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Jewish Community Federation of Greater Chattanooga
A PUBLICATION OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA The SHOFAR Volume 8 Number 4 Kislev - Tevet 5754 December, 1993 Jewish Community Federation of Greater Chattanooga It's official. The Board of Directors ofthe new community organi zation formed by the merger of the Chattanooga Jewish Federation Replaces CJF & JCC and the Jewish Community Center of Chattanooga earlier this year decided on October 28,1993 to adopt "Jewish Community Federation Fed. Appoints New Assistant of Greater Chattanooga" as it's official name. What'sin a name.one may ask. "Jewish" was chosen as the first word Director-Program Director because it is the essence of whatwe are and the practicality of those new The appointment of Marcy Goldstein- to the community being able to easily access the institution through the Pellegrino as Assistant Director-Program Di telephone book. "Community" implies our unity and the sense of rector of the Jewish Community Federation shared ownership of all of the Jews in Chattanooga. "Federation" was announced by Pris Siskin, Federation Presi relates to a central organization united for common purpose. "Of dent. "In her capacity as Assistant Director- Greater Chattanooga" refers to the services provided to Jews not only Program Director, Marcy will assist the Fed in our city, but in our surrounding area, including north Georgia. eration Executive Director in developing and supervising programs to enhance the quality of Jewish life in Chattanooga," Mrs. Siskin con Community Chanukah tinued. Specific responsibilities -
Silent Tension and Harsh Debates. the Pope's Visit to the Synagogue of Rome Published on Iitaly.Org (
Silent Tension and Harsh Debates. The Pope's Visit to the Synagogue of Rome Published on iItaly.org (http://www.iitaly.org) Silent Tension and Harsh Debates. The Pope's Visit to the Synagogue of Rome Maria Rita Latto (January 19, 2010) Pope Benedict XVI visited the main Jewish synagogue in Rome on Sunday January, 17. He was the first pope in 24 years to visit the Tempio Maggiore, or Great Temple. It was an event that stirred up many debates and tensions not only between Catholics and Jews, but also within Italy's Jewish community. Jewish leaders from around the world traveled to Rome for the German-born Benedict's third visit to a synagogue as pope, after visiting synagogues in Cologne, Germany and New York. It was an opportunity for him to follow in the steps of his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, who in Rome, 1986 was the first pontiff to ever visit a synagogue. The disappointment in the Jewish community was prompted by the Pontiff's decision last month to position wartime Pope Pius XII closer to sainthood. Some Jews and historians have argued that Pius, pope from 1939 to 1958, was largely silent on the Holocaust and should have done more to prevent the deaths of 6 million Jews at the hands of the Nazis and their collaborators. Among the victims there were more than 1,000 Roman Jews who were deported in 1943 from the old Ghetto neighborhood, across the river from the Vatican. Page 1 of 3 Silent Tension and Harsh Debates. The Pope's Visit to the Synagogue of Rome Published on iItaly.org (http://www.iitaly.org) Piero Terracina, one of about a dozen survivors of the deportation, said he would not attend Benedict's visit. -
1 Schlaglicht Israel Nr. 8/19 Aktuelles Aus Israelischen Tageszeitungen
Schlaglicht Israel Nr. 8/19 Aktuelles aus israelischen Tageszeitungen 16.-30. April Die Themen dieser Ausgabe 1. Netanyahu nimmt Koalitionsverhandlungen auf .......................................................................................................... 1 2. Trumps Jahrhunderteplan für Frieden im Nahen Osten .............................................................................................. 4 3. Pessach 2019 ................................................................................................................................................................... 6 4. Medienquerschnitt ........................................................................................................................................................... 7 1. Netanyahu nimmt Koalitionsverhandlungen die Finanzhilfen an die Hamas aus Katar, die auf Netanyahu zuließ. Ausgerechnet Avigdor Liberman, der mit seinem Rücktritt als Verteidigungsminister im letzten Jahr Israel`s election results show broad consensus mit für den vorgezogenen Termin der Parlaments- on diplomatic and defense wahlen sorgte, war Benjamin Netanyahus erster (…) beyond the harsh rhetoric, one can discern a Ansprechpartner bei den Koalitionsverhandlungen. broad consensus in Israel for the outgoing Staatspräsident Reuven Rivlin hatte zuvor den am- government’s actual diplomatic and defense tierenden Ministerpräsidenten erneut mit der Regie- policies. Both the Likud and Blue-White parties rungsbildung beauftragt. Netanyahu hatte bei den almost entirely ignored -
2013 Statement of Community Concerns
