http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/jews/ en-us Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:51:29 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414003/posts ATLANTA (AP) -- Former President Jimmy Carter is offering the Jewish community an apology for any of his "words and deeds" that may have upset them. Carter writes in an open letter to the Jewish community this week that he hopes the new year will bring peace between Israel and its neighbors. He says "we must not permit criticisms for improvement to stigmatize Israel." He adds: "I offer an Al Het for any words or deeds of mine that may have done so.".... hosted http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414003/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:51:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2413814/posts On November 19, 2000 a ceremony held in PoznaÅ„, Poland, honored the grandfather of Redeemer member Andre Manitius, Pastor Gustaw Manitius (1880-1940), a Lutheran pastor and bishop who was martyred by the Nazis. A city park was dedicated in honor of Pastor Manitius, and a cross which had belonged to him was returned to his church. (See photograph in the online photo Gallery). Pastor Manitius was honored for the courage and dedication of his service to the Lutheran community in PoznaÅ„, and for the faith that empowered him to resist the Nazis regardless of the cost to himself of doing... Pastor Gustaw Manitius http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2413814/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:49:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2413139/posts ROME (JTA) – Despite renewed tensions over his decision to move a controversial wartime pope closer to sainthood, Pope Benedict XVI is still expected to make a historic visit to the main Rome synagogue. "For now, the visit is still on," the spokesperson for Rome Chief Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni told JTA on Tuesday. The visit is scheduled for Jan. 17, marked annually by the Italian Catholic Church as a day of dialogue with Judaism. Benedict provoked outrage in the Jewish world and cast a cloud over the visit when he signed a decree on Saturday certifying Pope Pius XII's... JTA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2413139/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:23:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2412179/posts Garrison Keillor has always struck me as mean-spirited, wrapping a fundamentally smug and condescending world view in a fondant of cutesy-poo irony. Now, thanks to Glenn Reynolds‘ posting of Marissa Brostoff’s TABLET MAGAZINE column, “Garrison Keillor Doesn’t Like Jews Writing Christmas Songs,” others may also reassess their opinion of NPR’s favorite son. Brostoff describes Keillor’s recent Baltimore Sun column, in which he complains about “all those lousy holiday songs by Jewish guys that trash up the malls every year, Rudolph and the chestnuts and the rest of that dreck. Did one of our guys write ‘Grab your loafers, coma along... mADwoman Advertising http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2412179/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:01:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2412003/posts The "Arbeit macht frei" sign stolen from Auschwitz in southern Poland has been found in the north and five men have been arrested, police say. They said the metal sign from the main gate, which symbolises for many the atrocities of Nazi Germany, had been cut into three pieces. A major search was launched after the sign was stolen before dawn on Friday. Its theft, the motive for which was not being reported, caused outrage in Israel and among Polish politicians. Five men in their 20s or 30s were detained and were being taken to Krakow for questioning, a police... bbc http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2412003/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:31:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411029/posts <p>"NatWest handed Al Qaeda terrorist 100% mortgage to buy £93,000 home he turned into a bomb factory"</p> <p>SNIPPET: "A bank has sparked outrage by handing over a 100 per cent mortgage to an Al Qaeda terrorist who smuggled himself into Britain.</p> DAILY MAIL.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411029/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:53:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410398/posts At a time of year when faith is celebrated by most Americans, it may surprise some to learn that many students of faith and history believe we are living in a post-Christian age. It is not apparent at the local malls now so festively decorated, but it can be seen in some telltale cultural indicators. One of those is the number of attacks on people of faith, particularly Jews. Throughout much of the world today, where Christianity is in decline attacks on Jews are on the rise. In post-Christian Europe, Jews are often victims of a deeply entrenched anti-Semitism. Synagogues... Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410398/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:12:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409386/posts The dollar's role in world trade is declining almost as rapidly as the federal government is conjuring fiat money out of thin air. The latest blow comes with the creation of a Gulf Monetary Council, with the aim of establishing a multinational petro-state currency. Ambrose Evans-Pritchard reports: "The Arab states of the Gulf region have agreed to launch a single currency modelled on the euro, hoping to blaze a trail towards a pan-Arab monetary union swelling to the ancient borders of the Ummayad Caliphate. 'The Gulf monetary union pact has come into effect,' said Kuwait's finance minister, Mustafa al-Shamali, speaking... