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NCSEJ WEEKLY TOP 10 Washington, DC June 29
NCSEJ WEEKLY TOP 10 Washington, D.C. June 29, 2018 Poland’s Holocaust Law Weakened After ‘Storm and Consternation’ By Marc Santora New York Times, June 27, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/27/world/europe/poland-holocaust-law.html WARSAW — Just a few months after making it illegal to accuse the Polish nation of complicity in the Holocaust, Poland backpedaled on Wednesday, moving to defang the controversial law by eliminating criminal penalties for violators. The United States and other traditional allies had excoriated the Polish government over the law, passed in February, condemning it as largely unenforceable, a threat to free speech, and an act of historical revisionism. Although both ethnic Poles and Jews living in Poland suffered unfathomable loss during World War II, the law drove a wedge between Israel and Poland, setting back years of hard work to repair bitter feelings. Both houses of Parliament voted on Wednesday to remove the criminal penalties, after an emotional session that saw one nationalist lawmaker try to block access to the podium. President Andrzej Duda later signed the measure into law, his office said. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel welcomed the move, saying in a statement that he was pleased Poland rescinded provisions that “caused a storm and consternation in Israel and among the international community.” By amending the statute, Poland’s governing Law and Justice party hoped to repair some of the diplomatic damage it had caused, even as it pressed ahead with sweeping judicial overhauls that have been condemned by European Union leaders as a threat to the rule of law. -
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Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Human Rights Studies Master of Arts Program Silencing “Breaking the Silence”: The Israeli government’s agenda respecting human rights NGOs activism since 2009 Ido Dembin Thesis Adviser: Prof. Yinon Cohen Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts 12 September, 2018 Abstract This research examines a key aspect in the deterioration of Israeli democracy between 2009-2018. Mainly, it looks at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Right-wing governments utilization of legislative procedure to limit the right to free speech. The aspects of the right to free speech discussed here pertain to dissenting and critical activism against these government’s policies. The suppression of said right is manifested in the marginalization, delegitimization and ultimately silencing of its expression in Human Rights NGOs activism. To demonstrate this, the research presents a case study of one such NGO – “Breaking the Silence” – and the legal and political actions designed to cause its eventual ousting from mainstream Israeli discourse. The research focuses on the importance and uniqueness of this NGO, as well as the ways in which the government perceives and acts against it. First, it analyzes the NGO’s history, modus operandi and goals, emphasizing the uniqueness that makes it a particularly fascinating case. Then, it researches the government’s specific interest in crippling and limiting its influence. Finally, it highlights the government’s toolbox and utilization thereof against it. By shining a light on this case, the research seeks to show the process of watering down of a fundamental right within Israeli democracy – which is instrumental to understanding the state’s risk of decline towards illiberal democracy. -
Gazeta Fall/Winter 2018
The site of the Jewish cemetery in Głowno. Photograph from the project Currently Absent by Katarzyna Kopecka, Piotr Pawlak, and Jan Janiak. Used with permission. Volume 25, No. 4 Gazeta Fall/Winter 2018 A quarterly publication of the American Association for Polish-Jewish Studies and Taube Foundation for Jewish Life & Culture Editorial & Design: Tressa Berman, Fay Bussgang, Julian Bussgang, Shana Penn, Antony Polonsky, Adam Schorin, Maayan Stanton, Agnieszka Ilwicka, William Zeisel, LaserCom Design. CONTENTS Message from Irene Pipes ............................................................................................... 2 Message from Tad Taube and Shana Penn ................................................................... 3 FEATURES The Minhag Project: A Digital Archive of Jewish Customs Nathaniel Deutsch ................................................................................................................. 4 Teaching Space and Place in Holocaust Courses with Digital Tools Rachel Deblinger ................................................................................................................... 7 Medicinal Plants of Płaszów Jason Francisco .................................................................................................................. 10 REPORTS Independence March Held in Warsaw Amid Controversy Adam Schorin ...................................................................................................................... 14 Explaining Poland to the World: Notes from Poland Daniel Tilles -
A Pre-Feasibility Study on Water Conveyance Routes to the Dead
