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GERMANY EDITION OCTOBER 27, 2009 Dear Friends: I was going to wait with this newsletter until after Chancellor Merkels Nov. 3 Washington speech but there is already a lot to talk about so Ill cover that event in the next edition. To be honest, the new German government with its changed ministerial appointments did not make much of a stir here in the U.S. People who think about important issues are so deeply involved in our own health care debate and whether or not we should increase our troop levels in Afghanistan, they had little time or energy to consider the differences a CDU/CSU-FDP coalition would make in Germany. Those interested in Europe, I believe, are genuinely pleased that Chancellor Merkel is back in office if for no other reason than we do not have to bother ourselves learning about a new personality in a country that is considered a very good ally. As far as the American Jewish community is concerned, the issues surrounding Israel and the Middle East continue to be front and center. Again, Germany is not one of them. More interest will be shown when the Chancellor makes her Washington speech on Nov. 3rd. She is very well liked here and since her appearance will be so close to the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall, I expect a lot to be said about that in the media. Since the Wall date is on Nov. 9th, which is also the 71st anniversary of Kristallnacht I imagine that will also be mentioned widely. So, lets get on to the news IN THIS EDITION THE GOLDSTONE REPORT: A GENUINE TRAGEDY This meaning of a UN Report for its author. BUT YOU DONT LOOK JEWISH What do Jews look like? Can you tell by looking? JEWS IN THE AMERICAN MILITARY Is being a soldier a job for a nice Jewish boy? DP CAMPS A new documentary about one right in Berlin. EUROPES FAR RIGHT PARTIES Is the disease spreading? THE GOLDSTONE REPORT: A GENUINE TRAGEDY If you Google Goldstone Report or Goldstone Commission Report you will get hundreds of articles in which you can get all sorts of facts, opinions, lies, etc. about the UN Report which (in my opinion) falsely accused Israel of waging war against the civilian population in Gaza while largely ignoring Hamas terrorism. The report was voted on and approved by a slight majority in the UN Human Rights Council. It now goes to the Security Council where, most assuredly, it will be vetoed by the United States. It is well known the UNHRC is tilted strongly against Israel so a slight majority says a lot about how valid the report is. Israeli President Shimon Peres, who is a reasonable and rational leader who and is a highly respected worldwide leader dedicated to peace and peaceful pursuits notes that the report, "makes a mockery of history" and that "it does not distinguish
between the aggressor and the defender. War is crime and the attacker is the criminal. The defender has no choice. The Hamas terror organization is the one who started the war and also carried out other awful crimes. Hamas has used terrorism for years against Israeli children. I think he speaks for a lot of us, certainly the vast majority of American Jews. My guess is that the report will be utilized by the pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel forces with absolutely no recognition that the report touches on Hamas criminal behavior. It will have its day and then be added to the many other UN anti-Israel reports that have stacked up over the years. Nothing! Absolutely nothing will come of it. There are two tragedies that emanate from this matter one organizational, the other personal. For many years, the UN Commission on Human Rights was noted for the fact that almost all it did was vote affirmatively on and publish anti-Israel reports. With an Arab Muslim African majority (mostly all with terrible human rights records themselves) they ran amuck until they lost all their credibility. The U.S. refused to be a member. In 2006 the UN allowed its name to be changed and it became the UN Human Rights Council. The Obama administration decided to join hoping they could change things from the inside. I guess they were wrong. David Harris, AJCs Executive Director has written on the matter. Click here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-harris/un-human-wrongs-council_b_324102.html For the UN and for those truly dedicated to human rights the UNHRC remains a tragedy. Just think what a real human rights council could achieve if it turned its focus onto the many human rights violations that are taking place all over the world. In addition, the Goldstone matter is a tragedy for Judge Richard Goldstone (picture)and for Jews all over the world. Judge Goldstone, a Jewish South African with an unblemished international record on human rights, out of a deep seated naivet (or something) allowed himself to be the front man for this report. It has become the tool of choice this year for the anti-Israel forces. The Goldstone name has lost its luster among almost all his fellow Jews. Recently, to make things worse, he has defended himself by saying that those supporting the report were not focusing sufficiently on the Hamas violations. In addition, he said that there was nothing in the report that would stand up in a court of law. Weak! I guess its not pleasant finding out that you are being used as a weapon against Israel, a country in the past he said he loved. All I can say is, Dumb! Dumb! Dumb! BUT YOU DONT LOOK JEWISH There