FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
Alois Brunner, the Nazi
criminal who was considered the world's highest-ranking Nazi fugitive
still living, apparently died four years ago in Damascus at age 97
according to new information received by the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a
Jewish human rights NGO.
Brunner, who was born in
Austria in 1912, served as one of Adolf Eichmann's highest ranking
assistants and was responsible for deporting 128,500 Jews to Nazi death
camps during the Holocaust.
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Sunday, 30 November 2014
Friday, 28 November 2014
Belgian Teacher Under Fire for Alleged Antisemitic Facebook Post
FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
While most Jewish schools in North America usually require Jewish teachers, in the Belgian city of Antwerp Jewish public schools actually employ a secular staff, which consists mostly of non-Jewish teachers.
Antwerp, currently home to approximately 18,000 Orthodox Jews, entrust these teachers to provide a proper education in the region's Jewish schools, which also employ Jewish staff to teach students Jewish studies and Hebrew.
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From ynetnews.com:
While most Jewish schools in North America usually require Jewish teachers, in the Belgian city of Antwerp Jewish public schools actually employ a secular staff, which consists mostly of non-Jewish teachers.
Antwerp, currently home to approximately 18,000 Orthodox Jews, entrust these teachers to provide a proper education in the region's Jewish schools, which also employ Jewish staff to teach students Jewish studies and Hebrew.
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Thursday, 27 November 2014
American Football Player Compares Ferguson to Israel-Palestinian Conflict
FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
The Anti-Defamation League said Thursday that it was offended by a post on American football player Reggie Bush's Instagram account that compared the rioting in Ferguson, Missouri to Palestine.
The post “demonstrates a severe lack of understanding of both issues," said the ADL.
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From ynetnews.com:
The Anti-Defamation League said Thursday that it was offended by a post on American football player Reggie Bush's Instagram account that compared the rioting in Ferguson, Missouri to Palestine.
The post “demonstrates a severe lack of understanding of both issues," said the ADL.
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Delegation of Imams From Senegal Visits Yad Vashem
FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
"Today we learned of the worst act in history – the extermination of the Jews in Europe, an act that cannot be explained," said Imam El Hadji Omar Diene, the Secretary General of the National Association of Imams, who visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum in Jerusalem this week with a delegation of six other Muslim religious leaders.
"We are all equal humans, every human, from every race, religion and gender, and no religious justification can be found to kill and exterminate those who are different. The tour let us deeply understand Israel and the Jews and we bless connections between nations," said Imam Diene after the visit.
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From ynetnews.com:
"Today we learned of the worst act in history – the extermination of the Jews in Europe, an act that cannot be explained," said Imam El Hadji Omar Diene, the Secretary General of the National Association of Imams, who visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum in Jerusalem this week with a delegation of six other Muslim religious leaders.
"We are all equal humans, every human, from every race, religion and gender, and no religious justification can be found to kill and exterminate those who are different. The tour let us deeply understand Israel and the Jews and we bless connections between nations," said Imam Diene after the visit.
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English Football Association Charges Wigan Wwner Over Racist Remarks
FSWC Reports:
From the Associated Press via ynetnews.com:
The English Football Association has charged the chairman of Wigan for making controversial comments about Jewish and Chinese people in a newspaper interview.
The FA says that Dave Whelan's remarks "were abusive and/or insulting and/or constitute improper conduct and/or bring the game into disrepute."
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From the Associated Press via ynetnews.com:
The English Football Association has charged the chairman of Wigan for making controversial comments about Jewish and Chinese people in a newspaper interview.
The FA says that Dave Whelan's remarks "were abusive and/or insulting and/or constitute improper conduct and/or bring the game into disrepute."
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Tuesday, 25 November 2014
Shoes of Holocaust Victims Stolen in Poland
FSWC Reports:
From the Associated Press:
Polish authorities say that eight shoes that once belonged to Holocaust victims have been stolen from the former concentration camp Majdanek in Poland, now a state-run museum.
The Polish news agency PAP reported Tuesday that police believe the theft occurred between Nov. 18 and Nov. 20, when a museum employee discovered that a metal net that protected an exhibit of shoes had been cut and the shoes were missing.
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From the Associated Press:
Polish authorities say that eight shoes that once belonged to Holocaust victims have been stolen from the former concentration camp Majdanek in Poland, now a state-run museum.
The Polish news agency PAP reported Tuesday that police believe the theft occurred between Nov. 18 and Nov. 20, when a museum employee discovered that a metal net that protected an exhibit of shoes had been cut and the shoes were missing.