2013 Statement of COMMUNITY CONCERNS 2 INTERNATIONAL 2 THE U.S.-ISRAEL RELATIONSHIP 2 STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP 3 SECURITY ASSISTANCE 3 IRAN 3 Nuclear Program 4 Missile Development 4 Sanctions 4 Human Rights 4 Sponsoring Terrorism 5 ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY 5 GAZA AND HAMAS 6 ISRAELI MIAs AND POWs 6 ATTEMPTING TO DELEGITIMIZE ISRAEL 7 Universal Jurisdiction 7 THE NEW MIDDLE EAST 7 UNITY OF JERUSALEM 8 GLOBAL JEWRY & THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY 8 DisASTER AND HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE 8 RiGHTS OF JEWISH REFUGEES FROM ARAB COUNTRIES 9 RELATIONS WITH THE FORMER SOVIET UNION 9 PROTECTING THE RELIGIOUS RIGHTS OF MINORITY POPULATIONS 9 Ritual slaughter and circumcision bans 9 JEWISH CEMETERIES ABROAD The devastation wrought by Superstorm Sandy will continue to bring major challenges to the New York 10 FREE ALAN GROSS region and its Jewish community. Picture: Torah scrolls being dried in Long Beach. 10 ANTI-SEMITISM 11 DOMESTIC 11 RESPONDING TO SUPERSTORM SANDY The Jewish community values the support of the New York 12 HOMELAND SECURITY congressional delegation and the many initiatives sponsored 12 Nonprofit Homeland Security Grants 12 COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM by our representatives and senators. These measures reflect 12 REDUCING GUN VIOLENCE a deep and abiding commitment to issues of concern to the Jewish 12 ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY 13 JUSTICE FOR HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS community. As we take stock of our mutual concerns and priorities, we ask Congress to take note of the following issues, supported 14 HuMAN SERVICES 14 RESPONDING TO THE ECONOMIC CRISIS by a broad consensus in the Jewish community and considered 14 PROTECTING MEDICAID AND THE HEALTH CARE to be high on our agenda. -
Changing Jewish Communities
Changing Jewish Communities Number 66 February 24, 2011 http://jcpa.org/article/the-paradox-of-the-italian-jewish-experience-in-1990-2010/ The Paradox of the Italian Jewish Experience in 1990- 2010 Dr. Ephraim Nissan There is a paradox to the Italian Jewish experience in the 2000s. Jews are more integrated than ever since 1945, and Israel has been relegitimized in important quarters after being in practice delegitimized by the Communists, Socialists, and those media close to the Christian Democrats in the late 1970s and 1980s, reaching the lowest point in the second half of 1982. Yet, because of various factors including the web as well as unwillingness to take things in stride any longer, the organized and individual voices of Italy’s Jews are now often blunt, harsh, and resentful in a way that would have been unthinkable previously. While the Jews are indeed more accepted than ever, sporadic expressions of direct, incontrovertible anti-Semitism have occurred even in the circles of power, and even at the highest levels. The past twenty years have seen a confluence between Italy’s far Left and far Right in adopting anti-Israeli and sometimes anti-Semitic positions. In some cases this has involved tolerance of right-wing Holocaust denial by elements on the Left. Italy’s severely anti-Israeli and anti-Semitic responses to the 1982 Lebanon war involved both global and local aspects. It both reflected Italy’s past and has partly shaped patterns of response to Middle Eastern and Jewish affairs by a sizable part of Italy’s media and public opinion. -
Pedlars of Hate: the Violent Impact of the European Far Right
Pedlars of hate: the violent impact of the European far Right Liz Fekete Published by the Institute of Race Relations 2-6 Leeke Street London WC1X 9HS Tel: +44 (0) 20 7837 0041 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7278 0623 Web: www.irr.org.uk Email: [email protected] ©Institute of Race Relations 2012 ISBN 978-0-85001-071-9 Acknowledgements We would like to acknowledge the support of the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust and the Open Society Foundations in the researching, production and dissemination of this report. Many of the articles cited in this document have been translated into English by over twenty volunteers who assist the IRR’s European Research Programme. We would especially like to thank Sibille Merz and Dagmar Schatz (who translate from German into English), Joanna Tegnerowicz (who translates from Polish into English) and Kate Harre, Frances Webber and Norberto Laguía Casaus (who translate from Spanish into English). A particular debt is due to Frank Kopperschläger and Andrei Stavila for their generosity in allowing us to use their photographs. In compiling this report the websites of the Internet Centre Against Racism in Europe (www.icare.to) and Romea (www.romea.cz) proved invaluable. Liz Fekete is Executive Director of the Institute of Race Relations and head of its European research programme. Cover photo by Frank Kopperschläger is of the ‘Silence Against Silence’ memorial rally in Berlin on 26 November 2011 to commemorate the victims of the National Socialist Underground. (In Germany, white roses symbolise the resistance movement to the Nazi -
NOTIZIE ITALIANE Newsletter of the Embassy of Italy in Israel No
