Abraham’s sons and grandsons don’t limit their allegiances to the Grand Vizir. In 1854 Abraham Salomon represents the Austro-Hungarian community of the Ottoman Empire at the marriage of Franz-Joseph of Austria. In 1860, with the birth of his grandson Moses, he also founds the Universal Israelite Foundation in Paris. In 1865, seeing the decline of […]
“A rare Hebrew manuscript written in 14th century Germany is going on display for the first time, just before the Jewish New Year, Israel Museum officials said Wednesday. The Nuremberg Mahzor got its name from its home for more than 300 years — the Nuremberg municipal library in Germany. The manuscript was originally commissioned for […]
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“On 29 April gang leader Youssouf Fofana, 28, took his seat in court, smiling defiantly and declaring: “Allah would be victorious.” After more than two months of closed-door hearings, Mr Fofana, rejecting any help from lawyers, was allowed to express his opinion in court for the last time.” more@BBC.co.uk
” 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 […]
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“Every day he went to the Pletzel – the Jewish district – which had Rue D’Rosei [and] two shteiblach,” or synagogues, said Lax, 90 and retired in London, in an interview with Jewish Educational Media (JEM), producers of the DVD. “Number 17 was Chabad and 25 was everything, what you want,” meaning that […]
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Ilan Halimi’s mother wants a public trial of her son’s murderers
(Photo: People gather at the entrance of an audience room in a french court to yell at relatives of Youssouf Fofana, accused of killing a young Jewish man, Ilan Halimi.) The murder of Ilan Halimi was an anti-Semitic crime. That fact, with which virtually everyone in France now concurs, was established at the opening of […]