are many jokes that end with the punch line But you dont look Jewish. But what happens when a group who would not be taken for Jews are, indeed, Jews? Its no joke and their numbers are increasing. About 5.4 percent of Americas Jews are non-white or Hispanic, according to the 2000-2001 National Jewish Population Survey. A 2004 study by the Institute for Jewish and Community Research, Bechol Lashons parent organization, puts the figure at about 10 percent. Nevertheless, say activists in the field, the prevailing assumption is that Jews in the United States are white, and that Jews of other racial or ethnic backgrounds are adoptees or converts. Sometimes they are, but increasingly they are not, as the children of mixed-race couples grow to adulthood and begin raising their own Jewish children. As their numbers grow, mixed-race Jewish families are facing the same question often put to interfaith families: Is there a need for separate programming? The answer, judging by the growth in the field, seems to be yes. JTA reports, After 12 years of holiday programming in San Francisco and six years of annual fall retreats, Bechol Lashon ran its first summer camp in June, when a critical mass of its families children reached the 8-to-12 age group. An East Coast organization with similar goals, the Jewish Multiracial Network, founded by white Ashkenazi parents of African-American children, this summer formally passed
leadership on to the next generation and is now run by and for Jews of color. Both organizations have greatly expanded their activities this year. Bechol Lashon, which used to limit programming to the San Francisco Bay Area, now has representatives in Los Angeles, New York and Chicago, as well as a rabbi in Oklahoma City who works with anusim, Hispanics of Jewish ancestry. And the Jewish Multiracial Network, which sponsors an annual retreat and an active listserve, since September has held potluck gatherings and town hall meetings in Boston, New York and Philadelphia, and is planning one for Los Angeles. I do not believe that this sort of mixing has yet become part of the German Jewish community but it will. My non-scientific survey of the synagogue attendance in Berlin tells me that most Jews there are white. However, some from the former Soviet Union seem darker in hue. As I said in my last newsletter, we Jews are a small people. We can use all those we can legitimately get. Background and color dont matter. And, to prove the point, Ben-Gurion Airport was the setting for an unusual scene recently as seven young Chinese men wearing kippot (skull caps) arrived via Uzbekistan to make aliya (settle in Israel) It took more than two years to get the necessary permission from the Interior Ministry to bring them over, but it was well worth the wait," said Shavei Israel chairman Michael Freund. Freund said he hoped this group's arrival and absorption would serve as a pilot, and if successful, would open the door to bringing more potential olim (settlers). "This is an historic event," he said, adding that "Kaifeng's Jewish descendants are a living link between China and the Jewish people, and it is very moving to see the remnants of this community returning to their roots." At its peak, during the Middle Ages, Kaifeng Jewry numbered about 5,000. But widespread intermarriage and assimilation, as well as the death of the community's last rabbi, brought about its demise by the middle of the 19th century. According to Freund, there are still hundreds of people in Kaifeng who cling to their identity as descendants of the city's Jewish community. In recent years, a growing number have begun to express an interest in studying Jewish history and culture. The building where the synagogue stood is now a hospital. In the basement, there are still signs of a mikve (religious bath). Of the approximately 1,000 descendants of the Jewish community, about half, if given the opportunity, would make the move to Israel, Freund said. (Jerusalem Post) It said that you cant judge a book by its cover. The same goes for people. JEWS IN THE AMERICAN MILITARY The difference between the makeup of the Israeli military and the American is that the former is made up of almost all Jews while the latter has relatively few. With the American armed forces being an all volunteer situation it seems that for young American Jews military life is not a popular choice. However, on Oct. 2nd a Jewish Army Captain, Benjamin Sklaver was killed by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan which impelled Debra Nussbaum Cohen of the Forward to write about him and discuss the situation of Jews in the Armed Forces. According to Cohen, Sklavers choice to enlist in the armed forces was one that few young American Jews make. According to Department of Defense statistics, just 4,677 of 1.4 million currently in the active military identify themselves as Jewish. The actual number is higher, experts say, because many state no religious preference. There are 10,000 to 14,000 Jews in the active military, said Admiral Harold Robinson, a Reform rabbi and director of the Jewish Welfare Boards Jewish Chaplains Council. Most just dont make an issue of their being Jewish, he said. Youre living with 120 other people who know everything about you. Being Jewish can be one more source of pressure or conflict. Its much better than it was 30 or 40 years ago, but we still have all kinds of incidents where young people act out. Jewish chaplains say that most conflicts are rooted in ignorance. Some kid from Alabama says, Jesus loves you; you ought to come to chapel services with us, Robinson said. Its not commonplace, but is part of the reason that Jews tend to be
