From Israel's perspective, a silver lining in anti-Semitism: It increases aliyah

 By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM, Jan. 26–We may be forgiven if, when we read reports about anti-Semitism around the world, we’re tempted to conclude that many Israelis regard it as good news for at least two reasons: a vindication for living in Israel and a promise of continued aliyah, which Israelis love (even when they […]

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Emerging Filmmakers to have their day Feb 15 at S.D. Jewish Film Festival

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The 20th Anniversary San Diego Jewish Film Festival, sponsored by the Mizel Family Foundation, and presented by the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family Campus, will run February 10-21, 2010.  Once again the festival will feature the Joyce Forum – A Day

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ZOA says ADL owes Rush Limbaugh an apology for asking for one

NEW YORK (Press Release)–The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), distinguished author Norman Podhoretz, columnist and foreign policy expert Dr. Michael Ledeen and respected columnist Mark Steyn have all criticized the National Director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Abraham Foxman, for wrongly attacking radio broadcaster and strong friend of Israel, Rush Limbaugh, for making remarks that

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ADL condemns Rabbi Shapira as extremist, urges other Jews to do likewise

  NEW YORK (Press Release) … The arrest of five students from a West Bank yeshiva on charges of torching and vandalizing a mosque in a neighboring Palestinian village, “highlights the danger of the teachings of Yeshiva head Rabbi Yitzhak Shapira,” the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) said in calling on responsible Orthodox Jewish leaders to “speak

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ADL says Papandreou's letter to Jewish community a 'positive step'

NEW YORK (Press Release)– The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) welcomed as “a positive first step” Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou’s letter to the Greek Jewish community, in which he conveyed his solidarity after the synagogue arson attack on the island of Crete, and stated that “anti-Semitism and racism are condemned and have no place in the

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Extremists threaten life of imam in France who wants improved Jewish-Muslim relations

PARIS (WJC)–A group of Islamic extremists has burst into a mosque near Paris during a prayer service and threatened to kill the local Imam, Hassen Chalghoumi, because of his efforts to improve relations between Jews and Muslims. “We are going to liquidate him, this imam of the Jews,” some of the about 80 people who

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Siemens to cut future business deals with Iran

BERLIN — Siemens AG of Germany, Europe’s biggest engineering conglomerate with operations world-wide, has announced that it would cut all future business deals with Iran, although the company intends to honor existing contracts. Germany is one of the biggest exporters to Iran. Siemens business deal in Iran have repeatedly come under fire. The company’s CEO

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Kantor: Iran denies Holocaust because it doesn't want world to recognize its lessons

Moshe Kantor, president of the European Jewish Congress, published this Op-Ed column in the Jerusalem Post: By Moshe Kantor JERUSALEM (WJC)–In his seminal quote written at the beginning of the last century, philosopher George Santayana said in his treatise ‘The Life of Reason’ that “those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

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Holocaust commemorations across the globe

AUSCHWITZ, Poland–Commemorations are underway around the world on the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which coincides with the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp on 27 January 1945 by Soviet troops. The main commemorative event is to be held in Auschwitz, in the presence of survivors, international statesmen and Jewish leaders,

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January 28, 2010 Headlines

Global Holocaust commemorations across the globe Poverty grips half the Holocaust survivors alive today United States Former Malaysian PM says U.S. staged 9/11 attacks ZOA says ADL owes Rush Limbaugh an apology for asking for one Abdulmutallab belongs in military custody — Senators Lieberman and Collins ACLU accuses Lieberman, others of wanting to discard Constitution in terror cases Haiti relief Jewish

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European Union members consider possible sanctions against Iran

BRUSSELS (WJC)–European Union foreign ministers have discussed possible responses to Iran’s continued nuclear program including new sanctions against Tehran. “We are moving very strongly toward sanctions,” Finland’s Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb told reporters in Brussels. “We will start with UN sanctions, and if that does not work, we will go to EU sanctions.” France’s minister

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