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2 The Jewish Standard, September 2012

MICHAEL HAYMANPUBLISHER AND

EDITOR

JULIUS HAYMANB.A., L.L.B.

EDITOR 1937-2000

ANITA SURMANEditor

General News The Jewish Standard is published monthly in Toronto and Montreal by Michael Hayman B.A., M.A. Editor and Publisher. 1912 A Avenue Road,, Toronto,Ontario M5M 4A1 (416) 537-2696; Printed and bound in Toronto, Canada by Regal Press Canada. Publication Mail Registration Number 40055943

Jews approach the New Yearand the Day of Atonement with afair degree of realism. Inherent inour prayers to escape the ills towhich the human race is subjectedis the knowledge that during theyear which has passed few of ushave been spared the tragedieswhich are an inevitable part oflife’s journey. In the understand-ing that pain and suffering afflictus all we face the future with morethan a little foreboding.

If a sense of uneasiness isunderstandable in our personallives, it is also reflected in ourresponse to the dark blots whichaffect our fellow Jews and, indeed,all of mankind: the deprivation andwant which have killed hundredsof thousands and which show nosign of abating; the persistentdanger of terrorism; the harrowingthought that there are diabolicalmen, removed from complete sani-t y , w h o a c t u a l l y r e l i s h t h e

prospect of a nuclear holocaust.The lack of even a modicum ofcompassion among so many can-not help but leave us fraught withanxiety,

“God’s in His Heaven andall’s right with the world” may bethe comfortable message ofPippa’s Song. And many sermonsduring the High Holy Days willlikely dwell on the ultimate com-passion of the Holy One, blessedbe His name. But the fact is thatif there are solutions to the prob-lems which plague our uneasy,insecure, troubled universe, if thealleviation of personal pain is atall possible, it will be “we” whowill have to discover the reme-dies.

Perhaps our prayers shouldbe not for divine intervention butrather for the strength we requireto face life’s perils and thecourage we must summon up toconfront our many enemies.

Reflections on the

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BLOWING THE SHOFAR IN MOSCOW’S RED SQUARE

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WH I LE MOST O F the world thinks OFJerusalem as a vio-lent, war-torn city,Marcelo Bendahanhas captured theessence of the citythrough his cameralens. Bendahan, inhis “JerusalemAlways”, photographeda Jerusalem full oflife, love and peace.Unique to today’sp h o t o g r a p h y ,Bendahan allows hispictures to tell theirstory without comput-er generatede n h a n c e m e n t s .Written in Englishand Spanish, hetouches on allaspects of life intoday’s Jerusalem.Readers can visitwww.jerusalemal-ways.com for moredetails on this amaz-ingly beautiful workof art. - The Editor

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By NOAH FREEDMAN

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MAKING THE ARIEL UNIVERSITY CENTER Israel’s eighth university has been the subject ofmuch controversy since the Council for HigherEducation in Judea and Samaria voted to grantuniversity status to the Center. The new universitywould be Israel’s first beyond the Green Line andwhile right wing Israelis have called the decision“historic” those on the left worry about the interna-tional repercussions. Nor were the heads ofIsrael’s other seven universities supportive of thedecision. Spokespersons for these universitiesargued that granting AUC university status would“seriously harm and fragment Israeli higher edu-cation”. The final decision rested with the militarycommander who takes his orders from DefenceMinister Ehud Barak. Barak delayed his decisionbut the cabinet has now approved Ariel’s status asa university. Ariel has around 13,000 students, 5percent of whom are Arabs. Eighty-five percent ofthe students live within the Green Line.

Odom Brandman, aChabad rabbi, argued in awritten submission that “itis unfair t o a n y c h i l d

to be put under this kind ofpressure and to do some-thing unnatural to theirsoul.”

What’s In A

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Ever wonder whatthe original name was forsome of our great Jewishentertainers? Well, here’s alist that will help curb yourcuriosity.

