewish faculty member on Wednesday.

The university confirmed the Teachers College incident in a statement. Police said they were investigating, but declined further comment.

"We feel we've been targeted precisely because Teachers College is, and...

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US Delays Armenia 'Genocide' Vote

October 26, 2007

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7063502.stm

Supporters of a resolution in the US Congress to label as genocide the mass killing of Armenians in Turkey after 1915 have called for it to be delayed.

The four main sponsors of the vote said they still believed a majority of their colleagues would support it, but only if the "timing is more favourable".

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she respected...

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"Not in Our Voice," a Commentary by the Progressive Jewish Alliance of Columbia University

October 24, 2007

Author: Shira Gordon, Alana Krivo-Kaufman, Josh Schwartz a

Source: Columbia Spectator

http://www.columbiaspectator.com/node/27592

We, the Progressive Jewish Alliance, repudiate the mission of David Horowitz’s “Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week.” We reject the manner in which he manipulates Jewish grief over the Holocaust and the situation in Israel. As Jews and members of a larger campus coalition community, we speak out as allies of our fellow...

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Christians Bring Iranian Jews to Israel

October 22, 2007

Author: REGAN E. DOHERTY

Source: The Associated Press

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iT0x385g8UAXNv_nAFGHRG7C-M4A

Evangelical Christians in the U.S. have helped convince dozens of Iranian Jews to move to Israel in recent months, offering cash incentives and claiming that Iran's tiny Jewish community is in grave danger.

The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, a charity that funnels millions of dollars in...

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Belarus President 'Anti-Semitic'

October 19, 2007

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7053165.stm

The president of Belarus has been called "anti-Semitic" after he reportedly blamed Jews for turning a town into a "pigsty".

President Alexander Lukashenko allegedly made the remarks last week after hearing complaints from residents of the eastern town of Bobruisk.

He added that he had been to Israel and seen that "Jewish people do not take...

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Armenia Welcomes 'Genocide' Vote

October 11, 2007

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7039562.stm

Armenia's president has welcomed a vote by US lawmakers backing the description of the mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks after 1915 as genocide.

Robert Kocharyan told reporters he hoped the vote would lead to "full [US] recognition... of the genocide".

Earlier Turkish President Abdullah Gul denounced the vote. Turkey has always...

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France Hunts 'Synagogue Bomber'

October 11, 2007

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7040057.stm

French investigators are trying to trace a man of Palestinian origin living in Canada in connection with the bombing of a Paris synagogue in 1980.

Four people died and nine were hurt when a motorcycle bomb exploded outside the synagogue in central Paris.

The attack sparked outrage and French police never closed their inquiry.

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Israel's Nightmare: Homegrown Neo-Nazis in the Holy Land

October 9, 2007

Author: Eric Silver

Source: The Independent

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article3041247.ece

Rivka Zagaron, a 75-year-old Holocaust survivor, left her home in the Israeli port city of Haifa one September morning for her daily stroll along the beach. As she walked, two young men accosted her and shouted: "Heil Hitler!" One of them kicked her, the other cursed her. When she managed to get away, she saw them beating a...

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PA Minister: Israel Could Import Gaza Vegetables During 'Shmita'

October 9, 2007

Author: Amiram Cohen

Source: Haaretz

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/911038.html

Palestinian Authority Agriculture Minister Mahmoud Habash has approached his Israeli counterpart, Shalom Simchon, through a third party, requesting him to revoke Israel's embargo on importing farming produce from Gaza.

The trade embargo was enacted by the Israeli government as part of restrictive measures against the Hamas government in Gaza.

Habash'...

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'Nazi' Bedding Provokes Outrage in India

September 30, 2007

Author: Staff Writer

Source: YahooNews

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070930/ap_on_re_as/india_nazi_bedspread

Leaders of India's Jewish community expressed outrage Sunday over a new line of bedspreads called "The Nazi Collection" from a Mumbai-based home furnishing company that used swastikas in its promotional material.

The furnishing dealer said the name stands for "New Arrival Zone for India" and was not meant to be anti-...

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Ahmadinejad's Day One in New York: A Hostile Reception, a Rambling Talk

September 25, 2007

Author: Anthony Faiola and Robin Wright

Source: The Washigton Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/24/AR2007092400168.html

Greeted by large protests and jabs from local politicians and U.S. presidential candidates, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad faced a public skewering Monday at the first stop of his three-day trip here: As he prepared to deliver a speech at Columbia University, the...

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