FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
An exhibition opened
this month at a museum in Lower Manhattan about efforts by American Jews
to bring refugees to the US from Europe during the Nazi era.
The exhibition, "Against All Odds: American Jews and the Rescue of Europe's Refugees, 1933-41"
will be on view for a year at the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, located on Battery Place.
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Friday, 31 May 2013
Thursday, 30 May 2013
Jewish Groups Condemn Norwegian Newspaper Cartoon
FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
The European Jewish Congress (EJC) is carefully considering the possibility of taking legal action over a cartoon in Dagbladet, one of Norway’s leading papers, which it says depicts circumcision in a bloodthirsty-demonic manner.
“This cartoon has crossed all lines of decency and is dripping with hate and anti-Semitism,” said EJC President Dr. Moshe Kantor. “We are now studying the possibility that this legally constitutes incitement to hatred and even a hate crime and will require legal action if this proves to be the case.”
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From ynetnews.com:
The European Jewish Congress (EJC) is carefully considering the possibility of taking legal action over a cartoon in Dagbladet, one of Norway’s leading papers, which it says depicts circumcision in a bloodthirsty-demonic manner.
“This cartoon has crossed all lines of decency and is dripping with hate and anti-Semitism,” said EJC President Dr. Moshe Kantor. “We are now studying the possibility that this legally constitutes incitement to hatred and even a hate crime and will require legal action if this proves to be the case.”
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Tuesday, 28 May 2013
Polish Walkway Named After Woman Who Saved Jews From Warsaw Ghetto
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From ynetnews.com:
Polish officials have honored Irena Sendler, a Polish woman credited with saving 2,500 Jewish children from the Holocaust, by naming a walkway in a symbolically important spot after her.
Sendler was a social worker who smuggled Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II, when Poland was occupied by Nazi Germany. The children were placed with Christian families and in convents and given new names. Sendler died in 2008.
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From ynetnews.com:
Polish officials have honored Irena Sendler, a Polish woman credited with saving 2,500 Jewish children from the Holocaust, by naming a walkway in a symbolically important spot after her.
Sendler was a social worker who smuggled Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II, when Poland was occupied by Nazi Germany. The children were placed with Christian families and in convents and given new names. Sendler died in 2008.
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Sunday, 26 May 2013
Nation of Islam Leader Criticized for Antisemitic Remarks in Recent Detroit Appearance
FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
A national Jewish civil rights group has criticized Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan for making anti-Semitic statements at a Detroit church appearance and is calling on a congressman and other leaders in attendance to condemn the remarks.
The Detroit Free Press says Farrakhan denounced "Satanic Jews" and the "synagogue of Satan" controlling major US institutions.
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From ynetnews.com:
A national Jewish civil rights group has criticized Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan for making anti-Semitic statements at a Detroit church appearance and is calling on a congressman and other leaders in attendance to condemn the remarks.
The Detroit Free Press says Farrakhan denounced "Satanic Jews" and the "synagogue of Satan" controlling major US institutions.
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Tuesday, 21 May 2013
New Holocaust Documentary Raises Questions of Guilt
FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
When your enemy is sworn to exterminate every one of you, can you – should you – try to cut a deal with him to at least save some lives knowing that others are doomed?
The question lies at the heart of a new documentary by Claude Lanzmann, author of "Shoah," the hugely-acclaimed tableau of the Holocaust.
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From ynetnews.com:
When your enemy is sworn to exterminate every one of you, can you – should you – try to cut a deal with him to at least save some lives knowing that others are doomed?
The question lies at the heart of a new documentary by Claude Lanzmann, author of "Shoah," the hugely-acclaimed tableau of the Holocaust.
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Former Warsaw Ghetto Insurgent Residing in Montreal Dies
FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
Baruch Spiegel, one of the last remaining survivors of the 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising by poorly armed Jewish insurgents against the powerful Nazi German force that occupied Poland, has died. He was 93.
Spiegel died May 9 in Montreal, where he had spent the past four years in a nursing home, his son Julius Spiegel said Tuesday.
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From ynetnews.com:
Baruch Spiegel, one of the last remaining survivors of the 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising by poorly armed Jewish insurgents against the powerful Nazi German force that occupied Poland, has died. He was 93.
Spiegel died May 9 in Montreal, where he had spent the past four years in a nursing home, his son Julius Spiegel said Tuesday.
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Protest Against Growing Antisemitism Held in Malmo, Sweden
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From ynetnews.com:
Several hundred Jews and people of other faiths and none marched in the southern Swedish city of Malmo over the weekend to bring attention to intolerance and anti-Semitic attacks in the Nordic country.
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From ynetnews.com:
Several hundred Jews and people of other faiths and none marched in the southern Swedish city of Malmo over the weekend to bring attention to intolerance and anti-Semitic attacks in the Nordic country.
