Occupy Wall Street - More of the same anti-Israelism

 Photo from CFCA (www.antisemitism.org.il, 11/10/11)

   So once again is Israel and the Jews that are the troublers of the world, responsible for corporate greed, joblessness and world recession. Slanderous words are being spoken at these OWS protest sites repeating the age old pattern of blaming the Jews when the economy suffers. We were even blamed for the Black Plague. If we were so powerful and controlling we wouldn't let this race hatred continue. Unfortunately if lies are repeated long enough the masses tend to believe them. Modern Europe is a good example of that. Anarchists of the world unite? No chance. Winter is coming and New Yorkers will get their park back from these "Sunshine Patriots." Shalom. David Schneier

Visual Anti-Semitism in the Middle East

The print media of the Middle East keeps churning out vicious anti-Semitic propaganda in cartoons and editorials. Here's a sampling from CFCA (Coordination Forum for Countering Antisemitism, www.antisemitism.org.il) dated October 7, 2011. Offensive? Peace seekers? Grossly anti-Semitic? We are not dealing with Western values here.

                             Al-Watan, September 22, 2011 (Qatar)

                          Al-Watan, September 30, 2011 (Qatar)

 

Tishrin, September 22, 2011 (Syria).

Written on the figure: "The Palestinian State".

Shalom from Paris. David Schneier

Preparing for Sukkot in Paris

It's the evening before Sukkot begins in Paris, and in one of the Jewish areas of this city preparations are underway to celebrate this Feast in a biblical way. Here are some photos of vibrant Jewish life in Paris. Hag Samaiach! Shalom. David Schneier

 

 Tables line the streets with lulavs and etrogs for sale

       Bakery with a menorah and etrogs for sale

      Things for Sukkot for sale from a truck

    The best Parisian fellafel and schwarma

Jewish "shtoochkies" for sale

 Local Jewish family getting their things for Sukkot

Something New from Paris - A Rosh Hashanah Seder!

Paris pastry shop on the way to the Seder

We had a wonderful Erev Rosh Hashanah with Messianic Rabbi Emmanuel Rodriguez and the Messianic Center in Paris which is an IAMCS congregation. It seems that Sephardic Jews have a seder on Rosh Hashanah which I have no experience of being raised Ashkenazi. It was a great time of fellowship and celebration. Can you imagine having two seders a year? Here are some pictures from that evening. Shana Tova and Shalom from Paris. David Schneier

One of the Seder tables

Worship team for the Seder

Messianic Rabbi Emmanuel

Shofars ready for Rosh Hashanah

The Seder plate

Breaking of the Bread

Sounding the Shofar

Photo by Julia Xanthos/News

The latest front in the Arab/Israeli conflict is in the New York City subways. This is similar to the skirmish in the Seattle bus system where anti-Israel ads were pulled before they went up due to public outrage. But who can resist the smiley faces in NY. And are these kids being taught anti-Semitism in Palestinian schools funded by EU coffers. Will these kids help fire thousands of rockets into Israel with little international outcry? Will they try to sail into Gaza with arms while being protected by Turkey's navy (or so they say)? Will they enter Israeli homes at night and slaughter innocent families including sleeping children. All of this is possible because they are being taught to hate the Jew, to drive them into the sea and those who kill the Jew will be rewarded in the afterlife. They are taught that israel has no right to exist and that it was created because of a Jewish fabricated story of the Holocaust. The Jew is dehumanized and demonized in their eyes making all action taken against them justified. This week a Palestinian leader said the new Palestinian state should be Jewish-free. Sound familiar? And what's up with Palestinian leaders insisting on pre-1967 now borders when after countless wars and lost lives and treasure they could have had the same in 1948 had they accepted the two state proposals offfered by world leaders. Come on MTA and the NYC subways! These ads are patently offensive and have no place in the Metro. They are in effect "fighting words" which are not protected by the First amendment. You could not put an ad in the Metro that 9/11 was actually a CIA plot. This is bound to lead to violence and responsibility will fall on the government. And the lawyers will follow. Shalom, David Schneier

Public prayer in the streets banned in Paris/Muslim Imam fears anarchy

The Ministry of the Interior of France has banned public prayer in the streets of Paris which immediately affects 1,000 Muslims who meet at one site for prayer every Friday at 2pm. The ban may be extended to all of France including Marseille and Nice. The Minister also said that force would be used to stop such public prayers because it breaches the French understanding of separation of church and state and shocks citizens who are not Muslims. In the public arena the French expect secularism to control. The Muslims have been meeting for Friday prayers in the street for several since a large mosque closed and the local police did nothing to restrict the practice. I am told that the police will not go into areas of Paris because of fear of Muslim and gang violence against them. One resident said that she would have to call for fire department to come when she needed the police because of the lack of police response in her neighborhood. One Imam commented that there were difficulties in moving to a new place provided by the city and that Muslims were "not cattle." He also said he "fear(ed) a climate of anarchy." (Photo and quotes from 9/16/11, The Connexion, www.connexionfrance.com.) Shalom from Paris. David Schneier

Arab Spring? What a farce!

So much for the future of the Arab spring. Here's what is coming out of the glorious people's revolution in Egypt as reported on the CFCA website on September 5, 2011 (www.antisemitism.org.il). Netanyahu portrayed as Hitler. What if someone did the same for the leaders of Hamas, Hezbollah or Islam. Their lives would be in jeopardy. The Arab Spring is a sham and now is being used as a front for anti-Semitism. The West needs to take off its rose colored glasses! Shalom. David Schneier

Egypt / 05-09-2011

Egyptian magazine draws Netanyahu as Hitler

Here is the front cover of the current issue of Egypt's state-run October magazine:

The article goes through a history of Israel's supposed "war crimes" which they claim is on par with those of Nazi Germany.

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