Pope's message marking start of WWII omits mention of Jews

Manciano, Italy -- Commemorating the 70th anniversary of the start of World War II, Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday recalled the "tragedy of the Holocaust" and the deaths of "tens of millions" in the conflict.

Speaking at an outdoor Mass on Sunday in Viterbo, north of Rome, Benedict said: "We cannot forget the major events that took place during one of the most terrible conflicts in history, that left tens of millions dead and provoked so much suffering for our beloved Polish people."

"It was conflict that saw the tragedy of the Holocaust and the extermination of so many other innocents," he said.

Just days after Poland held ceremonies marking the German invasion across its border that started the war, Benedict singled out the war's Polish victims, but he did not specifically mention the Jewish victims other than to broadly refer to the Holocaust.

Benedict, an 83-year-old German, witnessed the World War II firsthand, describing himself as an unwilling enlistee in the Hitler Youth and later the German army.

He has decried totalitarianism and anti-Semitism many times over the years. But as pope he has been criticized by Jewish groups as being insensitive at times.

During his first trip to the Holy Land as pope in May, Benedict was harshly criticized by some Israelis for his remarks at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial, where he did not mention Germany, the Nazis or his own experience of that time.

Benedict also came under fire earlier this year after he revoked the excommunication of four schismatic bishops, one of whom had denied the scope of the Holocaust.

The pope later denounced Holocaust denial, and in a rare personal letter explained that his decision to reinstate the bishops had been aimed at reconciliation within the church.

Rachel Donadio / New York Times

At the UN's new site, a worldwide web of anti-Israel bias

The entire N.Y. Daily News Article may be read by clicking here.
The amount of UN webspace dedicated only to Palestinian claims - including pre-Israel maps - is huge. There is the "United Nations Information System on the Question of Palestine" or UNISPAL, and the anti-Israel non-governmental organization networking scheme called the "NGO network on the Question of Palestine." Added to that is the constant material churned out by the only UN Division focused on a single people - the UN Division on Palestinian Rights. And then there is the UN Human Rights Council, which President Obama has now embraced. It has adopted more resolutions and decisions condemning Israel than all other 191 UN states combined. Along with fellow human rights enthusiasts China, Cuba and Saudi Arabia, American representatives will be taking their place as new Council members in just one week time.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2009/09/07/2009-09-07_at_the_uns_new_site_a_worldwide_web_of_antiisrael_bias.html#ixzz0QRtoOmPh

Rioters rampage in Budapest’s Jewish district

September 6, 2009

BUDAPEST (JTA) – A crowd of 500 demonstrators, including neo-Nazis and skinheads, rampaged in Budapest's Jewish district.

Hungarian riot police deployed tear gas and baton charges Saturday against the vociferously xenophobic crowd as it tried to disrupt Hungary's annual Gay Pride parade.

More than 30 arrests were made on charges including possession of offensive weapons and riotous behavior. Heightened surveillance was enforced throughout the day to prevent a recurrence of the mayhem that ended last year‘s parade, in which there were more than a dozen serious injuries, according to Éva Tafferner, press officer at Budapest police headquarters.

The rioters invaded the heart of the traditional Jewish Ghetto District, started a small fire, tore down signs and shouted threatening anti-Semitic vitriol. The attacks were witnessed by families of foreign Jews visiting the district for the current Budapest Jewish Cultural Festival.

One British tourist trying to argue with the rioters at the edge of the ghetto had to be rescued by police when he was verbally abused and physically assaulted by a gang of 20 attackers. A policeman who tried to break up a confrontation not far from there was knocked to the ground and kicked, as was a woman displaying a Gay Pride T-shirt while standing alone at a tram stop.

The parade drew support from artists, politicians and human rights organizations in many countries. An anti-fascist organization in neighboring Austria sent busloads of activists who marched beneath a giant rainbow flag.

Former Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány, who took part in the parade, declared: “All free citizens must defend human rights.”

Anti-Zionism is more dangerous than anti-Semitism, threatening lives and peace in the Middle East.

Anti-Zionism is in many ways more dangerous than anti-Semitism.

First, anti-Zionism targets the most vulnerable part of the Jewish people, namely, the Jewish population of Israel, whose physical safety and personal dignity depend crucially on maintaining Israel's sovereignty. Put bluntly, the anti-Zionist plan to do away with Israel condemns 5 1/2 million human beings, mostly refugees or children of refugees, to eternal defenselessness in a region where genocidal designs are not uncommon.

Secondly, modern society has developed antibodies against anti-Semitism but not against anti-Zionism. Today, anti-Semitic stereotypes evoke revulsion in most people of conscience, while anti-Zionist rhetoric has become a mark of academic sophistication and social acceptance in certain extreme yet vocal circles of U.S. academia and media elite. Anti-Zionism disguises itself in the cloak of political debate, exempt from sensitivities and rules of civility that govern inter-religious discourse, to attack the most cherished symbol of Jewish identity.

Finally, anti-Zionist rhetoric is a stab in the back to the Israeli peace camp, which overwhelmingly stands for a two-state solution. It also gives credence to enemies of coexistence who claim that the eventual elimination of Israel is the hidden agenda of every Palestinian.