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Monday, 20 May 2013
U.S. State Department Report: Sharp Rise in Antisemitism in 2012
FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
US Secretary of State John Kerry presented the 2012 International Religious Freedom Report, which indicates a sharp rise in displays of anti-Semitism worldwide.
According to the report, Holocaust denial and glorification remained troubling themes, and opposition to Israeli policy at times was used to promote or justify blatant anti-Semitism.
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From ynetnews.com:
US Secretary of State John Kerry presented the 2012 International Religious Freedom Report, which indicates a sharp rise in displays of anti-Semitism worldwide.
According to the report, Holocaust denial and glorification remained troubling themes, and opposition to Israeli policy at times was used to promote or justify blatant anti-Semitism.
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Muslim Clerics From Around the Globe to Visit Auschwitz
FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
Fourteen Muslim clerics from across the globe will visit the former Nazi Auschwitz death camp in southern Poland this week as part of a Holocaust awareness and anti-genocide program, organizers said Friday.
"This is an opportunity for imams who are influential in their communities to look at the Holocaust first hand and to go to Auschwitz, to see what that kind of hatred led to," Poland's Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich told AFP.
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From ynetnews.com:
Fourteen Muslim clerics from across the globe will visit the former Nazi Auschwitz death camp in southern Poland this week as part of a Holocaust awareness and anti-genocide program, organizers said Friday.
"This is an opportunity for imams who are influential in their communities to look at the Holocaust first hand and to go to Auschwitz, to see what that kind of hatred led to," Poland's Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich told AFP.
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Saturday, 18 May 2013
Christian Churches Back Hungarian Jews' Fight Against Antisemitism
FSWC Reports:
From Reuters:
When Hungarian radical right-wingers rallied against a Jewish conference in Budapest in early May, a well-known Protestant pastor hid behind the stage while his wife stepped up to the podium to denounce Jews and Israel.
Lorant Hegedus could have preached the same anti-Semitism as his wife, a deputy for the populist Jobbik party in parliament. But his part in launching the rally may cost him his role as the far-right's favorite clergyman.
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From Reuters:
When Hungarian radical right-wingers rallied against a Jewish conference in Budapest in early May, a well-known Protestant pastor hid behind the stage while his wife stepped up to the podium to denounce Jews and Israel.
Lorant Hegedus could have preached the same anti-Semitism as his wife, a deputy for the populist Jobbik party in parliament. But his part in launching the rally may cost him his role as the far-right's favorite clergyman.
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Tuesday, 14 May 2013
Film Showcases Egypt's Once Thriving Jewish Community
FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
There was a time when a constellation of Jewish Egyptian stars shone on the country's arts and music scene, and when streets in Cairo and Alexandria brimmed with Jewish shops.
But by the turn of the 21st century, Egypt's Jews had become a faded memory, their synagogues empty and their old neighborhoods offering scant testimony to a once-thriving community.
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From ynetnews.com:
There was a time when a constellation of Jewish Egyptian stars shone on the country's arts and music scene, and when streets in Cairo and Alexandria brimmed with Jewish shops.
But by the turn of the 21st century, Egypt's Jews had become a faded memory, their synagogues empty and their old neighborhoods offering scant testimony to a once-thriving community.
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Fearful Turkish Jews Keep a Low Profile
FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
ISTANBUL – As visitors heave open the thick, vault-like metal door to the Neve Shalom Synagogue on a discreet side street in the Galata neighborhood of European Istanbul, a skittish guard confronts them.
Guests are shuttled through secure, windowless rooms to an X-ray machine and metal detector. Pockets are emptied and passports surrendered. The guard questions the reason for the visit and the guests' ethnicity. He then determines whether they can be allowed through.
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From ynetnews.com:
ISTANBUL – As visitors heave open the thick, vault-like metal door to the Neve Shalom Synagogue on a discreet side street in the Galata neighborhood of European Istanbul, a skittish guard confronts them.
Guests are shuttled through secure, windowless rooms to an X-ray machine and metal detector. Pockets are emptied and passports surrendered. The guard questions the reason for the visit and the guests' ethnicity. He then determines whether they can be allowed through.
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Replica Commemorates Great Synagogue in Warsaw Destroyed by Nazis in WWII
FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
A miniature replica of the Great Synagogue of Warsaw will be installed on the site of the original, almost 70 years to the day after the Nazis leveled it, an architect for the project said Sunday.
"The different fragments, like the walls, the domes, the court, have already been assembled for a first time. All of it will then be dismantled and transported next to the original place for final assembly scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday," architect Jan Strumillo said.
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From ynetnews.com:
A miniature replica of the Great Synagogue of Warsaw will be installed on the site of the original, almost 70 years to the day after the Nazis leveled it, an architect for the project said Sunday.