A PRE-FEASIBILITY STUDY ON WATER CONVEYANCE ROUTES TO THE DEAD SEA Published by Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, Kibbutz Ketura, D.N Hevel Eilot 88840, ISRAEL. Copyright by Willner Bros. Ltd. 2013. All rights reserved. Funded by: Willner Bros Ltd. Publisher: Arava Institute for Environmental Studies Research Team: Samuel E. Willner, Dr. Clive Lipchin, Shira Kronich, Tal Amiel, Nathan Hartshorne and Shae Selix www.arava.org TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION 1 2 HISTORICAL REVIEW 5 2.1 THE EVOLUTION OF THE MED-DEAD SEA CONVEYANCE PROJECT ................................................................... 7 2.2 THE HISTORY OF THE CONVEYANCE SINCE ISRAELI INDEPENDENCE .................................................................. 9 2.3 UNITED NATIONS INTERVENTION ......................................................................................................... 12 2.4 MULTILATERAL COOPERATION ............................................................................................................ 12 3 MED-DEAD PROJECT BENEFITS 14 3.1 WATER MANAGEMENT IN ISRAEL, JORDAN AND THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY ............................................... 14 3.2 POWER GENERATION IN ISRAEL ........................................................................................................... 18 3.3 ENERGY SECTOR IN THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY .................................................................................... 20 3.4 POWER GENERATION IN JORDAN ........................................................................................................ -
Final Version היינו כחולמים תשפ"א
את שיבת ציון היינו כחולמים Danny Myers Yom Haazmaut 5781 1 Israel-The heart, soul & spirit of the Jew 1. Introduction-The Rav on Israel (1958) Dr. Arnold Lustiger The prayer recited after having partaken of a meal of bread, Birkat Hamazon, is an intricate series of four blessings. In Birkat Hamazon, we thank God for the food, for the land, and for the future rebuilding of Jerusalem, and we conclude with a blessing of gratitude. In the prayer for the land, mention is made of God's covenant of circumcision and the giving of the Torah. A unique aspect of the recitation of Birkat Hamazon is the obligation of Zimun, in which a designated leader introduces responsive statements of blessing to others who have eaten with him. The wording of the responsive statements varies depending on whether the number of participants is three or ten; the Mishnah in Berakhot goes further, detailing a series of variant wordings for one hundred, one thousand, or ten thousand participants, respectively. In contrast, after eating grapes, pomegranates, or figs, the fruits for which the Land of Israel is praised, only one much shorter blessing, the Berakhah Me'ein Shalosh, is recited. Although the themes of land and Jerusalem are also contained in the Berakhah Me'ein Shalosh, they appear in greatly abbreviated form. Allusions to circumcision and the giving of the Torah are entirely absent. The obligation for Zimun, the synchronicity associated with Birkat Hamazon, is also absent in the Berakhah Me'ein Shalosh. a. Ezrah-Man's Partnership with God The halakhic reason for the difference between the blessings recited after the consumption of a meal consisting of bread on one hand and fruit on the other is clearly laid out in the Talmud. -
Antisemitism Worldwide 2016
The Lester and Sally Entin Faculty of Humanities Moshe Kantor Database for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and Racism Antisemitism Worldwide 2016 General Analysis Draft European Jewish Congress Ze'ev Vered Desk for the Study of Tolerance and Intolerance in the Middle East, Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and Racism 1 The Lester and Sally Entin Faculty of Humanities Moshe Kantor Database for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and Racism Antisemitism Worldwide 2016 General Analysis Draft European Jewish Congress Ze'ev Vered Desk for the Study of Tolerance and Intolerance in the Middle East, Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and Racism 2 Editor Dina Porat, Head of the Kantor Center Kantor Center Researchers Irena Cantorovich – Post Soviet Region Lidia Lerner – Latin America Sarah Rembiszewski – Western Europe and Germany Mikael Shainkman – Scandinavia Raphael Vago – Hungary, Romania and Slovakia Contributors Esther Webman – Arab and Muslim Countries Michal Navoth - Greece Jean Yves Camus – (Observatoire des Radicalités Politiques, Fondation Jean Jaurès) - France Renee Dayan Shabot (Tribuna Israelita) - Mexico Julia Edthofer & Carina Klammer (FGA) - Austria Simon Erlanger (University of Lucerne) - Switzerland Stefano Gatti and Betti Guetta (CDEC, Osservatorio Antisemitismo) - Italy Amanda Hohman (B'nai Brith) – Canada Jeremy Jones (AIJAC) – Australia Joël Kotek (Sciences Po Paris) – Belgium Vyacheslav Likhachev (EAJC) - Ukraine Luiz Nazario - Brazil Rafal Pankowski (Never Again) - Poland Beatriz Rittigstein (CAIV) – Venezuela David Sacks (Board of Deputies) - South Africa Oren Segal (ADL) - USA Veronika Šternová (Prague Jewish Community) – Czech Republic Zbyněk Tarant (University of West Bohemia) - Czech Republic Mike Whine (CST) – United Kingdom Statistics and Data Analysis Haim Fireberg Webmaster Adrian Gruszniewski Language Editor Zelda Katz Copy Editor Talia Naamat Website http://kantorcenter.tau.ac.il/ The Kantor Center team would like to express its deep gratitude to all contributors. -