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409386/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:40:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408105/posts A prospective juror who is a priori prejudiced will, as a matter of course, be dismissed from serving on a jury pool. Many use this knowledge to be excused from jury service. Israel finds herself in the most peculiar position of always being found guilty before deliberations even begin. The World, itself Judge and Jury, stands and applauds: the harsher the treatment, the stronger the clapping. Israel’s Prime Minister decided to freeze all construction within Jewish settlements for ten months. This created an uproar, first because of the manner which it was done (decided in a cabinet meeting and implemented... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408105/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:07:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405355/posts Suspected Jewish settlers today attacked a mosque in the northern West Bank, burning holy books and spraying threatening graffiti in Hebrew on the building, Palestinian officials and Israeli police said. Extremists broke into the mosque in the village of Yasuf, near the city of Nablus, and burned Muslim holy books and prayers carpets, while sprayed slogans on the floor reading “Price tag – greetings from Effi.” The so-called price tag is the Jewish settlers’ policy of attacking Palestinians and their property in retribution for any Israeli government curb on settlement expansion. Effi is a Jewish name. The dawn attack appeared... The Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405355/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:29:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407171/posts One of the most extraordinary features of Barack Obama's victory over John McCain was his capture of 78% of the Jewish vote. To be sure, there was nothing extraordinary about the number itself. Since 1928, the average Jewish vote for the Democrat in presidential elections has been an amazing 75%—far higher than that of any other ethno-religious group. Yet there were reasons to think that it would be different in 2008. The main one was Israel. Despite some slippage in concern for Israel among American Jews, most of them were still telling pollsters that their votes would be strongly influenced... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407171/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:38:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2407137/posts Last week the Republican Jewish Coalition joyfully issued this press release: Jewish support for Obama continues to tumble Wednesday, December 09, 2009 By: RJC Press OfficeAccording to a Quinnipiac poll released today, Jewish support for President Obama has tumbled to 52%. In January, Obama’s approval rating among Jews was 83%; by September it had fallen to 64%, according to a Gallup poll.The Quinnipiac poll asked respondents whether they approved of President Obama’s handling of specific issues. Only 52% of Jewish respondents approved of the way President Obama is handling the economy, and 49% approved of his handling of health care.... Vocal Minority http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2407137/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:37:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406616/posts December 4, 2009 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- It must have seemed odd to FBI agents that Chicago terror suspect David Coleman Headley carried a book with him called How to Pray like a Jew. Mr. Headley isn't Jewish. He is an Islamic fundamentalist. Headley, a Pakistani native whose birth name was Daood Gilani before he changed it, was using the book of Jewish prayer tips as part of an elaborate cover, according to federal authorities. Now, the reason for the alleged cover may be surfacing. Headley is under investigation by India's counterpart to the FBI in connection with a plot to... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406616/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:44:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406432/posts “Danny Dayan, who serves as chairman of the council for Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, said the decision was the ‘latest hostile step’ from Britain against the Jewish towns and villages in the area.” Allvoices http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406432/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 03:46:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2405691/posts TV character Nassour: “There won’t be any Jews or Zionists, Allah willing. They’ll be erased. “We want to slaughter them so they will be expelled from our land, right?” faithfreedom.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2405691/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:16:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2404874/posts Here is another example of the voices against Islam being on the rise. This time the target is NY Muslim Yousef al-Khattab, who has is very open with his hatred of Israel and America. This will be interesting. Woodside Islamist says he’s left the country by Peter C. Mastrosimone, Editor-in-Chief 12/10/2009 A Woodside convert to Islam who openly sympathizes with al-Qaeda and the Taliban says he has left the country. Logan's Warning http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2404874/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:33:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2401879/posts Critics of Cynthia McKinney may dismiss her as a loose cannon and a rabble-rouser, but to her supporters, the former Georgia congresswoman is someone with the courage to challenge convention and speak the truth. McKinney, 54, represented an Atlanta-area district as a Democrat from 1993-2003 and 2005-07. A vigorous critic of President George W. Bush, she gave voice to a theory, widely circulated on the political fringes, that Bush knew in advance of the Sept. 11 attacks but allowed them to happen because they would prove profitable to the global investment firm his father was associated with. In her final... The SouthernPoverty Law Center Intelligence Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2401879/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 06:55:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2397730/posts