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FSWC's Emerging News presents items of interest to our readers as they happen and updates them as they develop. Stay tuned . . .Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger812125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772213824573844337.post-82069523404108184152015-01-09T07:32:00.000-08:002015-01-09T07:32:03.164-08:00Gunmen Take Six Hostages at Paris Kosher Market<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">FSWC Reports:</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">From ynetnews.com with Agencies:</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span>The French Interior
Ministry denied media reports that two people were killed when two
gunmen took hostages Friday in a kosher supermarket in eastern Paris. In
a precautionary move, police ordered all shops closed in famed Jewish
neighborhood in central Paris far from attacks.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span>Reuters reported that
the gunman took six hostages, mostly women and children and that police
confimed one person was seriously wounded. AFP reported that the suspect
was identified as Amedy Coulibaly, a 32-year-old man, and that police
were also searching for Hayat Boumeddiene, a 26-year-old woman.
According to French newspaper Le Monde, the two were former partners.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span><a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4613271,00.html"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><u>READ MORE...</u></span> </span></span></a> </span></span> </span> </span></b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772213824573844337.post-37773707492932355932015-01-09T07:28:00.004-08:002015-01-09T07:28:43.704-08:00Website Called "AverageMohamed" Counters Terror Message With Cartoon Videos<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>FSWC Reports:</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">From the Associated Press via ynetnews.com:</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span>In the war for young
people's hearts and minds, Mohamed Ahmed hopes to use cartoons to
dissuade a generation raised on "The Simpsons" and "South Park" from
taking up arms for the Islamic State group and other extremist causes. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span>Ahmed, a convenience store manager from Minneapolis, has launched AverageMohamed.com,
a website offering homemade videos aimed at countering the messages and images terrorists use to lure disaffected youths. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span><a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4612442,00.html"><u><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">READ MORE...</span></u></a> </span></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span> </span></span> </span></span> </span> </b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772213824573844337.post-28688527928648785952015-01-08T08:03:00.000-08:002015-01-08T08:03:40.689-08:00Polish and German Scholars to Symbolically Denounce Nazi Stripping of Titles<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>FSWC Reports:</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">From the Associated Press via ynetnews.com:</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content">In a symbolic gesture,
Polish and German scholars will condemn the Nazi-era decision by
Germany's former Breslau University to strip some 260 mostly Jewish
academics of their doctors' titles, a spokesman said Thursday.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span class="text14" id="article_content">Jacek Przygodzki, the
spokesman for the southwest Wroclaw University, told The Associated
Press that the January 22 ceremony being held with the German University
of Cologne aims to condemn political meddling into academic life. The
two universities will declare Breslau University's decision
"non-existent," he said. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4612949,00.html"><u>READ MORE...</u></a> </span> </span> </span></span> </b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772213824573844337.post-38683589875036600002015-01-06T07:33:00.002-08:002015-01-06T07:33:15.931-08:00Swastika Found on Synagogue Wall in Caracas, Venezuela<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>FSWC Reports:</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">From ynetnews.com:</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span>Anti-Semitic graffiti was found on a wall of the AIV del Este Sephardic synagogue in Caracas, Venezuela last week, the Anti-Defamation League
(ADL) says. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span>The graffiti, which was
allegedly spray painted shortly before daily morning prayer services on
December 30, included a swastika and the number six million with
question marks.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4611400,00.html"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span><u>READ MORE...</u> </span></span> </span></span></span></a> </span> </b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772213824573844337.post-7017654653885929232015-01-05T13:45:00.002-08:002015-01-05T13:45:17.855-08:00Israeli in Berlin Attacked by Men Singing Antisemitic Songs<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>FSWC Reports:</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">From the Associated Press and ynetnews.com:</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span>Berlin police said
Monday they are investigating an attack on an Israeli citizen who was
beaten by a group of young men after he asked them to stop singing
anti-Semitic songs on the subway in the German capital on New Year's
Eve.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span>Police spokesman Martin
Dahms said that police have not yet been able to identify the attackers,
but are evaluating video footage of the incident. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span><a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4611643,00.html"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><u>READ MORE...</u></span></a> </span></span> </span></span> </span> </b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772213824573844337.post-61480318555937222852015-01-04T20:07:00.003-08:002015-01-04T20:07:28.935-08:001.5 Million People Visited Auschwitz Memorial in 2014<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>FSWC Reports:</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">From the Associated Press and Reuters via ynetnews.com:</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span>Officials say a record