SCIENTIFIC YEARBOOK Issue Twelve
SCIENTIFIC YEARBOOK Issue Twelve Compilers Leonid Guberskiy, Pavlo Kryvonos, Borys Gumenyuk, Anatoliy Denysenko, Vasyl Turkevych Kyiv • 2011 ББК 66.49(4УКР)я5+63.3(4УКР)Оя5 UKRAYINA DYPLOMATYCHNA (Diplomatic Ukraine) SCIENTIFIC AN NUALLY Issued since November 2000 THE TWELFTH ISSUE Founders: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Diplomatic Academy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine General Directorate for Servicing Foreign Representations Historical Club Planeta The issue is recommended for publishing by the Scientific Council of the Diplomatic Academyat the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Protocol No of September 28, 2011 р. Publisher: General Directorate for Servicing Foreign Representations Chief Editor Anatoliy Denysenko, PhD (history) Deputy chief editors: Borys Humenyuk, Doctor of History, Vasyl Turkevych, Honored Art Worker of Ukraine Leonid Schlyar, Doctor of Political Sciences Executive editor: Volodymyr Denysenko, Doctor of History ISBN 966-7522-07-5 EDITORIAL BOARD Kostyantyn Gryschenko, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Leonid Guberskiy, Rector of the T.G. Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Member of the NAS of Ukraine, Doctor of Philosophy Borys Humenyuk, Rector of the Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine under the MFA of Ukraine, Deputy Chief Editor Volodymyr Khandogiy, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Volodymyr Yalovyi, Deputy Head of the VR Staff of Ukraine Oleh Bilorus, Head of the VR Committee of Ukraine for Foreign -
Allahu Akbar" Becomes a Crime: the Israeli Case
UCLA UCLA Journal of Islamic and Near Eastern Law Title When "Allahu Akbar" Becomes a Crime: The Israeli Case Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7mn483xw Journal UCLA Journal of Islamic and Near Eastern Law, 18(1) Authors Efron, Yael Wattad, Mohammed S. Publication Date 2020 DOI 10.5070/N4181051173 Peer reviewed eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California WHEN “ALLAHU AKBAR”1 BECOMES A CRIME: The Israeli Case Yael Efron & Mohammed S. Wattad Abstract This Article examines the constitutionality of an Israeli bill that crim- inalizes the use of PA systems in prayer houses, punishable by a fine of 5000–10,000 NIS (the Muezzin Law). The Bill was presented to the Israeli Parliament (the Knesset) as a religiously-neutral environmental law. This Article asserts that a careful reading of the Bill’s language reveals that it is specifically tailored to apply precisely to Muslim prayer houses, thus crimi- nalizing the Muslim call for prayer (the adhan), especially the call occurring between dawn and sunrise (the Fajer adhan). As such, we perceive the Muez- zin law as violating the right to equality and the right to dignity of the Muslim minority in Israel, as well as infringing upon its religious feelings. Addition- ally, we contend that the Muezzin Law is not truly driven by environmental concern, but rather that it represents a conflict with religious dimension (a CRD)—namely, the perception that the adhan, as a Muslim symbol, poses a threat to the identity of Jews in Israel. Examining the constitutionality of the Muezzin Law introduces a crucial question relating to the interplay between constitutional law and criminal law. -
Post-Zionist" Philanthropists: Urging Attitudes of American Jewi Leaders Toward Communal Allocate
Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs Post-Zionist" Philanthropists: urging Attitudes of American Jewi Leaders Toward Communal Allocate Steven M. Cohen and Gerald B. Bubis "POST-ZIONIST" PHILANTHROPISTS: EMERGING ATTITUDES OF AMERICAN JEWISH LEADERS TOWARD COMMUNAL ALLOCATIONS Steven M. Cohen and Gerald B. Bubis Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs 1998 THE JERUSALEM CENTER FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA), founded in 1976, is an independent, non-profit institute for policy research and education serving Israel and the Jewish people. For more than two decades, the Jerusalem Center has undertaken numerous studies at the request of government and public bodies, and has organized international conferences and seminars with the participation of leading experts from Israel and abroad. Some 300 researchers have participated in the JCPA's various studies, including 70 Center Fellows and Associates. Since its founding, the Center has produced some 700 publications in Hebrew, English, and other languages, which report on the results of research undertaken within its framework. Principal Programs: • Study of Jewish Community Organization: Organized in 1968 to study every organized Jewish community in the world • The Jewish Political Tradition: Begun in 1970 to study this tradition from biblical times to its contemporary manifestations • Institute for Federal Studies: Established in 1976 to study federal solutions to current political problems throughout the world, including the Israeli-Palestinian- Jordanian peace -