cautious about their identification. The military is like high school on steroids. Being Jewish doesnt help you fit in. At the Air Force Academy in 2005, Jewish and Christian students said that evangelical Christian officers were aggressively proselytizing them. An academy graduate filed suit against the Air Force, but the suit was dismissed in 2007. Even with these kinds of difficulties American Jewish kids, albeit in relatively small numbers, still chose to join the military and rabbis chose to be chaplains. If youd like to read more about Capt. Sklaver click here: http://www.forward.com/articles/116674/ ( http://e2ma.net/go/2517974991/2296348/86528222/26295/goto:http://www.forward.com /articles/116674/ ) THE DP CAMPS An under reported on part of Jewish history in Germany has to do with the period between 1945 and 1952. It was the time of the Displaced Persons Camps. When World War II came to an end hundreds of thousands (maybe millions) of refugees from all over Europe were left adrift in Germany. Most wanted to return to their homes. The exceptions were the Jews who could not go back or chose not to because of virulent anti-Semitism all throughout Europe. The Allied Forces, particularly the Americans, established Displaced Persons Camps which were holding areas until some more permanent arrangement could be made for them. This era is almost forgotten. Much is known about the Holocaust and then the emigration to (then called) Palestine and the U.S. But what happened in-between? A close Berlin friend of mine, Ronnie Golz, who lives south of the main part of the city in Schlachtensee came across the fact that following the War a DP Camp actually existed in that very community. Working with a film maker, Gabriel Heim, a 52 minute documentary, Jewish Transit Berlin: From Hell to Hope, was produced and recently shown at Jewish Museum in Berlin. Toby Axelrod (another close friend) wrote a story about it for JTA which you should read. Click here to do so. http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/21/1008649/from-hell-to-hope-inside-berlinspostwar-jewish-dp-camps ( http://e2ma.net/go/2517974991/2296348/86528223/26295/goto:https://app2.e2ma.net/ tiny_mce/plugins/paste/pasteword.htm#_top ) While the Berlin Camps were closed in 1948, others in Germany remained open until 1952. In that year the German government re-settled those that wanted to (or had to for a variety of reasons) stay in Germany and they became the building block for the re-establishment of the German Jewish community. In 1989 there were 28,000 Jews in Germany, almost all of them from non-German backgrounds. Today there are close to 200,000. The Camps played an important building block role in German Jewish history, one that merits a lot more exploration and research. EUROPES FAR-RIGHT PARTIES As if we didnt have enough to worry about JTA reported last week, An international political alliance grouping the principal radical national movements of the European Union has been formed. Gbor Vona, leader of Hungary's far-right Jobbik party, made the announcement Saturday in Budapest. These far-right parties have made substantial gains in recent European elections by exploiting the rise of anti-Semitism in a climate of economic insecurity generated by the recession. Their so-called Alliance of European Nationalist Movements will be registered either in Brussels or Luxembourg, Vona said during weekend celebrations honoring the anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution against Soviet rule. The groups founding members are the National Front of Belgium, the National Democratic Party of Sweden, the French Front National and the Italian Fiamma Tricolore, as well as Jobbik. But Vona added that negotiations were progressing with several other prospective members including like-minded parties in Austria, Britain, Spain and Portugal. A nine-point declaration signed by the founders reject any initiative in support of a federal Europe. It also calls for protection against religious, political,
economic or financial imperialism. Jobbik party activists were highly visible at many Hungarian celebrations marking the failed revolution, donning the uniforms of the banned paramilitary National Guard and the recently formed Guard Gendarmerie. Both these organizations are modeled on military forces that murdered thousands of Jews during World War II. While Germanys NPD is not mentioned, I have to believe that it will not be long before they will sign on with their fellow extremists. It is certainly a development that should be closely watched. Thats it for now. See you again in November. ********************* DuBow Digest is written and published by Eugene DuBow who can be contacted at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) Both the American and Germany editions are also posted on line at www.dubowdigest.typepad.com ( http://e2ma.net/go/2517974991/2296348/86528224/26295/goto:https://app.e2ma.net/g o/2478968211/2257955/85422922/26295/goto:http:/www.dubowdigest.typepad.com/ ). 10 Voorhis Point, South Nyack, NY 10960 ___________________________________ forward this email to a friend http://e2ma.net/map/view=Forward/ID=26295.2517974991/rid=84b692c37426c54de487471c9 45b963d/send_to_friend
