Neo- Nazi put on EU’s civil liberties unit

BRUSSELS (WJC)–European leaders, anti-racism campaigners and Jewish organizations have expressed outrage after a German neo-Nazi took a seat on the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee. Udo Voigt, the former leader of the National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD), has praised Adolf Hitler, was convicted for glorifying the Waffen SS, and infamously

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International

Warfare escalating in southern Israel, Gaza

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Things have escalated in the south to the point where the IDF is now pursuing an “operation.” The Hebrew, צוק איתן, touches more buttons than the official English translation, “Protective edge.” Alternative translations that might touch different buttons, are “Strong rock” “Impregnable rock,” or “Impregnable fortress.” In IDF parlance, a named

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

JNS news briefs: July 7, 2014

  Arrest of Jewish suspects reignites Arab riots across Israel (JNS.org) Violent Arab riots were reignited on Sunday evening following the news that Israeli authorities had arrested six Jewish suspects in the abduction and murder of Palestinian youth Mohammad Abu Khudair. In northern Israel, hundreds of young masked Arabs threw stones at police forces and

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Middle East

Racism in a California coffee shop

By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California –– As I sat at my laptop in a neighborhood Starbucks, working (ironically) on a screenplay about Martin Luther King Jr. and his mysterious Jewish advocate Stanley Levison, the young man tapped on a hardback I had placed next to me.  It was Bruce Watson’s painfully candid and richly

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USA

American Jewish organizations condemn brutal murder of Muhammed Abu Khdeir as a betrayal of Jewish values

SAN DIEGO (SDJW)–American Jewish organizations reacted with horror and condemnation to the announcement that Jewish extremists were behind the murder of an Arab teenager who was burned to death.  Among those reacting were the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), American Jewish Committee (AJC) and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.  Here are their statements:

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Middle East, USA

Here’s to a good night’s ‘Shluff’

By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D SAN DIEGO — “Shluff, now, mamellah.” My mother and grandmother used to say that to me after a few urgings to “Gai shluffen” or, more commonly, “gai shluffie.” How’d you shluff last night? For about 70 million Americans, yes, even readers of the wonderful, positive, life-enhancing San Diego Jewish World,

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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell, Science, Medicine, & Education