number of more than 1.5 million people from around the world visited the
grounds of the former Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau in
2014.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span>The Auschwitz museum
said Sunday on its website most visitors came from within Poland, with
large numbers of tourists also coming from Britain, the US, Italy and
Germany. The website didn't say what the previous record was. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4611247,00.html"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span><u>READ MORE...</u> </span></span> </span></span></span></a> </span> </b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772213824573844337.post-58210415549372397662015-01-04T19:56:00.002-08:002015-01-04T19:56:46.774-08:00Belgian Jews Live in Fear of Growing Antisemitism<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>FSWC Reports:</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">From ynetnews.com:</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content">"We have to put our
jacket outside of the classroom, and often I would find in my pocket
pictures of Hitler or Mussolini or Jews dying," says Jeremie de Bock, a
Jewish student in Brussels, when asked to describe the current
atmosphere in the European Union's capital, more than 70 years after the
Holocaust. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span class="text14" id="article_content">"Just for fun, they
would put the gas of their lighter in my nose to make my shut up or to
make me react or to have a fight, or tell me I should shut up in the
class because there are gas lines," he recounts. "All of that was always
done in front of teachers that didn't really care." </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4611090,00.html"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><u>READ MORE...</u> </span></span></a> </span> </span> </b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772213824573844337.post-4991400465941580832015-01-02T07:23:00.004-08:002015-01-02T07:23:41.617-08:00Chairman of English Soccer Club Banned for Race Remarks<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>FSWC Reports:</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">From AFP via ynetnews.com:</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content">Wigan Athletic chairman Dave Whelan
has been banned from all football-related activity for six weeks over
comments he made about Jewish and Chinese people, the Football
Association announced on Wednesday. </span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span class="text14" id="article_content">Whelan, 78, accepted an aggravated misconduct charge
and was also fined £50,000 ($77,800), warned about his future conduct
and ordered to undertake an education course. He has seven days in which
to decide whether to lodge an appeal.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4610280,00.html"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><u>READ MORE...</u> </span></span></a> </span></span></b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772213824573844337.post-9668510156054193002015-01-02T07:05:00.004-08:002015-01-02T07:05:30.693-08:00Nazi Diary Reveals Brutal Tactics Used Against Lodz Jews<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>FSWC Reports:</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">From ynetnews.com:</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span>Seventy years after the
liquidation of the Lodz ghetto during World War II, a diary containing
meticulous documentation of day-to-day life within its walls, as
depicted by Nazi officers, was recently uncovered, it was reported
Thursday. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span>Using laundered
language, the Germans describe their treatment of the local Jews,
including how they punished them over thoughts of escape, and their use
of brutal methods to extract information from the "smart alecks" among
them. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span><a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4610553,00.html"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span><u>READ MORE...</u> </span></span></span></a> </span></span> </span> </b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772213824573844337.post-5724853187829903722014-12-31T16:08:00.003-08:002014-12-31T16:08:36.401-08:00Antisemitic Vandals Strike Philadelphia Home<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>FSWC Reports:</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">From Shalom Life via ynetnews.com:</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content">A father and daughter in
Philadelphia became the targets of anti-Semitism earlier this week. The
two woke up one morning to find the hateful words "Move Jew" spray
painted onto their garage door. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">The other members of the greater Yardley-Marketfield community,
stunned by the act of racism, have rallied behind Michael and Samantha
Raker to show their support and to denounce acts of intolerance in their
community.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><br />
<a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4609766,00.html"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><u>READ MORE...</u> </span></a> </span> </span> </b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772213824573844337.post-45469367484256504412014-12-30T20:10:00.004-08:002014-12-30T20:10:59.782-08:00Mass for WWII Croatia Leader Condemned<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>FSWC Reports:</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">From AFP via ynetnews.com:</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content">The Nazi-hunting Simon
Wiesenthal Center slammed Monday a Mass in Zagreb to commemorate
Croatia's World War II pro-Nazi leader, claiming it was a "badge of
shame" for the Catholic Church.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span class="text14" id="article_content">"It's hard to believe
that in the center of the capital of a member of the European Union,
very close to Zagreb's Jewish community, hundreds of people gathered