"The different fragments, like the walls, the domes, the court, have already been assembled for a first time. All of it will then be dismantled and transported next to the original place for final assembly scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday," architect Jan Strumillo said.
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Friday, 10 May 2013
Opera Cancelled in Germany Due to Holocaust-Related Scenes
FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
A modern production of Richard Wagner's opera "Tannhauser" has been canceled in Germany after the opening-night audience complained about new scenes showing Jews being executed and dying in the gas chambers.
A spokeswoman for Duesseldorf's opera house said Thursday there would only be concert performances without theatrical staging.
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From ynetnews.com:
A modern production of Richard Wagner's opera "Tannhauser" has been canceled in Germany after the opening-night audience complained about new scenes showing Jews being executed and dying in the gas chambers.
A spokeswoman for Duesseldorf's opera house said Thursday there would only be concert performances without theatrical staging.
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Wednesday, 8 May 2013
Glenn Beck Slammed by Jewish Groups for Depicting NY Mayor Michael Bloomberg Giving Nazi Salute
FSWC Reports:
From ABC News:
Glenn Beck roused the National Rifle Association's annual convention this weekend with his attacks on New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, but he also aroused criticism by a major Jewish group for depicting the mayor giving what appears to be a a Nazi salute.
The head of the Anti-Defamation League called Becks' comments "deeply offensive on so many levels," and B'nai B'rith called for Beck to apologize.
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From ABC News:
Glenn Beck roused the National Rifle Association's annual convention this weekend with his attacks on New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, but he also aroused criticism by a major Jewish group for depicting the mayor giving what appears to be a a Nazi salute.
The head of the Anti-Defamation League called Becks' comments "deeply offensive on so many levels," and B'nai B'rith called for Beck to apologize.
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Tuesday, 7 May 2013
World Jewish Congress Urges Ban on Neo-Nazi Parties
FSWC Reports:
From Reuters:
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - The World Jewish Congress urged Hungary on Tuesday to crack down on the far-right Jobbik party and called on governments in Europe to consider banning neo-Nazi parties threatening democracy and minority rights.
The WJC plenary assembly, held in the Hungarian capital rather than Jerusalem to highlight rising anti-Semitism in Hungary, passed a resolution saying Budapest must recognize that Jobbik poses "a fundamental threat to Hungary's democracy.
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From Reuters:
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - The World Jewish Congress urged Hungary on Tuesday to crack down on the far-right Jobbik party and called on governments in Europe to consider banning neo-Nazi parties threatening democracy and minority rights.
The WJC plenary assembly, held in the Hungarian capital rather than Jerusalem to highlight rising anti-Semitism in Hungary, passed a resolution saying Budapest must recognize that Jobbik poses "a fundamental threat to Hungary's democracy.
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Monday, 6 May 2013
Poland Appeals for International Donations to Preserve Auschwitz
FSWC Reports:
From The National Post:
Looking at old photographs, Eli Rubenstein can spot the ways in which the historic Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp has fallen victim to the passage of time.
Mr. Rubenstein, who leads educational tours of the site every year, has watched over 25 years as more and more derelict structures have been made unavailable to the public for safety reasons.
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From The National Post:
Looking at old photographs, Eli Rubenstein can spot the ways in which the historic Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp has fallen victim to the passage of time.
Mr. Rubenstein, who leads educational tours of the site every year, has watched over 25 years as more and more derelict structures have been made unavailable to the public for safety reasons.
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High-Profile Neo Nazi Murder Trial Begins in Germany
FSWC Reports:
From The National Post:
MUNICH, Germany — The highest-profile neo-Nazi murder trial in Germany in decades opened Monday amid tight security and intense media interest, with the five accused appearing in public for the first time since their arrest more than a year ago.
Police erected security barriers in anticipation of possible protests by far-right extremist groups, while hundreds of reporters queued outside the Munich courthouse in the hope of gaining one of the few available seats in the packed courtroom for the start of a trial scheduled to last for more than a year.
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From The National Post:
MUNICH, Germany — The highest-profile neo-Nazi murder trial in Germany in decades opened Monday amid tight security and intense media interest, with the five accused appearing in public for the first time since their arrest more than a year ago.
Police erected security barriers in anticipation of possible protests by far-right extremist groups, while hundreds of reporters queued outside the Munich courthouse in the hope of gaining one of the few available seats in the packed courtroom for the start of a trial scheduled to last for more than a year.
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Alleged Auschwitz Death Camp Guard Arrested in Germany
FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
A 93-year-old man who was deported from the US for lying about his Nazi past was arrested by German authorities Monday on allegations he served as an Auschwitz death camp guard, Stuttgart prosecutors said.
Hans Lipschis was taken into custody after authorities concluded there was "compelling evidence" he was involved in crimes at Auschwitz while there from 1941 to 1945, prosecutor Claudia Krauth said.
