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French Jews to sue Twitter over anti-Semitic tweets – Agence France Presse
19 Oct 2012 witter, a day after saying it blocked a neo-Nazi group’s account in Germany in a global first, faced a new battle Friday in France where Jewish students are taking it to court to force it to remove anti-Semitic messages. READ MORE »
World’s largest Jewish centre opens in Ukraine – Jewish Chronicle, UK
19 Oct 2012 The world’s largest Jewish center opened this week in the city of Dnepropetrovsk, in south-eastern Ukraine. READ MORE »
Vienna Jewish community denies losing case – Jerusalem Post, Israel
19 Oct 2012 Oskar Deutsch, head of Vienna’s Jewish community, denied on Wednesday that the community had lost its court case to retrieve archive documents. READ MORE »
Kilts and kishkes: Are Scottish Jews a dying breed? – Haaretz, Israel
19 Oct 2012 A few months ago Glasgow’s center of Orthodox Jewish learning was disbanded. Its ten students dispersed to London, Manchester and Israel. Said one of them, „Let’s face it, the Glasgow Jewish community is dying. The Jews of Scotland are dwindling away.” READ MORE »
Jewish gravestones desecrated in New Zealand – Agence France Presse
19 Oct 2012 Vandals defaced Jewish gravestones in central Auckland with graffiti including Nazi swastikas, New Zealand police said Friday, in a crime the Israeli embassy condemned as „vile desecration”. READ MORE »
Josef Olmert – Russia and Israel: Beginning of a great friendship – Huffington Post, USA
19 Oct 2012 It is clear therefore that Israel and Russia may have enough in common to further develop their relations and create a stable friendship based on a variety of interests. READ MORE »
Russian compromise proposal prevents anti-Israel vote at UN body
19 Oct 2012 A last-minute intervention by Russia has saved Israel from condemnation at a General Executive meeting of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris. READ MORE »
