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Shock in Germany Follows Election Victory for Far-Right Demagogue PITTSBURGH Opinion. Tradition. STEELERS WHAT THE LIGHT HONOR AMERICAN JEWS IN THE SYNAGOGUE HAVE TO FEAR ARK VICTIMS A2. A9. A11. THE algemeiner JOURNAL $1.00 - PRINTED IN NEW YORK FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2019 | 3 CHESHVAN 5780 VOL. XLV NO. 2428 Shock in Germany US Wants to Bolster Fight Follows Election Against Islamic Victory for Far-Right State After Its Demagogue Leader’s Death BY REUTERS & ALGEMEINER STAFF Th e United States wants to bolster a coalition fi ghting Islamic State in northeastern Syria, a senior State Depart- ment offi cial said on Monday, after the leader of the jihadi movement, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed in a weekend operation. World leaders welcomed his death, but they and security experts warned that the group, which carried out Björn Höcke, leader of the German far-right AfD party in Th uringia and the head of its ultranationalist faction. Photo: Reuters / Hannibal Hanschke A bearded man with Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al- Baghdadi’s appearance speaks in this screen grab taken from video released on April 29, 2019. Photo: Islamic State Group / BY BEN COHEN ultranationalist “Alternative for tives elected to the Bundestag, Al Furqan Media Network / Reuters TV via Reuters. Germany” (AfD), pushing the Germany’s federal parliament, in Th e leader of a far-right CDU party of German Chancellor 2017, the AfD’s star has continued atrocities against religious minorities and horrifi ed most grouping whose activity is Angela Merkel into third place. to rise. Th e party now has 91 MPs Muslims, remained a security threat in Syria and beyond. monitored by Germany’s offi cial The AfD — led in Thuringia in the federal parliament and Th e offi cial said that President Donald Trump, by body to defend against political by the extreme-right firebrand won second place in two regional announcing the withdrawal of US forces from northern Syria extremism celebrated a surge in Björn Höcke — took 23.4 percent elections in the states of Branden- on Oct. 6, did not suggest that Washington was abandoning support on Sunday in a key regional of the vote in the state, coming burg and Saxony in September. the fi ght against Islamic State. election in the east of the country. second to the socialist Left Party, Its success in Th uringia — “Th ere was never an idea that we would abandon the In a record turnout, nearly which won the poll with 31 once part of Communist East mission of going after ISIS. … Th is is a major eff ort that is one in four voters in the eastern percent of the vote, and ahead of Germany — may heighten internal continuing,” the offi cial told reporters. state of Th uringia opted for the the CDU with 21.8 percent. tensions within the AfD by Continued on Page A3 With its fi rst representa- Continued on Page A3 My Torah ShabbatCalendar Parshat NOACH Times for New York City, Friday Candle Lighting Shabbat Begins: 5:35pm | Shabbat Ends: 6:33pm פרשת נח Goes to Prison P.O.B. 208 East 51st St, Suite 185 New York, NY 10022 Tel: (718) 771.0400 | Fax: (718) 771.0308 page A8 Email: [email protected] www.algemeiner.com © Copyright 2019 e Algemeiner Journal - All Rights Reserved. A2 | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2019 Opinion. Fear Itself Isn’t the Only Th ing American Jews Have to Fear of Jews blamed Republicans far more than people have never undergone Democrats for antisemitism, and regard Presi- that trial. JONATHAN S. TOBIN dent Donald Trump’s record on antisemitism Even when the questions JNS.org unfavorably, has helped some on the left make switched to life on college the case that not only are Jews afraid, but that campuses, which other surveys it’s clear the reason for their fear stems from have identifi ed as the venue concerns about the White House. where most Jews have had With impeccable timing, a new American While this survey should be taken their primary encounter with Jewish Committee survey came out only days seriously, there are some points about it that antisemitism because of attacks before the one-year anniversary of the Pitts- need to be put in context. on supporters of Israel, the burgh synagogue shooting. Th e memorials for Th e fi rst is that while the number of those numbers are relatively low. Only the single bloodiest day in American Jewish who indicate that they are afraid to be identi- 20% of those polled said they history echoed with renewed outrage about fi ed as Jews is alarmingly high, it’s not entirely either personally experienced that crime and the subsequent shooting at apparent whether that kind of fear is justifi ed. antisemitism in an institution Rabbi Jeff rey Myers (r) hosting the US President and Chabad of Poway in Southern California. So After all, the same survey made it