ATHENS (WJC)–Police have arrested a Palestinian man who holds a Lebanese passport and is suspected of being a member of the terrorist group Fatah-al-Islam. Ghaleb Taleb was arrested along with another man for being a member of the Lebanese-based organization, following a lengthy surveillance operation. The arrest by anti-terrorism police followed a report in the [...]
NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday urged the Greek Orthodox Church to publicly denounce blatantly anti-Semitic comments made by one of its bishops. During an interview with a popular television show in Greece, Metropolitan Seraphim of Piraeus blamed Jews for orchestrating the Holocaust and accused “world Zionism” of a conspiracy [...]
ATHENS (WJC)–Charges against three Greek human rights activists who were on trial for criticizing biased judges who had acquitted the notorious Holocaust denier Konstantinos Plevris have been quashed. A three-judge panel on Monday unanimously found in favor of the activists of the AntiNazi Initiative, an Athens-based group founded in 1997 that fights hate in Greek [...]
ATHENS (WJC)–As three Greek human rights activists are going on trial for speaking out against judges who acquitted a notorious anti-Semite and extreme-right politician in Greece, the World Jewish Congress (WJC) has called on the president of the European Parliament to send an official envoy to watch this trial in Athens. The WJC criticized the [...]
Operation Mincemeat, by Ben Macintyre. Bloomsbury, 2010, 402 pages. By David Strom SAN DIEGO — Two young British brothers fought against the Nazis during WWII. Both, Ewen and Ivor, worked for intelligence agencies. One served in the British secret service while the other, it was reported, may have been a spy for the Soviet Union. [...]
By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–More than two million overseas visitors arrived in Jerusalem during a recent year. The attractions are well maintained places linked to individuals and events featured in the Hebrew Bible and New Testament, and a functioning Old City enclosed by walls built in ancient times and last reconstructed in the 16th century. The [...]
JERUSALEM (WJC)–Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has met with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou in Jerusalem. Both leaders agreed a tightening of relations between the two Mediterranean nations. The visit came at a time of crisis in the once-warm relationship between Israel and Greece’s arch-rival Turkey. “At the end of the meeting they agreed to [...]
The Journey to the Land of My Soul by Ahuvah Gray. Duelkus Press, 2010, 251pages. By David Strom SAN DIEGO — Ahuvah Gray is an African American woman who converted to Judaism, Orthodox Judaism. She did not convert to Judaism to marry someone Jewish as some do today. No, she became Jewish in her own [...]
Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Double Talk Southwestern Jewish Press, July 9, 1954, Page 3 By Janet and Susan Solof We hope you are having a wonderful vacation, With fun and parties and plenty of relaxation Yiddish Yak – The kids sure had fun at Roberta Wyloge’s terrific sweet sixteen party. Dancing, refreshments [...]
By Alex Liff Alex Liff SAN DIEGO–In early twentieth century the American journalist John Reed wrote a book called, Ten Days That Shook The World in which he described the events of the Russian revolution. Perhaps one day someone will publish something along the lines of “10 days that characterized the world” to describe the [...]