yesterday to commemorate the memory of one of Europe's biggest mass
murderers," the head of the center's Jerusalem office said in a
statement.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4609427,00.html"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><u>READ MORE...</u></span></a> </span> </span> </span> </b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772213824573844337.post-53528889482384227562014-12-29T20:03:00.001-08:002014-12-29T20:03:20.806-08:00Jewish Organization Highlights Top Issues Affecting World Jewry in 2014<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>FSWC Reports:</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">From ynetnews.com:</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="text14" id="article_content">Israel’s war against
Hamas, rising anti-Semitism in Europe, the shootings at the Kansas
Jewish community center by a career white supremacist, a noticeable rise
in anti-Israel activity on campus and the proliferation of anti-Jewish
hate speech on the Internet top the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL)
annual list of issues affecting Jews in 2014. </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span class="text14" id="article_content">Also among the top 10
issues affecting Jews: Scandals involving anti-Semitism and racism that
rocked professional sports; the Iranian nuclear negotiations; the
Supreme Court decisions allowing legislative prayer and free exercise
rights for corporations; immigration reform; and racial bias in the
criminal justice system.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="text14" id="article_content"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4608892,00.html"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><u><b>READ MORE...</b></u></span></a> </span> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"> </span> </b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772213824573844337.post-65343240382165581542014-12-28T13:34:00.001-08:002014-12-28T13:34:16.791-08:00Neo-Nazis Desecrate Jewish Cemetery in Greece<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>FSWC Reports:</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">From ynetnews.com:</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content">Members of Greece's
Jewish community were shocked last Wednesday to discover that a former
Jewish cemetery had been desecrated by neo-Nazis. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span class="text14" id="article_content">The vandals sprayed swastikas and the words "six million more" in the ancient cemetery located in Larissa, in central Greece.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4608752,00.html"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><u>READ MORE...</u> </span> </span></span></a> </span> </b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772213824573844337.post-76061166188335744322014-12-26T07:08:00.005-08:002014-12-26T07:08:53.548-08:00Flemish Minister Apologizes for Comments Regarding Kosher Slaughter<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>FSWC Reports:</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">From ynetnews.com:</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content">Flemish Minister for
Animal Welfare Ben Weyts has advised the European Jewish Association of
his intention to "enforce in all aspects" Belgian law facilitating the
practice of ritual slaughter. </span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span class="text14" id="article_content">Despite having previously called
for a total ban on the practice in Belgium in televised comments,
Weyts offered his full apologies in a letter to EJA General Director
Rabbi Menachem Margolin Wednesday for the "misunderstanding" which
prompted the public backlash to his call.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4607646,00.html"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><u>READ MORE...</u> </span></span></a> </span> </span> </b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772213824573844337.post-40415518364901005712014-12-24T19:30:00.005-08:002014-12-24T19:31:19.127-08:00Holocaust Survivors' Descendants Help Keep Memory Alive in New Book<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>FSWC Reports:</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">From Reuters:</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">As the liberation
of Auschwitz approaches its 70th anniversary next year, descendants of
Holocaust survivors face a dilemma that will deepen as time passes - how
to transmit "received memory" to future generations.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">
In a book named "God,
Faith and Identity from the Ashes: Reflections of Children and
Grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors," 88 of them tell how they
inherited the memory and how they hope to pass it on. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span id="articleText"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">From the Associated Press:</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Many splendid pieces of Warsaw's architecture are gone or disfigured
forever — victims of war and communism. But now some can be appreciated
again — in miniature. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The fate of some of Warsaw's architectural gems reflects the tragic
story of a city that went through years of war, then decades of
communism in which buildings were torn down or neglected. Generations of
residents have grown up unaware of the past splendor of the city once
called the "Paris of the North."</span><br />
<br />
<a href="http://bigstory.ap.org/article/d6ba6f5936fb416989fbbc90155c2b9f/warsaws-lost-architecture-portrayed-miniature"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><u><b>READ MORE...</b></u> </span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"> </span> </b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772213824573844337.post-69082750216995347372014-12-23T08:20:00.000-08:002014-12-23T08:20:17.131-08:00Czech Jewish Organization Opposes Attendance of Russian President Putin at Holocaust Memorial Event<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>FSWC Reports:</b></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">From AFP via ynetnews.com:</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content">The Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic has firmly opposed Russian President Vladimir Putin