clear of higher learning or knew First Lady at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. it was hardly surprising that the poll’s fi ndings how rare open acts of antisemitism truly are. someone who had. Photo: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque. were hyped in some quarters as an indication Only 2% of those polled said they had Despite all our worries, the partisanship plays in shaping our views of that fear of antisemitic violence was rising ever experienced an antisemitic attack in the survey proves that the overwhelming majority antisemitism. along with the statistics on hate crimes. last fi ve years. While even one such crime is of American Jews can live entire lifetimes When asked which party bears more Th e fact that 88 percent of those polled one too many, given that the language of the without once having to navigate through a responsibility for “the current level of antisem- thought antisemitism was a problem and 84 question is so broad, it’s far from certain that situation in which their Jewish identity makes itism,” on a scale of 1 to 10, most Jews blame percent thought it was increasing stopped even the fi gure of 2% represents a real antise- them a target. Republicans (54%) and Trump far more than some observers in their tracks. Even more mitic threat to life and limb in 2019. Indeed, Should that cause us to downplay the Democrats (18%). startling was the fact that 31 percent of the outside of the targeting of ultra-Orthodox issue of antisemitism? Absolutely not. Th at response correlates with the fact respondents answered that they “avoided Jews in Brooklyn, who are easy to single out, Th e existence of a tiny group of white that Jews break down on partisan and ideolog- publicly wearing, carrying, or displaying things and the rare shootings, attacks on Jews remain supremacists who are armed and dangerous, ical lines that are similar to those results with that might help people identify you as a Jew.” truly unusual in the United States. coupled with the growth of antisemitism Democrats outnumbering Republicans by Taken on its own, that result makes the Even when asked whether they had been masquerading as mere criticism of Israel is 53% to 14%, and liberals dominating conser- United States sound as if it is heading down the targets of an antisemitic remark, only 23% worrisome. Antisemitism is a powerful virus vatives by 56% to 21%. Where Trump is the path to the same dangerous conditions for said yes. Interestingly, the number of those that has attached itself to a number of diff erent concerned, the numbers conform to the usual Jews as France, Germany, and other European who had experienced such an attack on social ideologies, including fascism, Nazism, commu- breakdown of the Jewish vote in presidential countries where even public offi cials have media — where extremists are the noisiest and nism, and radical Islam. Even in the country elections, with 76% viewing him unfavorably cautioned Jews not to stand out lest they be where trolls abound — was only 21%. Again, that has proved to be the best home for Jews and only 22% favorably. singled out for violence. the fact that so many Jews have been subjected in the history of the Diaspora, hatred of Jews is In an era of hyper-partisanship in Th at number, combined with other to such remarks is terrible, but it remains a fact never going to completely disappear. which adherents of the two major parties fi ndings in the survey, in which the majority that more than three-quarters of the Jewish But we should also be aware of the role Continued on Page A4 ‘New Hope’ in Fight Against Tay-Sachs Disease Th e medical school is based in the central medical school magazine headlined the news, the Massachusetts city of Worcester. “New hope for Tay-Sachs disease,” reporting, Algemeiner Journal IRA STOLL Kevin Romer, president of the Matthew “the death sentence of Tay-Sachs disease is BOSTON Forbes Romer Foundation and a past presi- being challenged by a new gene therapy.” (USPS 927800) is published weekly dent of the National Tay-Sachs and Allied Th e magazine quoted Rick Karl, presi- (except for the week of Passover Diseases Association, told Th e Algemeiner, dent of the Cure Tay-Sachs Foundation, as and Succos) “Th is is important continued progress with saying, “We have been waiting for this moment Subscription rate $40 per year Researchers at the University of Massa- our collective eff orts to make a treatment for a long time,” calling it “the most promising Algemeiner Journal chusetts Medical School are touting a possible available.” Th e foundation is named for treatment we have seen so far.” Romer’s son Matthew, who died of Tay-Sachs It also quoted a researcher who worked 208 E 51st Street, Suite 185 breakthrough in the fi ght against Tay-Sachs disease, a genetic disease that killed 50 or 60 in 1996.
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