http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/jew/ en-us Fri, 1 Jan 2010 23:41:07 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419229/posts I admire Sarah Palin. She gives me hope for the future, and reminds me of the great Jewish heroine Esther. Humble, reverential and courageous. I hope she becomes the first female president of the United States. I have carefully observed the impressive onslaught of lies and hatred directed at her since she joined John McCain in his bid for the White House. I will review just a few of her splendid accomplishments. What I like most about Sarah Palin is her love for her husband and her children. I've long believed there is nothing nobler a person can do in... Governor Palin 4 President http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2419229/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 23:41:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407322/posts ROME (Reuters) - A nativity scene featuring a dark-skinned Jesus, Mary and Joseph that has gone on display in a Verona courthouse has created heated debate in a city with strong links to Italy's anti-immigration Northern League party. The nativity's appearance coincides with the League's controversial operation "White Christmas," a two-month sweep ending on Christmas Day to ferret out foreigners without proper permits in Coccaglio, a small League-led town east of Milan. The Christmas scene -- featuring a dark-skinned baby Jesus dressed in a red shirt and lying in a manger -- was the idea of Mario Giulio Schinaia, the... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407322/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:51:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407172/posts For 60 years Denis Avey remained too traumatised to talk about the horrors he had witnessed as a prisoner of war at Auschwitz. But when he finally felt able, he revealed an incredible tale of bravery and compassion. MailOnline http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407172/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:38:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2401918/posts Dr. Richard Antoun of Binghamton University, a retired professor of anthropology with a specialty in comparative religions allegedly was stabbed four times in the chest by a Saudi national, Abdulsalam Al-Zahrani, a cultural-anthropology grad student. Professor Antoun was a peace activist, and a convert to Judaism, and was known on campus as "a really nice guy." The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2401918/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 11:23:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2398732/posts Second, not all Gentiles are Christians. That's where the misunderstanding comes in. There are those who equate Gentile with Christian. They say that if one is not a Jew he is automatically a Christian. Not so. MichNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2398732/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 21:16:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395243/posts NAPLES — Ten North Naples Middle School students were suspended last week after district officials said they participated in “kick a Jew day.” District Spokesman Joe Landon said a student told the dean of students at dismissal on Thursday that she was kicked because it was “kick a Jew day.” The following morning Principal Margaret Jackson addressed the entire student body on the morning news regarding the incident, reviewing the code of student conduct, explaining why what happened was wrong, the need to respect one another and possible consequences, Landon said. Jackson asked that anyone with information on the incident... NaplesNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395243/posts#comment Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:19:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394936/posts Wednesday November 25, 2009 Britain's Chief Rabbi Warns of Fall of Europe due to Demographic Collapse By John-Henry WestenLONDON, November 24, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Speaking at the Annual Theos Lecture in London on November 4, Britain's Chief Rabbi Johnathan Sacks, warned that Europe was bound to meet the same fate as ancient Greece due to its abysmal failure to inspire larger families. "Parenthood involves massive sacrifice: of money, attention, time and emotional energy," he said.  "Where today, in European culture with its consumerism and its instant gratification 'because you're worth it,' in that culture, where will you find space... LifeSiteNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394936/posts#comment Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:50:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393628/posts EasyJet recalls magazine with Holocaust memorial fashion shoot Published: 24 Nov 09 10:14 CETOnline: http://www.thelocal.de/society/20091124-23481.html British discount airline easyJet has recalled some 280,000 copies of its in-flight magazine after complaints about a fashion shoot staged at Berlin’s Holocaust memorial, daily Financial Times Deutschland reported on Tuesday. ADVERTISING Heavy wind storms rage through Germany - National (24 Nov 09)Berlin plans 'integration contract' for immigrants - Politics (23 Nov 09)Antique car dealer finds Hitler's Mercedes - Society (23 Nov 09) The November edition of “easyJet Traveller,” which features a fashion section with fashion models in provocative poses amid the pillars of the... The Local.de http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393628/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:49:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2390750/posts My wife and I were in Israel in 1966, passing from Jordan into Israel. We went through the Mandelbaum Gate, prayed at the Wailing Wall, visited holy sites, including Gordon’s Calvary where we observed the communion sacrament with friends. Since then it has pained me to think Israel would lose any of that land fought for. I believe it was a miracle that they won that war in six days. AllVoices.