‘Allah wanted me to kill a Jew’, killer of Uruguayan Jew tells police / Interior minister: No ties to foreign terror networks

2016. március 11 20:50

‘Allah wanted me to kill a Jew’, killer of Uruguayan Jew tells police / Interior minister: No ties to foreign terror networks

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 11 March 2016
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Uruguay: ‘Allah wanted me to kill a Jew’, killer of Jewish man tells police

The Muslim convert who stabbed to death Jewish community leader David Fremd in Uruguay earlier this week acted alone and had no ties to foreign militant networks, Uruguay’s interior minister said.
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‘140 Macedonians fighting for ISIS, could return to Europe soon’ – Macedonian FM

Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Popski addressed the Israel Council on Foreign Relations in Jerusalem, which operates under the auspices of the World Jewish Congress
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Kicking Medieval Jews out of Europe damaged the economy…and the effects are still seen today – Daily Mail

11 Mar 2016 Cities that tolerated and allowed Jewish communities to flourish may still be reaping the benefits today, according to a new academic paper.  READ MORE »
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Charles Krauthammer: The Holocaust and the Jewish identity – Washington Post

11 Mar 2016 As Jewish practice, learning and knowledge diminish over time, my concern is that Holocaust memory is emerging as the dominant feature of Jewishness in America. READ MORE »
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500 years of Jewish life in Venice – New York Times

10 Mar 2016 When the Venice Jewish ghetto was at its height in the 17th century, 5,000 Jews from Italy, Germany, France, Spain and the Ottoman Empire carved out tiny, distinct fiefs, each maintaining its own synagogue, all of them crammed into an acre and a quarter of alleys and courtyards.  READ MORE »
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Leaked ISIS documents reveal fighters’ preferences, blood types – CNN

10 Mar 2016 A batch of leaked ISIS documents purports to show secret details about foreign fighters hoping to join the group, including their nationalities, previous jihadi experience and blood types.  READ MORE »
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Jewish students feeling isolated by a growing tide of anti-Semitism at Britain’s elite universities – Daily Mail

10 Mar 2016 According to a report, students were shouted down in meetings with anti-Semitic abuse while in other cases rants were posted on student society social media pages.  READ MORE »