This Jerusalem Post article is sure to raise eyebrows, and perhaps tempers, among Jews, Catholics, and anyone else who thinks it's wrong and ugly to spit at someone because of his religious beliefs. This report says that Catholic and Orthodox priests and religious are regularly assaulted by Orthodox Jews who spit at them in a show of contempt. . . . The Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2397730/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 17:56:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2396876/posts An Arab university lecturer and writer is hiding underground out of fear for his life after shocking the Palestinian Authority with a book that links Jews with the Temple Mount. The Arab world has been conducting a campaign, including removal of tons of dirt containing archaeological evidence, to try to eliminate historical Jewish links with the Temple Mount. Dr. Sari Nusseibeh, of Birzeit University in Ramallah, threw acid on the propaganda campaign that tries to convince Arabs that the First and Second Temples never existed. He wrote in a book, “The legendary Temple of Jerusalem may be the place of... Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2396876/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:45:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396133/posts Brazilian Jewish teenagers this week protested what they called their "exclusion" from a national exam for high school graduates set to take place on Shabbat, after a Brazilian court said providing Jews with an alternative date would "undermine equality." "In some areas in Brazil, such a Rio de Janeiro, observant Jewish students cannot apply to some of the leading universities," said Alex Kingel, 17, from Sao Paulo, who will not be taking the test. Kingel explained that because Rio de Janeiro's leading university is a federal one - funded by the central government - applicants must take the test, known... HaAretz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396133/posts#comment Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:13:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395115/posts (IsraelNN.com) First response to the government's construction freeze: A Palestinian terrorist attacked Jews with a knife at the gas station in Kiryat Arba, near Hevron, wounding a man, 45, and a girl, 16. The terrorist was shot and killed by a soldier and a guard; the soldier is of the Nachshon Regiment, which was in the news recently for signs waved by some of its members against being used to remove Jews from their homes. The woman and man are reportedly in light condition. A Magen David Adom emergency crew arrived quickly on the scene, as did police and army... Arutz Sheva + personal observation while passing by on bus http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395115/posts#comment Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:20:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2391722/posts More filth over at mybarackobama's website. No matter how many times I expose it, they keep it up, providing a forum for and the cultural acceptance of this incitement to Jewish genocide. Such vile hate would never have been allowed in polite and decent society 15 years ago. We are no longer decent? Hope and change folks, hope and change. Do you think calls for end of Islam would stand? Racism against blacks? Would that stand? During the 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama’s website, Organizing for America, hosted a series of vile anti-American, Jew-hating posts and pieces. The onslaught was... Atlas Shrugs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2391722/posts#comment Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:37:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391733/posts During a recent speaking tour in Canada, MK Nahman Shai (Kadima) shocked some of his hosts when he said that his primary goal in politics today is to bring down the Netanyahu government. Although indelicate, Shai's comment was not surprising. Kadima is in the opposition. And like all opposition parties in all parliamentary democracies, the primary goal of its members is to bring down the government so that they can take power. Given that this is the case, it is unsurprising that until this week, Kadima leader Tzipi Livni tried to blame Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu for US President Barack... The Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391733/posts#comment Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:01:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2390852/posts In another in a long series of swift kicks to Israel and American Jews, the Obama Administration has announced that it is slashing the guest list and budget for its 2009 Hanukkah celebration. According to the Jerusalem Post the guest list is being cut in half causing some American Jews to wonder if Obama is giving them the cold shoulder... again. In case no one has been paying attention, President Obama has been slighting Israel and American Jews since before he became president. His pick of Samantha Power, the Palestinian apologist, for his Mid East policy team was a fine... Publius Forum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2390852/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:36:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390504/posts Former US vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin disagrees with the Obama administration's demand that Israel halt settlement construction, although her reason for that opinion is puzzling to some (or at the least demonstrates she's not familiar with the term "natural growth" that much of the debate has revolved around). Palin debates Biden in St.... She told Barbara Walters on ABC's Good Morning America this week that she disagrees with the White House because all the Jews moving to Israel need a place to live. "I disagree with the Obama administration on that," Palin told Walters. "I believe that the Jewish... Jerusalem http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390504/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:49:49 GMT