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2390750/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:49:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367275/posts SNIPPET: "Search at Grundy County plant called part of ongoing probe" SNIPPET: "But a source said the owner of the plant, which processes lamb and goat, was taken into custody at his home in Chicago. Documents and records were taken from the plant and from a Chicago travel agency on West Devon Avenue, also owned by the same person, the source said." CHICAGO TRIBUNE.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367275/posts#comment Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:39:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357290/posts Egyptian-born Jewish businessman Haim Saban is negotiating with Qatar's emir the purchase of 50 percent of the Al Jazeera television network, the independent Egyptian newspaper Al-Mesryoon reported earlier this week. Saban was first reported to be negotiating the purchase of half the Doha -based network in 2004, after visiting the emirate with former U.S. President Bill Clinton. The media mogul, estimated to be worth more than $3 billion, brought the Power Rangers franchise to the Arab world and made a fortune out of developing and selling the Fox Family cable network together with News Corp. In Israel, Saban owns a... HaAretz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357290/posts#comment Thu, 8 Oct 2009 03:29:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354184/posts Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's vitriolic attacks on the Jewish world hide an astonishing secret, evidence uncovered by The Daily Telegraph shows. By Damien McElroy and Ahmad Vahdat President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Photo: EPA A photograph of the Iranian president holding up his identity card during elections in March 2008 clearly shows his family has Jewish roots. A close-up of the document reveals he was previously known as Sabourjian – a Jewish name meaning cloth weaver. The short note scrawled on the card suggests his family changed its name to Ahmadinejad when they converted to embrace Islam Newstin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354184/posts#comment Sat, 3 Oct 2009 17:02:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2353993/posts A photograph of the Iranian president holding up his identity card during elections in March 2008 clearly shows his family has Jewish roots. A close-up of the document reveals he was previously known as Sabourjian – a Jewish name meaning cloth weaver. The short note scrawled on the card suggests his family changed its name to Ahmadinejad when they converted to embrace Islam after his birth. "Every family that converts into a different religion takes a new identity by condemning their old faith. "By making anti-Israeli statements he is trying to shed any suspicions about his Jewish connections. He feels... Telegraph UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2353993/posts#comment Sat, 3 Oct 2009 09:07:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348687/posts In an unusual move, a group of influential Orthodox Jewish leaders wrote a letter urging American rabbis to speak during this year’s High Holidays on the importance of ethical living, in response to some recent high-profile arrests of Jews, including two New Jersey rabbis in July. In the letter sent to about 2,000 rabbis nationwide, the leaders of Yeshiva University, the Orthodox Union and the Rabbinical Council of America cited "the recent scenes of religious Jews being led off in handcuffs, charged with corruption, money laundering, and even organ trafficking.” Oklahoman http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348687/posts#comment Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:34:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2271449/posts The Times of India http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2271449/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:19:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2271049/posts The following NewsMax article is by a prominent Reform rabbi (Reform Jews are the most liberal and Democrat-voting) who levels a serious charge against the President Obama: While he isn’t personally holding the gun that killed two security guards at the Holocaust Museum, Obama’s attitudes and policies are not helpful to Jews. Obama Breeds Climate of Hate Against Jews Wednesday, June 10, 2009 9:12 PM By: Rabbi Dr. Morton H. Pomerantz Next, influential Jewish lefty Marty Peretz has been especially critcial of Obama at his magazine The New Republic. [h/t Ed Lasky at the American Thinker] Peretz’s forthcoming article “Narrative... Vocal Minority http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2271049/posts#comment Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:04:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264341/posts (IsraelNN.com) Bosnian citizens Jakob Finci and Dervo Sejdic, the first a Jew and the second an ethnic Roma, are suing their country for discrimination. The two will bring Bosnia before the European Court of Human Rights on Wednesday for barring minorities from top government positions. Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264341/posts#comment Thu, 4 Jun 2009 03:01:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260417/posts Facefwd.com <> The charges stemmed from an incident at a Philadelphia polling place on Election Day when three members of the party were accused of trying to threaten voters and block poll and campaign workers by the threat of force - one even brandishing what prosecutors call a deadly weapon. The three black panthers, Minister King Samir Shabazz, Malik Zulu Shabazz and Jerry Jackson were charged in a civil complaint in the last days of the Bush administration with violating the voter rights act by using coercion, threats and intimidation. Shabazz allegedly held a nightstick or baton that prosecutors said... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260417/posts#comment Fri, 29 May 2009 11:59:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2253018/posts After a Sensational Crime, a Trial Marked by Quiet By MEG BORTIN May 17, 2009 PARIS — In the two and a half weeks since 27 people went on trial here for the brutal 2006 kidnapping, torture and killing of a young Jewish man, little has filtered out about the proceedings. Despite the sensational nature of the case and the serious issues it has raised — from the rise of anti-Semitism in some sectors of French society to the way the police handled the investigation — the French are essentially unable to follow the courtroom drama because of a law... NYTimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2253018/posts#comment Mon, 18 May 2009 04:28:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2250281/posts On Wednesday 13 May 2009, after making a private visit to the Grotto of the Nativity, the Holy Father visited the Caritas Children's Hospital and the Aida Refugee Camp. At the Camp he gave the following address. Mr President, Dear Friends, My visit to the Aida Refugee Camp this afternoon gives me a welcome opportunity to express my solidarity with all the homeless Palestinians who long to be able to return to their birthplace, or to live permanently in a homeland of their own. Thank you, Mr President, for your kind greeting. And thank you also, Mrs Abu Zayd, and... EWTN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2250281/posts#comment Wed, 13 May 2009 21:15:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2228291/posts JERUSALEM (CNS) -- The Old City of Jerusalem was more packed than it had been in many years as the Catholic Easter coincided with the Orthodox Palm Sunday and the Jewish priestly blessing at the Western Wall for Passover. People jammed the alleyways of the outdoor market as pilgrims made their way to Easter Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Taking the same path, members of the Orthodox churches headed toward their Palm Sunday services while Jews rushed to the Western Wall for the traditional blessing by the cohanim, priests who are descendants of the priests who served... CNS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2228291/posts#comment Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:53:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2221775/posts Former San Francisco Supervisor Ed Jew. Property at 2450 28th Ave. in San Francisco was claimed a... Ed Jew tried to shake down Chinese immigrant owners of ta... Disgraced former San Francisco Supervisor was sentenced to 64 months in prison today after earlier pleading guilty to federal bribery and corruption charges. Jew tried to shake down Chinese immigrant owners of tapioca drink shops in the Sunset District for $84,000 in bribes. The sentence was longer than prosecutors had asked for. Prosecutors had sought a 57-month prison term for Jew, saying he "preyed upon and victimized the very people whom he... San Francisco http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2221775/posts#comment Fri, 3 Apr 2009 20:22:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2205166/posts Catholic League president Bill Donohue tells of the real-life consequences of what would happen if a bill by New York State Assemblywoman Margaret Markey passed today:“An 18-year-old who was allegedly raped by a public school teacher the week after Thanksgiving is out of luck—the 90 day clock allowed by law to file a claim for an offense in a public institution is up. But a student who was allegedly raped in a Catholic or Jewish school when JFK was president could bring suit (for one year, there is no time limit on claims affecting private institutions). After a year,... Catholic League http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2205166/posts#comment Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:55:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2201965/posts Today being the official end for another year of Israeli Apartheid Week, let's address the absurd lament from its enthusiasts that you can't criticize Israel today without being labelled an anti-Semite. Bull. First, let's dispense with "anti-Semite" -- a confusing term since Arabs can be Semites and many Jews aren't. Instead, let's call it what it is -- "Jew hatred." So, can people criticize Israel without being accused of Jew hatred? Of course. Toronto Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2201965/posts#comment Sun, 8 Mar 2009 17:30:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2197405/posts Story of King David Sets Base for New NBC Series A modern-day retelling of the biblical story of King David will be premiering on NBC next month as a network television series. It's "the new coming from the old," said Michael Green. Fri, Feb. 27, 2009 Posted: 10:44 AM EST A modern-day retelling of the biblical story of King David will be premiering on NBC next month as a network television series. “Kings,” created by Michael Green (“Heroes,” “Everwood”), centers on the drama surrounding David Shepherd, a young soldier in the war-torn country of Gilboa, who will rise to fame... Christian Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2197405/posts#comment Mon, 2 Mar 2009 18:47:55 GMT