Woody Allen - AlanStewart Koenigsberg; JuneAllyson - Ella Geisman;Lauren Bacall - Betty JoanPerske; Jack Benny -Benjamin Kubelsky; IrvingBerlin - Israel Baline;Milton Berle - MiltonBerlinge; Joey Bishop -Joseph Gottlieb; KarenBlack - Karen BlancheZiegler; Victor Borge - BorgeRosenbaum; Fanny Brice -Fanny Borach; Mel Brooks -Melvin Kaminsky; GeorgeBurns - Nathan Birnbaum;Eddie Cantor - EdwardIsrael Iskowitz; JeffChandler - Ira Grossel; LeeJ. Cobb - Amos Jacob; TonyCurtis - Bernard Schwartz;Rodney Dangerfield - JacobCohen; Kirk Douglas -Danielovich Demsky;Melvyn Douglas - MelvynHesselberg; Bob Dylan -Bobby Zimmerman;Paulette Goddard - MarionLevy; Lee Grant - LyovaGeisman; Elliot Gould -Elliot Goldstein; JudyHolliday - Judith Tuvim; AlJolson - Asa Yoelson; DannyKaye - David DanielKaminsky; Michael Landon- Michael Orowitz; SteveLawrence - Sidney Leibowitz;Jerry Lewis - Joseph LevitchPeter Lorre - Lazlo Lowenstein;Elaine May - Elaine Berlin;Yves Montand - Ivo Levy; MikeNichols - Michael Peschkowsky;Joan Rivers - Joan Molinsky;Edward G. Robinson -Emanuel Goldenberg; JaneSeymour - Joyce Penelope

Conversion to

Christianity Allowed

A British judge hasallowed a 10-year-oldJewish girl to convert toChristianity despite hermother’s determined oppo-sition.

The parents, whosenames have been withheld,were both Jewish at thetime of the child’s birth.They divorced in 2010,agreeing on a custodyarrangement for the girl andher younger brother.

Shortly after thedivorce the father convertedto Christianity and that’swhen the problems began.The husband, apparentlywith the full support of thedaughter, wanted the childto be baptized. The mothermaintained that her childhad been “brainwashed”and sought to have thecourt prevent the baptismuntil she was 16. Thefather countered thatdespite the conversion hedid not intend to negate hischildren’s “Jewish heritageand culture”.

In his ruling JudgeJohn Platt, wrote:”My job isto decide simply what is bestfor you and I have decidedthat the best thing for you isthat you are allowed to startyour baptism classes assoon as they can bearranged and that you arebaptised as a Christian assoon as your minister feelsyou are ready.” The judgeadded that ”even after youare baptised you are stillfree to change your mindabout your faith when youare older”. The judge didrule that the girl’s confirma-tion should not take placebefore her 16th birthdayand not without her moth-er’s consent.


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tary on August 4 byReverend Lawrence Pusheejustifying terrorism againstthe Israeli Olympians at the72’ Munich games,Canada’s most read dailynewspaper saw its respect-ed news platform exploitedby a protagonist who seeksto demonize and vilify Jewsand the State of Israel.

Responding to a Stareditorial which had taken aprincipled stance in callingon the InternationalOlympic Committee (IOC) tohold a moment of silence atthe opening ceremonies inmemory of the murderedIsraeli athletes and coacheskilled by Palestinian terror-ists, Rev. Pushee abhorrent-ly declared the following:“That was indeed a horribleand shocking moment forthe international communi-ty and such an observancewould be welcomed by mostof us, but only if it were abalanced time for remem-bering. The Palestinianassassins targeted Israelisbecause for decades theirpeople had been assassinat-ed by Israeli agents andmembers of its occupationforces. Munich didn’t justhappen out of the blue. Toremember the loss atMunich and not rememberthe suffering of thePalestinians would be tocontinue the untruth thatIsrael is the constant vic-tim.”

In other words,Pushee was claiming thatwhile the cold-blooded mur-der of these Israeli civilianswas bad, they essentiallyhad it coming to them in somuch as Israeli security

forces had allegedly killedPalestinians. Why TorontoStar editors elected to pub-lish a commentary justify-ing terror against innocentsis bewildering.

