Rally Backing Jewish Community Held in Malmo

Posted on: October 22nd, 2012

Malmo Mayor Ilmar Reepalu was among some 300 marchers who demonstrated in the Swedish city in support of the Jewish community.

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Israeli Foreign Minister Replies to Condemnation of Jewish Growth

Posted on: October 21st, 2012

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman urged the European Union on Saturday to focus on its own problems and stay out of the local dispute between Arabs and Jews over the future of Judea, Samaria, and the rest of Israel.

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No Humanitarian Supplies Found On Board ‘Estelle,’ Entire Effort Was a Provocation

Posted on: October 21st, 2012

Navy vessels took over the boat in the morning hours Saturday, while it was just 15 nautical miles from the Gaza coast. Ship activists, including Swedish civilians, past and present European members of parliament, and leftist activists Dror Feiler and Jonathan Shapiro, said that the ship was surrounded by Israeli forces in the morning, and, after a few hours, masked soldiers came were on board.

Israel Appeals to UN to Halt Gaza-Bound Ship

Posted on: October 19th, 2012

Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor, called the ship Estelle a "provocation" that "raises tensions and could easily spark a serious escalation of the conflict."

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Russia Scuttles Anti-Israel Resolutions at UNESCO

Posted on: October 18th, 2012

In a rare instance of breaking step with the Arab world, Russia’s envoy to the United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) caused the organization to defer condemning Israel in a series of votes on Wednesday.

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EJC’s Kantor Unveils Model Bill for Europe on Regulating Ritual Slaughter

Posted on: October 18th, 2012

European Jewish Congress President Moshe Kantor unveiled a model bill designed to set “strict legal terms” on religious freedoms for the continent.

Israel Shocked by French Consul General Denial of Jewish Connection to the Holy Land

Posted on: October 15th, 2012

Desagneaux spoke of “the important archaeological projects that French archaeologists had helped to uncover in Palestine,” including the Qumran Caves.

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Jewish Man Knocked Unconscious in Paris Metro

Posted on: October 15th, 2012

A Jewish man was attacked and rendered unconscious in a Paris metro, a local watchdog reported.

Teva Opens Massive Plant in Hungary

Posted on: October 15th, 2012

Teva Pharmaceuticals has opened a new $110 million plant in Hungary, set to be one of the largest sterile medicines plants in the world.

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EU Sanctions Against Iran Up for Increase, Sweden Objects

Posted on: October 15th, 2012

Because of concern for scuttling a major telecommunications deal with Iran, Sweden will oppose any additional sanctions by the European Union against the country, according to a report in Haaretz.

Huge Upsurge in Anti-Semitic Attacks in France This Year

Posted on: October 11th, 2012

Several attacks on Jews over the Sukkot holiday across France have exemplified a whopping 45 percent reported increase in anti-Semitic attacks in the country in the first eight months of 2012.

New York Jewish Doctor Co-Recipient of Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Posted on: October 10th, 2012

Robert J. Lefkowitz, a Jewish physician and path-breaking biochemist from New York, has won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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Jewish Leader Assaulted on Street in Budapest

Posted on: October 7th, 2012

Police in Budapest have arrested two young men after they allegedly assaulted the leader of a Jewish congregation.

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French Police Kill Jihadist Who Attacked Kosher Supermarket Last Month

Posted on: October 6th, 2012

French Police were on the move all day Saturday, in chase of a jihadist cell made up of French youths who have recently taken on the Muslim religion. Police traced a key member of the cell from the DNA found on a grenade that exploded in a kosher supermarket just outside Paris. The suspect whose [...]

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Dutch Government Planning Ban on Kosher Slaughtering

Posted on: October 6th, 2012

The Dutch government is drafting a decree that would give it veto power over anyone who wants to practice ritual slaughter, or sh'chitah, in the Netherlands.

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Anti-Israel, Pro-Hamas Muslim Leader Is US Delegate to Warsaw Human Rights Conference

Posted on: October 3rd, 2012

He is not a scholar. He has been involved with the Muslim Public Affairs Council since its founding in 1986. He blamed Israel for 9/11.

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Germany Initiating Pro-Circumcision Legislation

Posted on: September 27th, 2012

A spokesman for German Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger said his office is working on an outline for new legislation that will permit circumcision of minor males after a controversial court decision in the summer that criminalized the rite.

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Jewish Cemetery South of Prague Vandalized

Posted on: September 27th, 2012

The Jewish cemetery south of Prague has been vandalized, with over 26 tombstones being knocked over, according to Czech police.

4 Injured in Kosher Market Explosion at Paris Suburb

Posted on: September 19th, 2012

"There was an attack inside a kosher supermarket in Sarcelles at lunchtime by two persons dressed in black who lobbed a device," said Richard Prasquier, head of France's main Jewish council CRIF. On Wednesday, a satirical French weekly published naked cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.

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Muslim Riots Spread Like Wildfire Through Europe

Posted on: September 19th, 2012

Protests over an American-made anti-Islamic YouTube film, Innocence of Muslims, have spread to Europe. Muslim rioters have clashed with police in several European cities, and more demonstrations are being planned. The protests are part of widespread anger across the Muslim world about the amateur film, which ridicules Islam and depicts the Muslim Prophet Mohammed as a fraud, a madman and a sexual deviant. Muslims in many European countries are calling on governments to outlaw the controversial film.

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