By MOIRA SCHNEIDER / JTA The Jerusalem Post Wed, Nov 2, 2011 A conference on apartheid imparts painful episodes from the country’s past, and shows how old fault lines still divide the Jewish community. CAPE TOWN – When anti-apartheid activist Lorna Levy first became involved in politics as a student in the [...]
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Mosque in northern Israel in ‘price tag’ arson attack
BBC 3 October 2011 Last updated at 10:52 GMT A mosque in northernIsraelhas been torched and sprayed with graffiti, in a suspected attack by Jewish extremists. Hundreds of residents from thevillageofTuba-Zangariyamarched in protest against the attack, and there were reports of clashes with the police. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said he [...]
Voices for Peace: “We Are Young Jews, and We Get to Decide What That Means”
by Abby Zimet see video and pic here: http://www.commondreams.org/further/2011/09/28-0 Common Dreams 09.28.11 – 12:21 PM Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown, marking the start of the Jewish New Year, the day of Judgment. In its honor, and with the issue of Palestinian statehood roiling the U.N., video and commentary from the young Jewish [...]
Polish-Jewish sociologist compares West Bank separation fence to Warsaw Ghetto walls
Sygmunt Bauman says Israel ‘terrified of peace’ and ‘taking advantage of the Holocaust to legitimize unconscionable acts,’ in interview with Polish weekly ‘Politika.’ By Roman Frister Haaretz Thu, September 01, 2011 Sygmunt Bauman, the Jewish sociologist and one of the greatest philosophers of our time, castigatedIsraelharshly this week, saying it did not want [...]
Jewish and black South African teens cycle to Durban for charity
Forty teens come together under the auspices of Cycalive, an annual initiative that brings youth of different backgrounds together to raise funds for educational programs in need. Haaretz Tue, August 23, 2011 Jewish and black South African teens have come together for a joint, 400-mile bike ride toDurbanunder the auspices of the Cycalive outreach [...]
Not Jewish enough for Glenn Beck – nor Israeli enough
Undeterred by being dropped from Fox, or by the fallout from having compared the victims of July’s Norway massacre to Hitler Youth, the media personality has assumed a prophet’s intonation in urging his followers to stand with him in Jerusalem on August 24. By Bradley Burston Haaretz Sun, August 14, 2011 This has [...]
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