Dutch Jewish Slave Trade, Anti-Semitic Salute Spreads, Major Aliyah Drop

Dutch Jewish Slave Trade, Anti-Semitic Salute Spreads, Major Aliyah Drop

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Months before the publication of his book on the Jewish role in Holland’s slave trade, Orthodox Rabbi Lody van de Kamp issued a scathing critique of the Dutch tradition of dressing as Black Pete during the Christmas season.
The liquor magnate’s ease in the corridors of global power enabled him to wage successful battles for Jewry on the world stage.

Amid a public debate in France over an allegedly anti-Semitic gesture, French media have published a photo of a man performing it outside the school where four Jews were murdered.
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A group representing Israeli victims of terrorism filed a petition to block the release of Palestinian prisoners.
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has returned a section of wooden barracks that was given on long-term loan by the Auschwitz museum 24 years ago.
Israel’s leaders sent condolence letters to Russian President Vladimir Putin following two terrorist attacks in Volgograd.
A federal judge dismissed a religious discrimination lawsuit filed against Northwestern University for censuring a Chabad house for underage drinking.
Israel’s Supreme Court dismissed a request by Mordechai Vanunu, who served 18 years in prison for leaking Israel’s nuclear secrets, to leave Israel.
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A 2,000-year-old French comic book hero and his sidekick were caught performing the quenelle.
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