visiting Prague to attend ceremonies marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. </span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span class="text14" id="article_content">Invited to attend events
by Czech President Milos Zeman, the Russian leader has thus far neither
accepted nor rejected taking part in the commemorations organized by
the European Jewish Congress from January 26 to January 27 in Prague and
Terezin, Czech Republic.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4606319,00.html"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><u>READ MORE...</u> </span></span></a> </span> </span> </b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772213824573844337.post-27126249824795463692014-12-22T08:08:00.004-08:002014-12-22T08:08:37.740-08:00German Village Names Street After Holocaust Victim<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>FSWC Reports:</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">From ynetnews.com:</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content">Four cousins from Israel
traveled to a small German town to learn about their heritage. They
returned several months later to attend a poignant commemoration of
their grandfather.</span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span class="text14" id="article_content">The town of Hargesheim,
population 3,000, is about an hour's drive from Frankfurt. The Rauner
family's roots there go back about 120 years, when Michael Rauner
settled in town after fighting against the French in the German army. He
was buried in the Jewish cemetery that is still preserved in the
village.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4606190,00.html"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><u>READ MORE...</u> </span> </span></span></a> </span> </b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772213824573844337.post-83373587311911111192014-12-21T20:44:00.005-08:002014-12-21T20:44:58.441-08:00Australian Teen Gets Educational Punishment for Threatening Jewish Kids<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>FSWC Reports:</b></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">From ynetnews.com:</span></b></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span>An Australian youth who terrorized Jewish children on a school bus
with anti-Semitic chants and other violent gestures has received an
original educational punishment from the law enforcement authorities and
social services. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span>The young man will be
forced to attend a Shabbat meal with a Jewish family, visit the Sydney
Jewish Museum and read Holocaust literature, JTA reports. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span><a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4605988,00.html"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><u>READ MORE...</u></span></a> </span></span> </span></span> </span> </b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772213824573844337.post-8428905974052010472014-12-16T20:46:00.006-08:002014-12-16T20:46:57.002-08:00European Rights Group Warns of Growing Racism in Hungary<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>FSWC Reports:</b></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">From the Associated Press:</span></b></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Europe's leading human rights organization said Tuesday that
discrimination against Gypsies, Jews, gays and other minorities in
Hungary is getting worse and is urging authorities to fight racist
violence and take other steps to protect the vulnerable. </span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Council of Europe made its recommendations in a report that
examines a wide range of human rights issues in the country. Its release
comes as studies claim poverty is increasing in the country and as
Prime Minister Viktor Orban faces accusations from many fronts of
weakening democratic standards.</span><br />
<br />
<a href="http://bigstory.ap.org/article/857bf64a70494a8db9c4f149f721fd9c/rights-group-says-discrimination-rising-hungary"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><u><b>READ MORE...</b></u> </span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"> </span> </b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772213824573844337.post-44052198085701028902014-12-16T20:41:00.002-08:002014-12-16T20:41:23.529-08:00More Than 100 Holocaust Survivors to Attend Auschwitz Memorial to Mark 70th Anniversary of Death Camp's Liberation<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>FSWC Reports:</b></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">From ynetnews.com:</span></b></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content">More than 100 Auschwitz
survivors from at least 17 countries will travel to Poland to participate in the observance of the 70th anniversary
of the liberation of Nazi German concentration and extermination camp
Auschwitz on January 27, on the occasion of International Holocaust
Remembrance Day. </span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span class="text14" id="article_content">The official event will
be organized by the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum and the
International Auschwitz Council. The World Jewish Congress and the USC
Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education will
be among the organizations supporting this commemorative event. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4603624,00.html"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><u>READ MORE...</u> </span> </span> </span></span></a> </b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772213824573844337.post-40827030333432999152014-12-15T21:12:00.002-08:002014-12-15T21:12:49.376-08:00Survey: More Israeli Teens Encounter Hate on the Internet<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">FSWC Reports:</span></b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">From ynetnews.com:</span></span></b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content">Jewish teenagers in
Israel are more likely to encounter hate on the Internet in the form of
anti-Semitism and anti-Israel expression than they were a year ago,
according to a new survey of Israeli teens commissioned by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).