The Suez Crisis of 1956 and Its Aftermath: a Comparative Study of Constitutions, Use of Force, Diplomacy and International Relations
THE SUEZ CRISIS OF 1956 AND ITS AFTERMATH: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CONSTITUTIONS, USE OF FORCE, DIPLOMACY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS PNINA LAHAV* INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................. 1298 A. A War of Self-Defense? ............................................................. 1298 B. Motives of the Belligerents ........................................................ 1299 C. U.S. Reaction and Aftermath ..................................................... 1304 I. THREE COUNTRIES (PLUS ONE) GO TO WAR: DIPLOMATIC MANEUVERS AND CONSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS .......................... 1305 A. Egypt .......................................................................................... 1305 B. The United Kingdom .................................................................. 1308 1. Constitutional Framework ................................................... 1308 2. The Road to War ................................................................. 1309 3. Aftermath: Modifying the Constitutional Framework of War Powers ..................................................................... 1314 C. France ....................................................................................... 1317 1. Constitutional Framework ................................................... 1317 2. The Road to War ................................................................. 1318 3. Aftermath: Modifying the Constitutional Framework of War Powers .................................................................... -
Israel's Partial Constitution: the Basic Laws
Israel's Partial Constitution: The Basic Laws By Amnon Rubinstein (April 2009) Introduction Israel has no formal constitution but it does have constitutional laws that are among the most progressive and liberal of any democratic nation. This is due to "the constitutional revolution," the adoption by the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, of two basic laws concerning human rights. The saga of Israel's Basic Laws can be traced back to the country's birth in 1948. The Declaration of Independence prescribes a clear course for the development of a future constitution of the Jewish State: We declare that, with effect from the moment of the termination of the [British] Mandate being tonight, the eve of Sabbath…15th May, 1948 until the establishment of the elected, regular authorities of the State in accordance with the Constitution which shall be adopted by the Elected Constituent Assembly not later than the 1st October 1948, the People's Council shall act as a Provisional Council of State, and its executive organ, the People's Administration, shall be the Provisional Government of the Jewish State, to be called 'Israel.' In this respect, David Ben Gurion, the drafter of the declaration and the first Prime Minister was loyal to the UN partition plan which was passed by the general assembly on November 29, 1947. The partition plan split the land of Palestine into two independent states: one Jewish and one Arab. That decision laid down the rules regarding the constitutional formulas of these states: The Constituent Assembly of each State shall draft a democratic constitution for its State and choose a provisional government to succeed the Provisional Council of Government appointed by the Commission. -
Holocaust Memorial Days in the OSCE Region - an Overview of Good Governmental Practices –
Holocaust Memorial Days in the OSCE Region - An overview of good governmental practices – January 2008 Introduction With the Berlin Declaration of 2004, OSCE participating States committed to “promote remembrance of and, as appropriate, education about the tragedy of the Holocaust, and the importance of respect for all ethnic and religious groups.” This commitment was renewed in various Ministerial and Permanent Council Decisions. It constitutes an important element in the OSCE’s focus on the fight against discrimination and for respect and tolerance. The OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) offers assistance to participating States and facilitates the exchange of good practices to implement these commitments. In close co-operation with Yad Vashem, the ODIHR developed an online document entitled “Preparing Holocaust Memorial Days: Suggestions for Educators”, which is available for download in 13 languages at http://www.osce.org/odihr/20104.html. This document provides teachers with practical examples and suggestions for the commemoration of the Holocaust in schools and has proven to be a useful and frequently employed tool. Beyond the OSCE, other international organizations have identified the promotion of Holocaust remembrance as an area of multilateral co-operation. In 1998, the Swedish Prime Minister initiated the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research, whose members are committed to establishing a Holocaust memorial day.1 In January 2000, 44 states signed