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GERMANY EDITION OCTOBER 27, 2009 Dear Friends: I was going to wait with this newsletter until after Chancellor Merkels Nov. 3 Washington speech but there is already a lot to talk about so Ill cover that event in the next edition. To be honest, the new German government with its changed ministerial appointments did not make much of a stir here in the U.S. People who think about important issues are so deeply involved in our own health care debate and whether or not we should increase our troop levels in Afghanistan, they had little time or energy to consider the differences a CDU/CSU-FDP coalition would make in Germany. Those interested in Europe, I believe, are genuinely pleased that Chancellor Merkel is back in office if for no other reason than we do not have to bother ourselves learning about a new personality in a country that is considered a very good ally. As far as the American Jewish community is concerned, the issues surrounding Israel and the Middle East continue to be front and center. Again, Germany is not one of them. More interest will be shown when the Chancellor makes her Washington speech on Nov. 3rd. She is very well liked here and since her appearance will be so close to the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall, I expect a lot to be said about that in the media. Since the Wall date is on Nov. 9th, which is also the 71st anniversary of Kristallnacht I imagine that will also be mentioned widely. So, lets get on to the news IN THIS EDITION THE GOLDSTONE REPORT: A GENUINE TRAGEDY This meaning of a UN Report for its author. BUT YOU DONT LOOK JEWISH What do Jews look like? Can you tell by looking? JEWS IN THE AMERICAN MILITARY Is being a soldier a job for a nice Jewish boy? DP CAMPS A new documentary about one right in Berlin. EUROPES FAR RIGHT PARTIES Is the disease spreading? THE GOLDSTONE REPORT: A GENUINE TRAGEDY If you Google Goldstone Report or Goldstone Commission Report you will get hundreds of articles in which you can get all sorts of facts, opinions, lies, etc. about the UN Report which (in my opinion) falsely accused Israel of waging war against the civilian population in Gaza while largely ignoring Hamas terrorism. The report was voted on and approved by a slight majority in the UN Human Rights Council. It now goes to the Security Council where, most assuredly, it will be vetoed by the United States. It is well known the UNHRC is tilted strongly against Israel so a slight majority says a lot about how valid the report is. Israeli President Shimon Peres, who is a reasonable and rational leader who and is a highly respected worldwide leader dedicated to peace and peaceful pursuits notes that the report, "makes a mockery of history" and that "it does not distinguish
between the aggressor and the defender. War is crime and the attacker is the criminal. The defender has no choice. The Hamas terror organization is the one who started the war and also carried out other awful crimes. Hamas has used terrorism for years against Israeli children. I think he speaks for a lot of us, certainly the vast majority of American Jews. My guess is that the report will be utilized by the pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel forces with absolutely no recognition that the report touches on Hamas criminal behavior. It will have its day and then be added to the many other UN anti-Israel reports that have stacked up over the years. Nothing! Absolutely nothing will come of it. There are two tragedies that emanate from this matter one organizational, the other personal. For many years, the UN Commission on Human Rights was noted for the fact that almost all it did was vote affirmatively on and publish anti-Israel reports. With an Arab Muslim African majority (mostly all with terrible human rights records themselves) they ran amuck until they lost all their credibility. The U.S. refused to be a member. In 2006 the UN allowed its name to be changed and it became the UN Human Rights Council. The Obama administration decided to join hoping they could change things from the inside. I guess they were wrong. David Harris, AJCs Executive Director has written on the matter. Click here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-harris/un-human-wrongs-council_b_324102.html For the UN and for those truly dedicated to human rights the UNHRC remains a tragedy. Just think what a real human rights council could achieve if it turned its focus onto the many human rights violations that are taking place all over the world. In addition, the Goldstone matter is a tragedy for Judge Richard Goldstone (picture)and for Jews all over the world. Judge Goldstone, a Jewish South African with an unblemished international record on human rights, out of a deep seated naivet (or something) allowed himself to be the front man for this report. It has become the tool of choice this year for the anti-Israel forces. The Goldstone name has lost its luster among almost all his fellow Jews. Recently, to make things worse, he has defended himself by saying that those supporting the report were not focusing sufficiently on the Hamas violations. In addition, he said that there was nothing in the report that would stand up in a court of law. Weak! I guess its not pleasant finding out that you are being used as a weapon against Israel, a country in the past he said he loved. All I can say is, Dumb! Dumb! Dumb! BUT YOU DONT LOOK JEWISH There are many jokes that end