NOTIZIE ITALIANE Newsletter of the Embassy of Italy in Israel No. 53 March 2009 Italy committed to ME Marshall Plan President Napolitano eferring to the recent war in Gaza, Sheik Summit on the crisis in Gaza, the Prime R Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Minister said that Italy “wishes to lead the on state visit to Israel affirmed that Italy “will do its duty” in the initiative for a Marshall Plan to revive the search for a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Palestinian economy,” and reaffirmed that Italy conflict. has offered to host a conference in the Sicilian Speaking at a press conference in Israel city of Erice as a “place of dialogue.” following his participation in the Sharm El He also confirmed that, if requested, Italy would form a unit from the Carabinieri to oversee control of the smuggling tunnels in Gaza, which would “guarantee the arrival of the necessary humanitarian aid needed by the people of Gaza.” Mr. Berlusconi also underlined the importance of reconciliation between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority, President Giorgio Napolitano with Israeli President Shimon which would enable the Peres at Palazzo Quirinale in Rome on September 5, 2007 Palestinians to speak collectively and he President of Italy, Giorgio unambiguously with Israel in T Napolitano, paid a state visit to Israel the search for a solution to the on November 25 - 27. (See Special Edition) Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi addressing the press conference held by six conflict. <> European leaders in Jerusalem following the recent conflict in Gaza Foreign Minister Franco Frattini heads Italian aid mission taly’s Foreign monitored the exit Olmert and six European leaders. -
THE LEGACY of SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL DAY of COMMEMORATION in MEMORY of the VICTIMS of the HOLOCAUST He 2010 Observance of the Camps
Vol. 36-No.3 ISSN 0892-1571 January/February 2010-Shevat/Adar 5770 THE LEGACY OF SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL DAY OF COMMEMORATION IN MEMORY OF THE VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST he 2010 observance of the camps. The architects and engineers who “And yet, remarkably, many people li Zborowski, Chairman of the T International Day of Commemoration designed the gas chambers and cremato- survived the camps and the ghettos. EAmerican & International Societies of in memory of the victims of the Holocaust ria, with chilling efficiency. The drivers who Those survivors carry a crucial mes- Yad Vashem, addressing more than two focused on a central theme: “The Legacy of delivered the wood, the workers who ham- sage for all of us. A message about the hundred guests present at the opening, said: Survival,” which emphasizes the universal mered the nails and laid the bricks. triumph of the human spirit. A living “In observing the 65th Anniversary of the lessons that the survivors will pass on to “And then, once these facilities were testament that tyranny,though it may Liberation of Auschwitz and in commemo- succeeding generations. With fewer sur- ration of International Remembrance Day vivors alive to tell their stories, it is of pri- of the Holocaust, on behalf of the survivors mary importance to share this legacy with and the world community, we extend our people everywhere, to encourage respect deepest thanks to the United Nations for for diversity and human rights for genera- opening its doors for the Yad Vashem tions to come. exhibit ‘Architecture of Murder — the A series of events took place the week of Auschwitz-Birkenau Blueprints’. -
"The 1973 War and the Formation of Israeli POW Policy – a Watershed
Alexander Bligh, "The 1973 War and the Formation of Israeli POW Policy – A Watershed Line"? in Udi Lebel and Eyal Lewin eds., The 1973 Yom Kippur War and the Reshaping of Israeli Civil-Military Relations (Lanham, MD: Lexicon, 2015): 121-146. Pictures of seized enemy soldiers are always featured in the news media. An enemy soldier taken prisoner, let alone dozens or hundreds of them, is universally seen as a humiliation of the party sending these troops to the battlefield. Whereas taking prisoners of war (POWs) indicates strength and deterrence, their release results from the asymmetry in diplomatic power between the winning and losing parties. Consequently, the issue of POWs raises at least two questions: what should be the criteria for taking POWs during military clashes as opposed to disarming them and sending them off, and what should be the mechanism employed and the prices paid to secure their release? These matters have major implications for national morale during and after conflict. Another, closely related topic is the intelligence value of POWs and their degree of exposure once they are repatriated and can assist their army in damage control and the rebuilding of systems different from the ones they have compromised. All these considerations are further compounded by strong pressures from POWs’ families and, in democratic societies, from the news media as well. Thus, any study of POW-related issues is complicated and highly sensitive. Questions arising from any such study would include military tactics and strategy, ad hoc and long-range diplomatic considerations, a possible price scale for any exchange, and above all, moral and humanitarian concerns. -
