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Netanyahu: Arab world has neglected its own refugees for decades – Times of Israel
10 Sep 2012 At WJC conference in Jerusalem, PM and deputy foreign minister vow to promote issue of Jewish refugees from Arab lands. read more »
Austrian president condemns far-right leader for posting of anti-Semitic cartoon
10 Sep 2012 President Heinz Fischer of Austria called Heinz-Christian Strache’s posting of an anti-Semitic cartoon a „low point of political culture, which deserves to be universally and roundly condemned”. read more »
Israeli-owned kosher restaurant in Florida torched – JTA, USA
10 Sep 2012 Eatery situated in same Orthodox Jewish neighborhood where a Judaica store burned down in December. read more »
Belgian premier apologises for wartime deportation of Jews – European Jewish Press
10 Sep 2012 Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo apologized on Sunday for the deportation of thousands of Jews to Nazi death camps during World War II. By assisting in the Nazi policies of extermination, the authorities of the time and the Belgian state had failed in their duties, he said. read more »
Germany: Adorno Prize for Judith Butler irks Jewish groups – Deutsche Welle, Germanyl
10 Sep 2012 Philosopher, gender and queer theorist Judith Butler is set to receive the Adorno Prize in Frankfurt. But a number of Jewish groups are upset over the selection of such an outspoken Israel critic. read more »
US opposes Jewish group’s bid for penalty against Russia for withholding historical documents – Associated Press, USA
10 Sep 2012 The Obama administration is opposing a Jewish group’s bid to have civil fines levied against Russia for failing to obey a court order to return its historic books and documents – a dispute which has halted the loan of Russian art works for exhibit in the United States. read more »
Jewish teens jailed over attack on Palestinian – Reuters, UK
10 Sep 2012 An Israeli court ordered six Jewish teenagers be held in custody on Sunday on suspicion of assaulting a Palestinian man as he escorted an Israeli woman home from a nightclub. read more »
Jewish groups upset by Estonian mock ad – Associated Press, USA
10 Sep 2012 ewish organizations have denounced an Estonian newspaper for publishing a mock ad for weight-loss pills depicting emaciated prisoners at a Nazi concentration camp. read more »
Jews, Muslims stage circumcision march – Agence France Presse
10 Sep 2012 Around 500 mainly Jewish but some Christian and Muslim protestors gathered in Berlin on Sunday to demand the right to circumcision after a disputed court ruling in Germany outlawing the rite. read more »
