Hacker in Huge Web Attack Makes Anti-Jewish Statements

Posted on: March 28th, 2013

The hacker who has slowed down the WorldWebWeb also has some anti-Semitic messages to spread and calls a Jewish anti-spammer one of the “Zionists who think they are better than others.

Turkish Deputy PM Delivers Passover Message to ‘All Jews’

Posted on: March 28th, 2013

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç delivered a Passover message Thursday to Ishak Ibrahimzadeh, the head of the local Jewish community. “It is our basic stance and principle to enable Jewish citizens to perform their beliefs and traditions freely,” Arınç said. “I celebrate the Passover of Jewish citizens living in our country and all Jews.” [...]

French Arabs Beat Up Israel Director Critical of ‘Occupation’

Posted on: March 28th, 2013

Arab men assaulted an Israeli film director in southern France following the screening of his film criticizing Israeli occupation. Yariv Horowitz was rendered unconscious as a result of the beating Monday by several men after a screening of “Rock the Casbah” at a film festival in Aubin, Army Radio reported Thursday. He was treated at [...]

Kosher for Passover Cigarettes for the Jew Who Has ‘Everything’

Posted on: March 28th, 2013

Pst! Heard the latest “humras” for Passover. A group of Haredi rabbis put their seal of approval for Kosher for Passover cigarettes. Israeli’s chief rabbis respond: Poison is not kosher at any time.

A 21st Century Exodus: Dina’s Journey from Egypt to Jerusalem

Posted on: March 28th, 2013

Passover interview: Rolin Abdallah grew up in an Arab country with no knowledge of her Jewish heritage. Today, she is IDF soldier Dina Ovadia. Here is a Cinderella and Haggadah story rolled into one.

Police Harass Family on Seder Night

Posted on: March 28th, 2013

Jerusalem police banged on the door of a family during the Seder Monday night to make sure that a young woman was not violating an order to remain under house arrest – even though the order had expired a week before. The Honenu Legal Aid organization reported that the unidentified girl, known by the initial [...]

Half Belgian Muslim Teens Have Anti-Semitic Views, Says Study

Posted on: March 28th, 2013

A major survey among Belgian teenagers indicated anti-Semitism was seven times more prevalent among Muslim youths than in non-Muslim teenagers. Conducted in recent months by three universities for the Flemish government, the survey was published last month based on questionnaires filled out by 3,867 high school students in Antwerp and Ghent, including 1,068 Muslims. Among [...]

Free Tay-Sachs Screenings at Philadelphia’s Einstein Center

Posted on: March 28th, 2013

Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia is offering free Tay-Sachs disease screenings to those of Irish descent until the end of May. The screenings, which involve a simple blood test, are free to those who are at least 18 years old and have at least three grandparents of Irish descent. Screenings will take place at the following [...]

Obama to Impersonate Pharaoh at White House Seder

Posted on: March 24th, 2013

Obama’s aides have not explained to the president that Jews masquerade on Purim and not on Passover. Once again, Obama hosts a White House Seder. He plays Pharaoh, who never let the people go.

Russian Jewish Billionaire’s Death a ‘Mystery’

Posted on: March 24th, 2013

London forensics experts found no traces of hazardous materials to explain the mysterious death of Boris Berezovsky, a 67-year-old Jewish oligarch and Kremlin critic. Russia’s Channel One reported that his body was found on Saturday in the bathroom of his home in the London area, and that he had suffered a heart attack last week. [...]

Geneva Assailant of Jew ‘Too Mentally Ill’ to Stand Trial

Posted on: March 24th, 2013

A man who stabbed an Orthodox Jew in Geneva was found unfit to stand trial in Switzerland because of his clinical paranoia and “irrational fear of an international conspiracy.” A court in Geneva earlier this month found that the 22-year-old man, who was not named, was too “mentally ill” to stand trial for stabbing and [...]

Local Imam, Interfaithers: ‘Block Pamela Geller’s L.I. Shul Talk’

Posted on: March 23rd, 2013

Geller says her speaking is nothing like yelling "fire" in a crowded theater. However, trying to convince people that there is no threat from jihadists and Islamic supremacists, is like telling people in a burning theater that there is no fire, and they should stay in their seats and watch the show.

Israelis Warned ‘Don’t Go Back to Egypt for Passover’

Posted on: March 21st, 2013

Every year, a few thousand Israelis think there is nothing better to do on Passover but to celebrate the Exodus from Egypt by going back there, apparently thinking that terror is better then slavery.

French Jews Sue Twitter for $50 Million over Anti-Semitic Tweets

Posted on: March 21st, 2013

Twitter is being sued for about $50 million in France for failing to honor a court ruling which ordered it to identify users who posted anti-Semitic hate speech. The Union of Jewish French Students, or UEJF by its French acronym, filed the lawsuit on Wednesday with a Paris correctional tribunal, according to the French news [...]

Jewish TV Host Apologizes for Anti-Roma Rant

Posted on: March 21st, 2013

A controversy-courting Canadian Jewish television host apologized for a rant against the Roma people. Ezra Levant of the Sun TV network sparked widespread outrage in September when he referred to Roma as “gypsies” and “a culture synonymous with swindlers…one of the central characteristics of that culture is that their chief economy is theft and begging.” [...]

Spider-Man Makes Exodus from Williamsburg for Passover

Posted on: March 21st, 2013

Williamsburg, New York Haredim have finally convinced Columbia Pictures to halt filming of “The Amazing Spider-Man 2″ in order not to cause parking problems during the Passover holiday. “We expressed the importance for Spider-Man to pass-over filming during Passover and they have answered our call,” City Councilman Stephen Levin wrote on his blog. “Reducing the [...]

Top German Jewish leader blasts Gov’t’s Weak Stand on Neo-Nazis

Posted on: March 21st, 2013

Germany’s top Jewish leader has slammed the government’s decision not to join efforts to ban the country’s most powerful neo-Nazi party. “The decision of the Federal Government is disappointing and politically completely wrong,” Dieter Graumann, head of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, said in a statement Wednesday. “They chose hesitation and procrastination over [...]

Kippa Man Settles Lawsuits over Spider-Man and Batman

Posted on: March 20th, 2013

A Jerusalem shop settled out of court with two comic book companies that charged it sells unlicensed kippas bearing the images of Superman and Spider-Man. Avi Binyamin, owner of the Kippa Man store on Ben Yehuda Street in central Jerusalem, will pay Marvel Comics and Warner Brothers $17,000 each for the unauthorized use of their [...]

French Philosopher Barred from Libya Visit Because He is Jewish

Posted on: March 20th, 2013

The French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy, who supported France’s military intervention in Libya, was barred from visiting there because he is Jewish. Levy, a celebrity in France, was supposed to join former French president Nicolas Sarkozy on a visit that began on Tuesday in Tripoli, according to a report on the news website Rue89. The website [...]

New York Rabbi’s Daughter to Sing Star Spangled Banner for Obama

Posted on: March 20th, 2013

Adina Feldman, daughter of a New York rabbi, sings every Sept. 11 in Tel Aviv in memory of 9/11. On Thursday, she will sing the Star Spangled Banner in Jerusalem for President Barack Obama.