</span> </span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content">Israeli teens reported that the online attacks and anti-Semitic expressions increased noticeably during Operation Protective Edge
in summer 2014, when Israel’s military struck back against Hamas rockets, tunnels and terrorism in Gaza.</span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4603639,00.html"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><u>READ MORE...</u></span></a> </span> </span> </span></b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772213824573844337.post-76475151272360507902014-12-15T21:06:00.003-08:002014-12-15T21:06:51.601-08:00German Court to Try Former Auschwitz Guard for Murder<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>FSWC Reports:</b></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">From Reuters and the Associated Press via ynetnews.com:</span></b></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content">A 93-year old man suspected of being a former guard at the Nazi death camp Auschwitz
will be tried in the new year, a German court said on Monday. </span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span class="text14" id="article_content">Nearly 70 years after
the end of the Holocaust, in which some 6 million Jews as well as Roma,
homosexuals, disabled and political opponents to the Nazis were put to
death, most suspects have either died or are unfit for trial. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4603976,00.html"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><u>READ MORE...</u> </span> </span></span></a> </span> </b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772213824573844337.post-67764940458771878362014-12-15T21:01:00.001-08:002014-12-15T21:01:11.980-08:00Saudi School in Vienna Allegedly Used Antisemitic Book<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>FSWC Reports:</b></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">From ynetnews.com with Reuters:</span></b></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content">A Saudi school in Vienna
is set to be closed down by Austria after allegations were made that it
used anti-Semitic books and for failing to provide the names of its
teachers and directors, Vienna's school board said on Monday.</span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span class="text14" id="article_content">The Vienna Board of
Education began looking into the Saudi school last month, after reports
that history lessons conducted at the school used a book that was
anti-Semitic. According to the reports, the book described the Freemason
society as a "secret, subversive Jewish organization dedicated to
ensuring that Jews rule the world." </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4603949,00.html"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><u>READ MORE...</u> </span> </span></span></a> </span> </b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4772213824573844337.post-21314737523554646452014-12-14T10:21:00.004-08:002014-12-14T10:21:54.455-08:00The Forgotten Jews Who Fought the Nazis<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>FSWC Reports;</b></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">From ynetnews.com:</span></b></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content">There is not a single student in the Israeli educational system who doesn’t learn about the Jewish Brigade and about Hannah Szenes
and her friends. The bravery of the 5,000 Brigade soldiers should be
praised and admired, but the truth is that it's just a drop in the ocean
of Jewish blood which was shed on the front, vis-à-vis the Nazis. </span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><span class="text14" id="article_content">About a million and a
half Jews fought as part of the Allies' armies. They stood out both
because their number was much higher than their relative percentage in
the countries they came from, and because of the huge number of losses
they suffered. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4602563,00.html"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="text14" id="article_content"><u>READ MORE...</u> </span></span></a> </span> </span> </b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0