with the punch line But you dont look Jewish. But what happens when a group who would not be taken for Jews are, indeed, Jews? Its no joke and their numbers are increasing. About 5.4 percent of Americas Jews are non-white or Hispanic, according to the 2000-2001 National Jewish Population Survey. A 2004 study by the Institute for Jewish and Community Research, Bechol Lashons parent organization, puts the figure at about 10 percent. Nevertheless, say activists in the field, the prevailing assumption is that Jews in the United States are white, and that Jews of other racial or ethnic backgrounds are adoptees or converts. Sometimes they are, but increasingly they are not, as the children of mixed-race couples grow to adulthood and begin raising their own Jewish children. As their numbers grow, mixed-race Jewish families are facing the same question often put to interfaith families: Is there a need for separate programming? The answer, judging by the growth in the field, seems to be yes. JTA reports, After 12 years of holiday programming in San Francisco and six years of annual fall retreats, Bechol Lashon ran its first summer camp in June, when a critical mass of its families children reached the 8-to-12 age group. An East Coast organization with similar goals, the Jewish Multiracial Network, founded by white Ashkenazi parents of African-American children, this summer formally passed
leadership on to the next generation and is now run by and for Jews of color. Both organizations have greatly expanded their activities this year. Bechol Lashon, which used to limit programming to the San Francisco Bay Area, now has representatives in Los Angeles, New York and Chicago, as well as a rabbi in Oklahoma City who works with anusim, Hispanics of Jewish ancestry. And the Jewish Multiracial Network, which sponsors an annual retreat and an active listserve, since September has held potluck gatherings and town hall meetings in Boston, New York and Philadelphia, and is planning one for Los Angeles. I do not believe that this sort of mixing has yet become part of the German Jewish community but it will. My non-scientific survey of the synagogue attendance in Berlin tells me that most Jews there are white. However, some from the former Soviet Union seem darker in hue. As I said in my last newsletter, we Jews are a small people. We can use all those we can legitimately get. Background and color dont matter. And, to prove the point, Ben-Gurion Airport was the setting for an unusual scene recently as seven young Chinese men wearing kippot (skull caps) arrived via Uzbekistan to make aliya (settle in Israel) It took more than two years to get the necessary permission from the Interior Ministry to bring them over, but it was well worth the wait," said Shavei Israel chairman Michael Freund. Freund said he hoped this group's arrival and absorption would serve as a pilot, and if successful, would open the door to bringing more potential olim (settlers). "This is an historic event," he said, adding that "Kaifeng's Jewish descendants are a living link between China and the Jewish people, and it is very moving to see the remnants of this community returning to their roots." At its peak, during the Middle Ages, Kaifeng Jewry numbered about 5,000. But widespread intermarriage and assimilation, as well as the death of the community's last rabbi, brought about its demise by the middle of the 19th century. According to Freund, there are still hundreds of people in Kaifeng who cling to their identity as descendants of the city's Jewish community. In recent years, a growing number have begun to express an interest in studying Jewish history and culture. The building where the synagogue stood is now a hospital. In the basement, there are still signs of a mikve (religious bath). Of the approximately 1,000 descendants of the Jewish community, about half, if given the opportunity, would make the move to Israel, Freund said. (Jerusalem Post) It said that you cant judge a book by its cover. The same goes for people. JEWS IN THE AMERICAN MILITARY The difference between the makeup of the Israeli military and the American is that the former is made up of almost all Jews while the latter has relatively few. With the American armed forces being an all volunteer situation it seems that for young American Jews military life is not a popular choice. However, on Oct. 2nd a Jewish Army Captain, Benjamin Sklaver was killed by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan which impelled Debra Nussbaum Cohen of the Forward to write about him and discuss the situation of Jews in the Armed Forces. According to Cohen, Sklavers choice to enlist in the armed forces was one that few young American Jews make. According to Department of Defense statistics, just 4,677 of 1.4 million currently in the active military identify themselves as Jewish. The actual number is higher, experts say, because many state no religious preference. There are 10,000 to 14,000 Jews in the active military, said Admiral Harold Robinson, a Reform rabbi and director of the Jewish Welfare Boards Jewish Chaplains Council. Most just dont make an issue of their being Jewish, he said. Youre living with 120 other people who know everything about you. Being Jewish can be one more source of pressure or conflict. Its much better than it was 30 or 40 years ago, but we still have all kinds of incidents where young people act out. Jewish chaplains say that most conflicts are rooted in ignorance. Some kid from Alabama says, Jesus loves you; you ought to come to chapel services with us, Robinson said. Its not commonplace, but is part of the reason that Jews tend to be
