French Jews fear a new strain of ISIS-inspired anti-Semitism

French Jews fear a new strain of ISIS-inspired anti-Semitism

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 25 January 2016

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Israel’s US ambassador ‘regrets’ timing of remarks criticizing Israel – JTA

25 Jan 2016 In a speech at a Tel Aviv conference on security, Shapiro said that ‘at times it seems Israel has two standards of adherence to rule of law in the West Bank — one for Jews and one for Palestinians.’ His address was made on the day terror victim Dafna Meir was buried.  READ MORE »

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French Jews fear a new strain of ISIS-inspired anti-Semitism – New York Times

25 Jan 2016 France is confronting both the general threat of terrorism, especially after two large-scale attacks in Paris last year, and a particular strain of anti-Semitism that has left many French Jews deeply unnerved.  READ MORE »

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The unorthodox past of a Jewish man in the ‘new’ Ukraine – Times of Israel

25 Jan 2016 Asher Cherkasskiy has been propelled to unlikely fame as one of the few religious Jews to join a pro-Kiev militia.  READ MORE »

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Who were the first Jewish settlers in the Oregon frontier? – Forward

25 Jan 2016 Jews were instrumental to Oregon’s development. They helped set up shops in small towns and provide goods to fellow travelers crossing the treacherous trail all the way back to the Gold Rush.  READ MORE »

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Protesters disrupt Jewish reception at Chicago gay rights conference – Jerusalem Post

25 Jan 2016 Hundreds of protesters sought to disrupt a Shabbat service and reception for Jewish participants at a gay activism conference in Chicago, Illinois.  READ MORE »

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How a Muslim-Jewish romance shaped one of India’s biggest pharma firms – Quartz

25 Jan 2016 One of Mumbai’s most prominent businessmen, Yusuf K. Hamied, has a Muslim father and a Jewish mother whose parents died in the Holocaust.  READ MORE »

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James Ross: China’s search for the secrets of Jewish success – Tablet

25 Jan 2016 In their quest to understand Jews better, popular Chinese authors and bloggers offer up facts and myths about everything from the Talmud to anti-Semitism   READ MORE »