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From ynetnews.com:
A 93-year-old man who was deported from the US for lying about his Nazi past was arrested by German authorities Monday on allegations he served as an Auschwitz death camp guard, Stuttgart prosecutors said.
Hans Lipschis was taken into custody after authorities concluded there was "compelling evidence" he was involved in crimes at Auschwitz while there from 1941 to 1945, prosecutor Claudia Krauth said.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Addresses World Jewish Congress, Condemns Antisemitism
FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
Hungary's prime minister told an international assembly of Jews on Sunday that his government has declared "zero tolerance" on anti-Semitism, but his speech failed to impress those gathered who said he has failed to confront the country's largest far-right party.
Addressing the opening session of the World Jewish Congress, Prime Minister Viktor Orban acknowledged that anti-Semitism was on the rise both in Europe and Hungary, attributing it partly to the economic crisis affecting the region.
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From ynetnews.com:
Hungary's prime minister told an international assembly of Jews on Sunday that his government has declared "zero tolerance" on anti-Semitism, but his speech failed to impress those gathered who said he has failed to confront the country's largest far-right party.
Addressing the opening session of the World Jewish Congress, Prime Minister Viktor Orban acknowledged that anti-Semitism was on the rise both in Europe and Hungary, attributing it partly to the economic crisis affecting the region.
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Sunday, 5 May 2013
Hungarian Fascist Party Holds Demonstration Against World Jewish Congress
FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
The day before the annual gathering of the World Jewish Congress, set to open Sunday night in Budapest, a demonstration was held in the capital of Hungary by the Fascist, racist “Jobbik” party, making statements against world Jewish leaders, and against Israel. The Jobbik party is the third largest in the Hungarian parliament.
Hungarian authorities have taken large-scale measures to secure the meeting of the upcoming congress, and they had forbidden the demonstration to be held. But the courts canceled the government order, saying it would stifle the group’s freedom to demonstrate.
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From ynetnews.com:
The day before the annual gathering of the World Jewish Congress, set to open Sunday night in Budapest, a demonstration was held in the capital of Hungary by the Fascist, racist “Jobbik” party, making statements against world Jewish leaders, and against Israel. The Jobbik party is the third largest in the Hungarian parliament.
Hungarian authorities have taken large-scale measures to secure the meeting of the upcoming congress, and they had forbidden the demonstration to be held. But the courts canceled the government order, saying it would stifle the group’s freedom to demonstrate.
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Saturday, 4 May 2013
US Mom Says Anne Frank Diary "Pornographic", Inappropriate for Seventh-Graders
FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
"The Diary of Anne Frank" has been an important part of the curriculum in North American classrooms since its initial publication in 1947. The candid diaries share the young Jewish girl's thoughts and experiences while hiding from Nazis during their occupation of the Netherlands.
Until now, the memoirs have served as a powerful educational tool, teaching children about World War II and the Holocaust from the perspective of a girl their age. But after 60 years, a Michigan mom has come forward, calling "The Diary of Anne Frank" pornographic.
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From ynetnews.com:
"The Diary of Anne Frank" has been an important part of the curriculum in North American classrooms since its initial publication in 1947. The candid diaries share the young Jewish girl's thoughts and experiences while hiding from Nazis during their occupation of the Netherlands.
Until now, the memoirs have served as a powerful educational tool, teaching children about World War II and the Holocaust from the perspective of a girl their age. But after 60 years, a Michigan mom has come forward, calling "The Diary of Anne Frank" pornographic.
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Thursday, 2 May 2013
Violence Erupts at "Greeks Only" Food Giveaway by Far Right Party
FSWC Reports:
From The Toronto Star:
From The Toronto Star:
ATHENS—An attempt by
the extremist far-right Golden Dawn party to hand out food to Greeks
only in defiance of a municipal ban degenerated Thursday with the city’s
mayor saying a party lawmaker tried to punch him and draw a gun. The
punch missed its target, landing instead on a 12-year-old girl, Greek
media said.
Security guards
restrained the legislator, Giorgos Germenis, with television footage
showing them marching him out of the building.
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German Authorities Underestimated Strength of Far Right
FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
A German neo-Nazi’s murder trial starting Monday over the killings of 10 people has raised uncomfortable questions about murky links that the police and the intelligence services have with the extreme right.
In November 2011, the German public was shocked to learn that a group calling itself the National Socialist Underground had claimed responsibility for the murders of eight ethnic Turks, a Greek shopkeeper and a German policewoman between 2000 and 2007.
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From ynetnews.com:
A German neo-Nazi’s murder trial starting Monday over the killings of 10 people has raised uncomfortable questions about murky links that the police and the intelligence services have with the extreme right.
In November 2011, the German public was shocked to learn that a group calling itself the National Socialist Underground had claimed responsibility for the murders of eight ethnic Turks, a Greek shopkeeper and a German policewoman between 2000 and 2007.
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