cautious about their identification. The military is like high school on steroids. Being Jewish doesnt help you fit in. At the Air Force Academy in 2005, Jewish and Christian students said that evangelical Christian officers were aggressively proselytizing them. An academy graduate filed suit against the Air Force, but the suit was dismissed in 2007. Even with these kinds of difficulties American Jewish kids, albeit in relatively small numbers, still chose to join the military and rabbis chose to be chaplains. If youd like to read more about Capt. Sklaver click here: http://www.forward.com/articles/116674/ ( http://e2ma.net/go/2517974991/2296348/86528222/26295/goto:http://www.forward.com /articles/116674/ ) THE DP CAMPS An under reported on part of Jewish history in Germany has to do with the period between 1945 and 1952. It was the time of the Displaced Persons Camps. When World War II came to an end hundreds of thousands (maybe millions) of refugees from all over Europe were left adrift in Germany. Most wanted to return to their homes. The exceptions were the Jews who could not go back or chose not to because of virulent anti-Semitism all throughout Europe. The Allied Forces, particularly the Americans, established Displaced Persons Camps which were holding areas until some more permanent arrangement could be made for them. This era is almost forgotten. Much is known about the Holocaust and then the emigration to (then called) Palestine and the U.S. But what happened in-between? A close Berlin friend of mine, Ronnie Golz, who lives south of the main part of the city in Schlachtensee came across the fact that following the War a DP Camp actually existed in that very community. Working with a film maker, Gabriel Heim, a 52 minute documentary, Jewish Transit Berlin: From Hell to Hope, was produced and recently shown at Jewish Museum in Berlin. Toby Axelrod (another close friend) wrote a story about it for JTA which you should read. Click here to do so. http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/21/1008649/from-hell-to-hope-inside-berlinspostwar-jewish-dp-camps ( http://e2ma.net/go/2517974991/2296348/86528223/26295/goto:https://app2.e2ma.net/ tiny_mce/plugins/paste/pasteword.htm#_top ) While the Berlin Camps were closed in 1948, others in Germany remained open until 1952. In that year the German government re-settled those that wanted to (or had to for a variety of reasons) stay in Germany and they became the building block for the re-establishment of the German Jewish community. In 1989 there were 28,000 Jews in Germany, almost all of them from non-German backgrounds. Today there are close to 200,000. The Camps played an important building block role in German Jewish history, one that merits a lot more exploration and research. EUROPES FAR-RIGHT PARTIES As if we didnt have enough to worry about JTA reported last week, An international political alliance grouping the principal radical national movements of the European Union has been formed. Gbor Vona, leader of Hungary's far-right Jobbik party, made the announcement Saturday in Budapest. These far-right parties have made substantial gains in recent European elections by exploiting the rise of anti-Semitism in a climate of economic insecurity generated by the recession. Their so-called Alliance of European Nationalist Movements will be registered either in Brussels or Luxembourg, Vona said during weekend celebrations honoring the anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution against Soviet rule. The groups founding members are the National Front of Belgium, the National Democratic Party of Sweden, the French Front National and the Italian Fiamma Tricolore, as well as Jobbik. But Vona added that negotiations were progressing with several other prospective members including like-minded parties in Austria, Britain, Spain and Portugal. A nine-point declaration signed by the founders reject any initiative in support of a federal Europe. It also calls for protection against religious, political,
economic or financial imperialism. Jobbik party activists were highly visible at many Hungarian celebrations marking the failed revolution, donning the uniforms of the banned paramilitary National Guard and the recently formed Guard Gendarmerie. Both these organizations are modeled on military forces that murdered thousands of Jews during World War II. While Germanys NPD is not mentioned, I have to believe that it will not be long before they will sign on with their fellow extremists. It is certainly a development that should be closely watched. Thats it for now. See you again in November. ********************* DuBow Digest is written and published by Eugene DuBow who can be contacted at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) Both the American and Germany editions are also posted on line at www.dubowdigest.typepad.com ( http://e2ma.net/go/2517974991/2296348/86528224/26295/goto:https://app.e2ma.net/g o/2478968211/2257955/85422922/26295/goto:http:/www.dubowdigest.typepad.com/ ). 10 Voorhis Point, South Nyack, NY 10960 ___________________________________ forward this email to a friend http://e2ma.net/map/view=Forward/ID=26295.2517974991/rid=84b692c37426c54de487471c9 45b963d/send_to_friend
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