It is anti-Zionism, then, not anti-Semitism that poses a more dangerous threat to lives, historical justice and the prospects of peace in the Middle East.

Judea Pearl is a professor at UCLA and the president of the Daniel Pearl Foundation. Copyright © 2009, The Los Angeles Times

More Hate from York University

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=127582934557

Meir Weinstein September 5 at 8:13pm Reply

Attention: The President of York University, Mr. M. Shoukri,

It has come to the attention of the Jewish Defence League of Canada that filmmaker and York University Professor John Greyson has withdrawn his short film Covered from the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in protest over the inaugural City to City program on Tel Aviv.

Toronto film festival ignites anti-Israel boycott - Washington Times

This is what York University Professor John Greyson had to say: "Isn't such an uncritical celebration of Tel Aviv right now akin to celebrating Montgomery buses in 1963, California grapes in 1969, Chilean wines in 1973, Nestles infant formula in 1984, or South Africa..... I'm helping organize a screening in September for the Toronto Palestinian Film Festival, co-sponsored by Queers Against Israeli Apartheid and the Inside Out Festival."

The Toronto Palestine Film Festival's opening night will take place on September 26th, the Jewish Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur.

It will be important to monitor the classes taught by York University Professor John Greyson. In the most recent past, some anti Israel professor's from York University have used racism against Jewish students. Please take action.

Thank you,

Meir Weinstein National Director Jewish Defence League of Canada

www.jdl-canada.com

What is "New antisemitism"

Recently, I was taken aback when a chasid began his anti-Zionist lecture during a normal conversation. It made me think, is anti-Zionism a form of anti-Semitism? Since Israel is a relatively new State, while traditional antiSemitism has been around for hundreds of years, certainly there is a "new antisemitism." Here is a bit of my research.

I am beginning my education. Here is my first lesson in the new anti-Semitism.

Traditional Jews Are Not Zionists

Although there are those who refuse to accept the teachings of our Rabbis and will continue to support the Zionist state, there are also many who are totally unaware of the history of Zionism and its contradiction to the beliefs of Torah-True Jews.

Zionism and Current Events

We provide articles on current Zionist activities with the response of True Torah Jews, as well as articles on the latest anti-Zionist activities.

Central Rabbinical Congress of the U.S.A. and Canada

The Most Difficult Place for Jews to Live Today is in the So-Called “Jewish State”

The Israeli government and the Jerusalem municipal government are committing Nazi-style acts of brutality against religious Jews on a scale not seen in the last 65 years. Religious Jews are regularly beaten mercilessly for yelling “Shabbos” at demonstrations, called by the chief rabbis of Jerusalem, against the parking lot set up by the city government right next to the walls of the Old City. They are inviting Sabbath-desecrators from the entire country to come to the Holy City, the palace of G-d, the place where the Divine Presence resides, to insult G-d, who warned in His Torah against the desecration of the Sabbath.

According to the Talmud, Sabbath-desecration was one of the reasons why Jerusalem was destroyed 2000 years ago. But today, when religious Jews in Jerusalem shout the word “Shabbos”, they are beaten and attacked by the Israeli police. The police shoot grenades and tear gas bombs at the defenseless protesters.

This wave of brutality reached its peak this past Friday night, August 28, when a police officer directed a driver stopped at a traffic light to proceed, although the officer was aware of the religious Jew lying under his car. The driver obeyed, injuring the man and dragging his body some distance along the road.

This crime was repeated on Sunday, August 30, at a demonstration staged by religious Jews to protest the desecration of the body of a Jewish man stabbed to death the previous night. The cause of death was clear and according to Jewish law, there was no justification to perform an autopsy. America and other countries take into account the sensitivities of religious Jews in such cases, but not the Israeli Nazis. At the demonstration against the autopsy, a police officer deliberately ran over one of the protestors, seriously wounding him.

Where else but the Zionist state could a government take a Jewish mother to court claiming that she wanted to starve and murder her sick child, for whom she cared with selfless dedication? In this nightmare, reminiscent of the blood libels of the Middle Ages, a mother criticized the staff of a hospital and blamed them for her child’s worsening condition, whereupon they falsely accused her and had her thrown her in jail together with criminals, lying on the floor for ten days as the police attempted to force her to confess to the charges. But she held strong and refused, until the court, under enormous public pressure, ordered the police to free her. She ran home to her children, including the sick child, whom she hadn’t seen in weeks. Now the state is threatening again to take her children away from her; a higher court has taken on the case.

The Israeli press pounced on this opportunity to defame religious Jews. Even before the court ruled, they were already waging a propaganda war against her and all religious mothers.

In which country in the world do religious Jews suffer as much persecution as in the state that calls itself “Israel”? What other country in the world cuts up Jewish bodies and unearths Jewish graves, in total disregard for Jewish history?

And this is the state that dares to call itself a Jewish state?

Torah Jews are opposed to Zionist sovereignty over Jerusalem and the entire Holy Land. We proclaim our loyalty to America and President Obama, whom the Zionists oppose for his sincere efforts to bring peace to the Middle East. In light of recent events, we can say definitively that Jews fare better under the American government than under the Zionists.
For More Information, Please Visit Information, Please Visit
www.jewsagainstzionism.com