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Monday, 24 November 2014
Swiss Museum Accepts Large Art Collection That May Contain Works Looted by Nazis From Jews
FSWC Reports:
From the Associated Press:
A Swiss museum accepted a massive, priceless trove of long-hidden art from the late German collector Cornelius Gurlitt on Monday, promising to work with Germany to make sure that any Nazi-looted pieces in it are returned to Jewish heirs.
Three works in the collection donated to Switzerland's Kunstmuseum Bern will be returned immediately because they have already been identified as looted art, German Culture Minister Monika Gruetters said at a joint news conference with the museum. The pieces are by Henri Matisse, Max Liebermann and Carl Spitzweg.
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From the Associated Press:
A Swiss museum accepted a massive, priceless trove of long-hidden art from the late German collector Cornelius Gurlitt on Monday, promising to work with Germany to make sure that any Nazi-looted pieces in it are returned to Jewish heirs.
Three works in the collection donated to Switzerland's Kunstmuseum Bern will be returned immediately because they have already been identified as looted art, German Culture Minister Monika Gruetters said at a joint news conference with the museum. The pieces are by Henri Matisse, Max Liebermann and Carl Spitzweg.
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Governor of Province in Turkey Threatens to Turn Synagogue into Museum
FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
A Turkish governor is threatening to to turn a century-old synagogue into a museum as punishment for Israel’s alleged actions against the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
Dursun Sahin, governor of the province of Edirne, said he was turning the 107-year old Buyuk Synagogue into a museum and would not permit the Jewish community to use it for ritual purposes.
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From ynetnews.com:
A Turkish governor is threatening to to turn a century-old synagogue into a museum as punishment for Israel’s alleged actions against the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
Dursun Sahin, governor of the province of Edirne, said he was turning the 107-year old Buyuk Synagogue into a museum and would not permit the Jewish community to use it for ritual purposes.
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Sunday, 23 November 2014
Yemen Minister Gives Award to Country's Dwindling Jewish Population
FSWC Reports:
From the Associated Press:
Yemen's culture minister, who was recently honored for her work combatting extremism and discrimination against women, says she is giving her award to Yemen's dwindling Jewish population.
Arwa Othman won Human Rights Watch's Alison Des Forges Award in September. At a Thursday celebration in Sanaa, Othman called for "tolerance" and dedicated her award to "brothers and friends from the Jewish community."
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From the Associated Press:
Yemen's culture minister, who was recently honored for her work combatting extremism and discrimination against women, says she is giving her award to Yemen's dwindling Jewish population.
Arwa Othman won Human Rights Watch's Alison Des Forges Award in September. At a Thursday celebration in Sanaa, Othman called for "tolerance" and dedicated her award to "brothers and friends from the Jewish community."
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Jewish Boy Attacked in New Zealand
FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
A 4-year-old Jewish New Zealand boy was attacked last week by a group of men while he walked home from his preschool in what local media are calling a "hate crime."
According to a report in The New Zealand Herald, the boy was left traumatized after being attacked by a man who hit him hard on the top of his head in front of his mother, brother and a friend. The indecent took place in what the paper described as an upscale Auckland suburb of Mt. Eden.
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From ynetnews.com:
A 4-year-old Jewish New Zealand boy was attacked last week by a group of men while he walked home from his preschool in what local media are calling a "hate crime."
According to a report in The New Zealand Herald, the boy was left traumatized after being attacked by a man who hit him hard on the top of his head in front of his mother, brother and a friend. The indecent took place in what the paper described as an upscale Auckland suburb of Mt. Eden.
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Thursday, 20 November 2014
Arrest Made in Attack on Rabbi in New York City
FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
A 15-year-old teenager who attacked an Israeli Orthodox Jew at a Subway station in Williamsburg, Brooklyn has been arrested in New York, according to a report by JTA. He is one of three assailants suspected of beating the Jewish man with his own umbrella and calling him a "dirty bloody Jew."
The victim, identified as Rabbi Haim, is an Israeli citizen who was in New York for treatment of Hodgkin's lymphoma.
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From ynetnews.com:
A 15-year-old teenager who attacked an Israeli Orthodox Jew at a Subway station in Williamsburg, Brooklyn has been arrested in New York, according to a report by JTA. He is one of three assailants suspected of beating the Jewish man with his own umbrella and calling him a "dirty bloody Jew."
The victim, identified as Rabbi Haim, is an Israeli citizen who was in New York for treatment of Hodgkin's lymphoma.
