Jewish Salonica: Between the Ottoman Empire and Modern Greece – Middle East Forum
admin | June 4, 2017
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Estonian politician vows to legalize Holocaust denial – The Jerusalem Post
simmons | June 4, 2017
The Jerusalem Post Estonian politician vows to legalize Holocaust denial The Jerusalem Post The nationalist politician has other ideas about "the correct teaching of the history of the Third Reich." Tartu, Estonia.. (photo credit:Wikimedia Commons). An Estonian nationalist politician vowed in his election campaign to decriminalize Holocaust ...
Brother of Man Who Dismembered Hasidic Boy Found Dead in Brooklyn Closet – Haaretz
richards | June 4, 2017
The man's body was found in the same home where the remains of a lost 8-year-old boy, Leiby Kletzky, were found six years ago The brother of a man who kidnapped and dismembered a lost 8-year-old boy has been found dead, his body bound, wrapped in a blanket and stuffed in a basement closet in the same Brooklyn home where detectives uncovered the gruesome remains of the boy nearly six years ago. Detectives found Tzvi Aron's body after police were called there by family, a law enforcement official said.
Creative studio The-Artery names lead design director – Rapid TV News
simmons | June 4, 2017
Full service creative studio The-Artery has named Liron Ashkenazi-Eldar as its lead design director. Ashkenazi-Eldar is the winner of a 2017 ADC Silver Cube Awardfrom The One Club, in the category 2017 Design: Typography, for her project entitled Asa Wife Zine, which was submitted via New Yorks School of Visual Arts
Anti-Defamation League Welcomes EU Support for Self-Regulation of Online Hate Speech – eNews Park Forest
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Zionism: Socialist Zionism – Jewish Virtual Library
admin | June 2, 2017
Socialist Zionism (or Labor Zionism) strove to achieve Jewish national and social redemption by fusing Zionism with Socialism. Its founder was Nachman Syrkin, who promulgated this view shortly before the third Zionist Congress (1899). Its philosophy was based on the assumption that the problem of Diaspora Jewry would remain unsolved even after the Socialist revolution, and that the solution to the anomaly of Jewish existence was the emigration of Jews to, and their concentration in, a territorial base
Prime Minister Trudeau does not Conflate Anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism – Center for Research on Globalization
richards | June 2, 2017
Earlier this month, Israel and its friends around the world celebrated the 69th anniversary of Israels unilateral declaration of independence. Among them was our Prime Minister who issued the following statement: while we celebrate Israels independence, we also reaffirm our commitment to fight anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism. The fact that anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism were mentioned separately is significant because they are very different phenomena, which many mistakenly conflate
The responsibility of non-Zionist Jews during the ‘year of Zionist anniversaries’ – Mondoweiss
simmons | June 2, 2017
New York times report on the Biltmore Conference, May 12, 1942 . (Image: New York Times) As Palestinians prepared to observe Nakba day, the American Zionist Movement(AZM), the American component of the World Zionist Organization(WZO), in early May sent an announcement to its mailing list celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Biltmore Conference, launching the observance of what it calls a Year of Zionist Anniversaries. From May 2017 until May 2018 AZM will mark a series of important milestones in Zionism and help inform Jewish communities and the general public about the history, relevance and importance of Zionism and its connection to the independence and vibrant democracy of the State of Israel
Letter: Confusing the real meaning of Zionism – Santa Cruz Sentinel
simmons | June 2, 2017
Letter writer Sheila Carrillo is misinformed about the meaning of Zionism. There are 56 Muslim countries in the world today and just one Jewish country the size of New Jersey. Its not right that the only country in the world which is being maligned on college campuses is Israel.
Zionist pioneer Ze’ev Jabotinsky’s passport goes up for auction – Jewish News of Greater Phoenix
richards | June 2, 2017
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