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Ebrei a Roma tra Risorgimento ed emancipazione (1814-1914) a cura di Claudio Procaccia CON CD-ROM WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTION EBOOK/APP: copia autore © Gangemi editore spa Roma Dipartimento Beni e Attività Culturali Questo volume è stato pubblicato anche grazie al contributo di Guido Coen © Proprietà letteraria riservata Gangemi Editore spa Piazza San Pantaleo 4, Roma www.gangemieditore.it Nessuna parte di questa pubblicazione può essere memorizzata, fotocopiata o comunque riprodotta senza le dovute autorizzazioni. ISBN 978-88-492-2947-9 In copertina: Costruzione del Tempio con l’edificio delle Cinque Scole in primo piano. Centro di Cultura Ebraica di Roma. Via Rua, antica strada del ghetto di Roma, oggi scomparsa. ASCER, Archivio Fotografico, Fondo Fornari, vol. V, n. 256 In quarta di copertina: Ketubah di Shemuel Jehuda ben Izchach Della Seta e Giulia ben Jehudà Di Segni per il loro matrimonio, 19 Elul 5655, 8 settembre 1895. ASCER, Archivio Medievale e Moderno, Università degli Ebrei di Roma, Ketubah n. 45. Da notare la decorazione realizzata con i colori del Tricolore. Venticinque anni dopo l’emancipazione il patriottismo continua a manifestarsi anche in uno dei documenti più importanticopia della vita autoreebraica: il contratto matrimoniale.© Gangemi editore spa Roma Ebrei a Roma tra Risorgimento ed emancipazione (1814-1914) a cura di Claudio Procaccia copia autore © Gangemi editore spa Roma SIGLE E ABBREVIAZIONI ARCHIVISTICHE ASCER = Archivio Storico della Comunità Ebraica di Roma Sezioni dell’ASCER AC = Archivio Contemporaneo AMM = -
Adachiara Zevi L’Impronta Della Memoria Memory’S Print
Adachiara Zevi l’impronta della memoria memory’s print 27 Adachiara Zevi l’impronta della memoria memory’s print Come in occasione delle precedenti edizioni, prima di As with previous editions, before passing the floor to the dare la parola agli artisti e ai loro lavori originali, facciamo artists and their original works, we begin with a synthetic brevemente il punto su tematiche e opere attinenti alla review of themes and projects concerning the relationship relazione tra storia e memoria, intervenute nel biennio between history and memory from the two-year period che ci separa da «Arteinmemoria 5» del 2009. Sul piano that has passed since “Arteinmemoria 5”, in 2009. On the politico, la proposta affacciata dal Presidente della political front, the proposal presented by the President of Comunità Ebraica di Roma Riccardo Pacifici di the Jewish Community in Rome, Riccardo Pacifici, to promulgare una legge che, come in Austria, Germania, promulgate a law similar to those in Austria, Germany, Francia e Belgio, punisca come reato il negazionismo France and Belgium, which punishes the negation of the della Shoah, ha suscitato un ampio e appassionato Holocaust as a crime, generated a wide-reaching and dibattito. Per questo, nel testo che introduce questo passionate debate. For this reason the introductory essay catalogo, la storica Annabella Gioia si intrattiene sulla to this catalogue by the historian Annabella Gioia speaks lunga vicenda del negazionismo mettendone in luce at great lengths about negationism, exposing its risks, rischi, pericoli e possibili antidoti. Anche se le prime dangers and possible antidotes. While the first warning avvisaglie risalgono all’immediato dopoguerra, il signs can be traced back to the immediate post-war fenomeno ha ricevuto nuovo impulso dal seminario period, the phenomenon received a new impulse in the promosso dal prof. -
The Holy See
The Holy See VISIT TO THE SYNAGOGUE OF ROME ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI Sunday, 17 January 2010 (Video) "What marvels the Lord worked for them! What marvels the Lord worked for us: Indeed we were glad" (Ps 126) "How good and how pleasant it is when brothers live in unity" (Ps 133) Dear Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Community of Rome, President of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities, President of the Jewish Community of Rome, Rabbis, Distinguished Authorities, Friends, Brothers and Sisters, 1. At the beginning of this encounter in the Great Synagogue of the Jews of Rome, the Psalms which we have heard suggest to us the right spiritual attitude in which to experience this particular and happy moment of grace: the praise of the Lord, who has worked marvels for us and has 2 gathered us in his Hèsed, his merciful love, and thanksgiving to him for granting us this opportunity to come together to strengthen the bonds which unite us and to continue to travel together along the path of reconciliation and fraternity. I wish to express first of all my sincere gratitude to you, Chief Rabbi, Doctor Riccardo Di Segni, for your invitation and for the thoughtful words which you have addressed to me. I wish to thank also the President of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities, Mr Renzo Gattegna, and the President of the Jewish Community of Rome, Mr Riccardo Pacifici, for their courteous greetings. My thoughts go to the Authorities and to all present, and they extend in a special way to the entire Jewish Community of Rome and to all who have worked to bring about this moment of encounter and friendship which we now share.