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Owner of British Soccer Club Accused of Antisemitism Following Comment
FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
Wigan Athletic owner Dave Whelan has been accused of anti-Semitism after he told the Guardian that he thinks that “Jewish people chase money more than everybody else.”
Ironically, according to the Guardian, the comments came as part of Whelan's attempt to defend the appointment of Malky Mackay as Wigan’s manager, despite the fact that Mackay himself was being investigated by the UK's Football Association for alleged racism and anti-Semitism.
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From ynetnews.com:
Wigan Athletic owner Dave Whelan has been accused of anti-Semitism after he told the Guardian that he thinks that “Jewish people chase money more than everybody else.”
Ironically, according to the Guardian, the comments came as part of Whelan's attempt to defend the appointment of Malky Mackay as Wigan’s manager, despite the fact that Mackay himself was being investigated by the UK's Football Association for alleged racism and anti-Semitism.
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Recent Spike in German Antisemitism According to New Poll
FSWC Reports:
From Reuters via ynetnews.com:
German anti-Semitism and resentment towards Israel has risen sharply in recent months, with more than one in four respondents in a new poll equating the Jewish state's treatment of Palestinians to Nazi persecution of Jews during World War Two.
The bi-annual survey on xenophobia in Germany by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation showed broad measures of anti-Semitism on the decline over the past decade.
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From Reuters via ynetnews.com:
German anti-Semitism and resentment towards Israel has risen sharply in recent months, with more than one in four respondents in a new poll equating the Jewish state's treatment of Palestinians to Nazi persecution of Jews during World War Two.
The bi-annual survey on xenophobia in Germany by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation showed broad measures of anti-Semitism on the decline over the past decade.
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Tuesday, 18 November 2014
Religious Jew Attached in Brooklyn by Three People Shouting Antisemitic Insults
FSWC Reports:
From the Associated Press and ynetnews.com:
An Orthodox Jewish man was attacked by three people at a train station in New York City on Monday, the New York Daily News reported on Tuesday.
The assailants beat the Jewish man with his own umbrella and called him a "dirty bloody Jew" and "a "f---ing Jew," according to the New York Daily News.
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From the Associated Press and ynetnews.com:
An Orthodox Jewish man was attacked by three people at a train station in New York City on Monday, the New York Daily News reported on Tuesday.
The assailants beat the Jewish man with his own umbrella and called him a "dirty bloody Jew" and "a "f---ing Jew," according to the New York Daily News.
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Monday, 17 November 2014
Neo-Nazis in Dortmund, Germany Want List of City's Jews
FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
A neo-Nazi party from the city of Dortmund has reportedly demanded the city's mayor give them a list of all city's Jews, in an event eerily reminiscent of darker days in Germany's past. Luckily, the mayor refused and slammed the request, passing it on to legal authorities who are working to outlaw the party.
According to different reports, the party, known as Die Rechte (The Right), wrote a letter to Dortmund Mayor Ullrich Sierau through its lone city council member, Dennis Giemsch, requesting to know many Jews live in and around the city, as well as their addresses.
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From ynetnews.com:
A neo-Nazi party from the city of Dortmund has reportedly demanded the city's mayor give them a list of all city's Jews, in an event eerily reminiscent of darker days in Germany's past. Luckily, the mayor refused and slammed the request, passing it on to legal authorities who are working to outlaw the party.
According to different reports, the party, known as Die Rechte (The Right), wrote a letter to Dortmund Mayor Ullrich Sierau through its lone city council member, Dennis Giemsch, requesting to know many Jews live in and around the city, as well as their addresses.
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German Village Pranks Neo-Nazis
FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
They keep coming back year after year. Since the 1990s, neo Nazi demonstrators invade the village of Wunsiedel in south Germany every November to commemorate the National Heroes' Remembrance Day by visiting the grave of Adolf Hitler’s Deputy, Rudolf Hess, which was located in the village until it was dissolved in 2005 when the lease agreement ran out.
The almost 1,000 inhabitants of Wunsiedel have been trying to stop these demonstrations every time, to no avail. They held counter demonstrations and formed action groups dedicated to tolerance, commitment and moral courage.
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From ynetnews.com:
They keep coming back year after year. Since the 1990s, neo Nazi demonstrators invade the village of Wunsiedel in south Germany every November to commemorate the National Heroes' Remembrance Day by visiting the grave of Adolf Hitler’s Deputy, Rudolf Hess, which was located in the village until it was dissolved in 2005 when the lease agreement ran out.
