Tag: European Jews
Barcelona Chief Rabbi Urges Congregation to Flee to Israel Before It’s Too Late
“Europe is lost,” the rabbi said. “Don’t make the same mistake as the Algerian Jews, and the Jews in Venezuela...”
Netanyahu Calls on European Jews to Move to Israel
"Israel is the home of every Jew," the Prime Minister told the Cabinet Sunday.
Antwerp Rabbi Stabbed in Throat while Walking to Synagogue
Now will there be advice that Jews should not anger anti-Semites and not walk to synagogue?
Anti-Semitism Spurs More European Jews to Flee
Nearly one-third of European Jews are considering emigrating because of rising anti-Semitism, and 25 percent of Jews in Europe are afraid to appear in...
Nineteenth-Century Kashrus Observance
During the latter part of 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, many European Jews viewed America as a treife medina (a non-kosher land) from the perspective of traditional Jewish religious observance. It was felt that it was virtually impossible to remain observant in America, and many Jews proved this was indeed the case, as they or their children abandoned much of their religious practices once they arrived in this country.
‘The Occupation Made Me Beat My Wife’: Distorting Scholarship to Libel Israel
Jews have been accused of harming and murdering of non-Jews since the 12th century in England, when the Jewish convert to Catholicism Theobald of Cambridge proclaimed that European Jews ritually slaughtered Christian children each year and drank their blood during Passover season.
Title: South African Journeys
Gita Gordon's fictitious tale of pre- and post-Holocaust migration of European Jews to South Africa is enthralling.
