The Muslim Brotherhood hatred rally in Cairo.
Photo: J.Williams/Israel sun |
The Simon Wiesenthal Center condemned genocidal rants at a rally involving 5,000 activists, convened Friday by the Muslim Brotherhood at Cairo 's most prominent Mosque.
"It is shocking to hear the Muslim Brotherhood 'activists' vowing to, 'one day kill all Jews' and 'Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv Judgment Day is coming!' But the roar of their genocidal rants was matched only by a shocking silence of world leaders," charged Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a leading Jewish human rights NGO. "Without vociferous condemnation of such murderous hate, led by the United States , France and Germany , yesterday's rants may yet become tomorrow's official policy in a government in which the Muslim Brotherhood will surely play a pivotal role."
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The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is urging the Obama Administration to withdraw from the United Nations Education, Scientific & Cultural Organization (UNESCO), following UNESCO's vote to accept the Palestinian Authority (PA) as a full member. UNESCO has become the first United Nations agency to accept the PA as a sovereign state since the PA launched its bid at the UN last month, in contravention of the Oslo Accords, to obtain a unilateral declaration of statehood without concluding a peace agreement with Israel. The U.S. provides UNESCO annually with $80 million, 22% of its total budget. Under U.S. law, the U.S. is prohibited from funding any U.N. body that accepts the PA as a member. As the Wall Street Journal notes, "This legislation is clearly worded and offers President Obama no waiver to get around the prohibition" (Editorial, ‘Back to Unesco's Future What the U.S. gets for its money at the U.N.,' Wall Street Journal, November 1, 2011).
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Top: (from left) Andrew Heiberger, Honoree; Ofer Yardeni, Chairman of the FIDF Real Estate Division. Center: Soldiers of the IDF. Bottom: (from left) Danny Hakimian; FIDF National Director, Maj.Gen.(Res.), Yitzhak (Jerry) Gershon; Michael Livian. |
The Real Estate Division of the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) held its annual Real Estate Division Reception on Monday, December 12, 2011 at The New York Public Library. The honoree was Andrew Heiberger, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Town Residential LLC. Event chairs were Ofer Yardeni, Stonehenge Partners, Inc., and Chairman of the FIDF Real Estate Division; Chairmen Emeritus Moshe Azogui, MDA Holdings; Chairmen Emeritus Richard Born, BD Equities; and Chairman of Young Professionals Lenny Sporn, The Tavivian Sporn Group/Co Founder, Prudential Douglas Eliman.
Close to 450 people attended the Reception in support of the soldiers of Israel. Guests enjoyed cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, a buffet dinner, the opportunity to talk with soldiers of the IDF and bid on auction items such as a VIP tour of Yankee stadium, wine country vacation package, and attend Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week and the Grammy's.
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Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt. Elected new President of the Conference of European Rabbis. |
London – Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, Chief Rabbi and Av Beit Din of Moscow, is the new president of the Conference of European Rabbis.
Rabbi Goldschmidt was elected by the CER’s Standing Committee meeting in London last week and succeeds the former chief rabbi of France (1987-2009), Joseph Hayim Sitruk, who had held the post since 1999. Rabbi Sitruk becomes Chairman of the CER Presidium.
Born in Zurich, Switzerland in 1963, Rabbi Goldschmidt studied at the prestigious Ponevezh and Telshe, and Baltimore Yeshivas, receiving semicha from the Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem , Rabbi Yitzchak Kulitz in 1987.
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Ma’ale Adumim.
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He is the soul of Ma'ale-Adumim! He devoted his life to this city which defends Jerusalem as the Israeli capital for eternity. For twenty years, he has been the mayor of this city and his prestige among its 39,000 resident is very high. I am referring to Benny Kashriel. He was offered to be a member of the Knesset many times, but he refused.
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My friends, before I talk about things about Israel, I want to say something about the scenes on television that I saw today and you have been seeing as well. When tragedy strikes America, Israel - Israel feels an immediate identification. And tragedy has struck America. In recent days floods and tornadoes have claimed the lives of hundreds of Americans, including today in Joplin, Missouri. All I can say is, America, we're with you on this day, on every day.
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Good morning! Thank you, Rosy, for your very kind introduction. But even more, thank you for your many years friendship. Back in Chicago, when I was just getting started in national politics, I reached out to a lot of people for advice and counsel, and Rosy was one of the very first. When I made my first visit to Israel, after entering the Senate, Rosy – you were at my side every step of that very meaningful journey through the Holy Land. And I want to thank you for your enduring friendship, your leadership and for your warm welcome today.
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The Turkish delegation has been headed by Erhan Atay, Vice Chair of the Turkish American Business Association (TABA), and the Jewish delegation has been headed by Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, Executive Vice President of the New York Board of Rabbis.
With a mission and goals that were decidedly non-political, the leaders of both communities recognized that while they might not be able to influence political interactions between the governments of Turkey and Israel, they could devote their energies to taking actions that would foster better communication and relations between the members of the Turkish and Jewish communities.
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My grandfather, Akiba Hornstein, was the son of a Lithuanian rabbi. My grandfather changed his name to Giff Giffords for reasons of anti-Semitism and moved to Southern Arizona from New York more than a half century ago. In the 1940s, he founded my family’s tire and automotive business, El Campo Tire, which grew into a successful and thriving business for 50 years, which I ran for several years before serving in the Arizona Legislature.
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