The almost 1,000 inhabitants of Wunsiedel have been trying to stop these demonstrations every time, to no avail. They held counter demonstrations and formed action groups dedicated to tolerance, commitment and moral courage.
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Thursday, 13 November 2014
Social Media Campaign Promotes Attacks on Jews
FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs, chief rabbi of the Inter-Provincial Chief Rabbinate of the Netherlands, has filed a complaint with the Dutch police of a run-over attempt.
Rabbi Jacobs told Ynet he believed the incident was aimed at intimidating him, but did not rule out the possibility that it was an attempt to physically harm him.
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From ynetnews.com:
Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs, chief rabbi of the Inter-Provincial Chief Rabbinate of the Netherlands, has filed a complaint with the Dutch police of a run-over attempt.
Rabbi Jacobs told Ynet he believed the incident was aimed at intimidating him, but did not rule out the possibility that it was an attempt to physically harm him.
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U.S. Lawmakers Move to Strip Former Nazis of Social Security Benefits
FSWC Reports:
From the Associated Press:
A bipartisan group of lawmakers will introduce legislation Thursday to strip suspected Nazi war criminals of their Social Security benefits, insisting American taxpayers should not be underwriting the retirement of anyone who participated in the Third Reich's atrocities.
The Nazi Social Security Benefits Termination Act comes in response to an Associated Press investigation published in October that revealed millions of dollars in benefits have been paid to dozens of former Nazis who were forced out of the United States. At least four are alive, living in Europe on U.S. Social Security.
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From the Associated Press:
A bipartisan group of lawmakers will introduce legislation Thursday to strip suspected Nazi war criminals of their Social Security benefits, insisting American taxpayers should not be underwriting the retirement of anyone who participated in the Third Reich's atrocities.
The Nazi Social Security Benefits Termination Act comes in response to an Associated Press investigation published in October that revealed millions of dollars in benefits have been paid to dozens of former Nazis who were forced out of the United States. At least four are alive, living in Europe on U.S. Social Security.
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Wednesday, 5 November 2014
Senior Amnesty International Official Compares Israel to Islamic State on Twitter
FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
The campaigns manager for Amnesty International UK, Kristyan Benedict, published a Tweet on Wednesday comparing Israel to the Islamic State, using the contentious hashtag #JSIL.
The hashtag has been used by extreme anti-Israel groups to draw a parallel between Israel and the Islamist organization infamous for beheading its captives, including several Western hostages.
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From ynetnews.com:
The campaigns manager for Amnesty International UK, Kristyan Benedict, published a Tweet on Wednesday comparing Israel to the Islamic State, using the contentious hashtag #JSIL.
The hashtag has been used by extreme anti-Israel groups to draw a parallel between Israel and the Islamist organization infamous for beheading its captives, including several Western hostages.
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Tuesday, 4 November 2014
Jewish Leaders Outraged Over Dachau Gate Theft
FSWC Reports:
From AFP via ynetnews.com:
Jewish leaders in Germany voiced outrage Monday over the theft of the gate to the former Nazi concentration camp Dachau with the chilling inscription "Arbeit macht frei" ("Work will set you free").
Police said they were following leads but had no concrete information about the theft of the forged iron gate, discovered early Sunday at the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial near the southern city of Munich.
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From AFP via ynetnews.com:
Jewish leaders in Germany voiced outrage Monday over the theft of the gate to the former Nazi concentration camp Dachau with the chilling inscription "Arbeit macht frei" ("Work will set you free").
Police said they were following leads but had no concrete information about the theft of the forged iron gate, discovered early Sunday at the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial near the southern city of Munich.
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Sunday, 2 November 2014
Part of "Work Sets You Free" Sign at Dachau Concentration Camp Stolen
FSWC Reports:
From the Associated Press via ynetnews.com:
German police say part of a wrought-iron gate at the former Dachau concentration camp bearing the Nazis' cynical slogan "Work sets you free" - or Arbeit Macht Frei - has been stolen.
Police said in a statement that security officials noticed early Sunday the gate section measuring 190 by 95 centimeters (75 by 37 inches) was missing. They say that whoever stole it during the night would have had to climb over another gate to reach it.
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From the Associated Press via ynetnews.com:
German police say part of a wrought-iron gate at the former Dachau concentration camp bearing the Nazis' cynical slogan "Work sets you free" - or Arbeit Macht Frei - has been stolen.
Police said in a statement that security officials noticed early Sunday the gate section measuring 190 by 95 centimeters (75 by 37 inches) was missing. They say that whoever stole it during the night would have had to climb over another gate to reach it.
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