To wit, would theToronto Star dare publish aletter marking the 9/11 ter-ror attacks arguing that themurder of close to 3,000innocent people by Al Qaedawas understandable givenU.S. foreign policy in theMiddle East? Would the Starpublish a letter that sympa-thized with TimothyMcVeigh for his role in carrying out the Oklahoma CityBombing that killed 168people and injured over 800people? Would the Star pub-lish a letter that excused

LETTER TO THE EDITOR RATIONALIZED MUNICH TERRORIST ATTACK

By MIKE FEGELMAN

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TORONTO STARCROSSES THE LINE

A S T O R Y U N T O L DIMPACT OF BERGSON GROUP STILL OVERLOOKED

By RAFAEL MEDOFF

The Rooseveltadministration's abandon-ment of European Jewryduring the Holocaust hasbeen well documented. Yetthe one meaningful actionthe U.S. did take to help theJews has received surpris-ingly little attention. Arecent Yad Vashem sympo-sium on Holocaust rescuerRaoul Wallenberg presenteda golden opportunity to cor-rect that omission.

August 4 markedthe 100th anniversary of thebirth of Wallenberg, thecourageous young Swedewho helped rescue tens ofthousands of Jews inGerman-occupied Budapestin 1944-45. At the YadVashem symposium thissummer, speaker afterspeaker --historians, diplo-mats, Wallenberg relatives--appropriately lauded hisheroism. But the importantquestion of how Wallenberg

ended up in Budapest wasbarely even mentioned.

The reason the infor-mation is important is thatit sheds light on how ahandful of rescue advocatesin the United States man-aged to bring about thereversal of PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt's no-rescue policy. And surelythe greatest tribute toWallenberg would be ifyoung people today were tobecome inspired by theactivists of the 1940s toundertake their own effortsagainst contemporary geno-cide.

In 1943, Jewishactivists led by futureKnesset Member Hillel Kook(using the pseudonym"Peter Bergson") establishedthe Emergency Committeeto Save the Jewish People ofEurope. They sponsoredprotest rallies and morethan 200 full-page newspa-per ads, mobilized 400 rab-bis to march to the WhiteHouse, and lobbied vigor-ously on Capitol Hill forU.S. action to rescueEurope's Jews. Theseefforts, combined withbehind the scenes pressureby Treasury SecretaryHenry Morgenthau, Jr. andhis staff, convincedPresident Roosevelt toestablish a U.S. governmentrescue agency, called theWar Refugee Board (WRB).

At the time, editori-als in the Washington Postand Christian ScienceMonitor explicitly creditedthe Bergson Group for thecreation of the WRB. AndSecretary Morgenthau, in a

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(Dr. Rafael Medoff is director of The David S. WymanInstitute for Holocaust Studies, and coauthor, with Prof.Sonja Schoepf Wentling, of the new book 'Herbert Hooverand the Jews: The Origins of the "Jewish Vote" andBipartisan Support for Israel.') - The Editor

private staff meeting, saidBergson's pressure cam-paign in Congress was "thething that made it possibleto get the President really toact on this thing" and "toappoint [the Board]."

It was the WRB'srepresentative in Swedenwho persuaded Wallenbergto go to German-occupied

Budapest and helped payfor his rescue mission there.The courageous andresourceful Wallenbergdesigned a Swedish protec-tive passport and distrib-uted thousands of them toJews in Budapest, to pre-vent the Germans fromdeporting them. He usedbribery, threats, and black-mail to interfere with thedeportations. In oneinstance, he leaped atop adeparting train and franti-cally handed protective doc-



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Two years ago, fol-lowing the release of theJerusalem Post’s first list ofthe world’s 50 most influen-tial Jews, I was inspired toinitiate an annual list of myown. Not of Jews, but ofnon-Jews, specifically thosewho are most positivelyinfluencing the Jewishfuture.

Since last year’s list,much has changed. Newpersonalities have emerged,others have faded, somehave remained, but theimportance of bringingattention to this group isconstant. For this reason Iam committed to publishingand developing this list as a


PRIME MINISTRER STEPHEN HARPER WATCHESas Benjamin Netanyahu signs the guest book dur-ing his visit to Canada. For the second consecu-tive year Harper has been rated among the topnon-Jews having a positive impact on the future ofworld Jewry. (see above article)


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DOVER, NEWHAMPSHIRE: Well this wasa new stop for our family.While we originally lookedat staying in Portsmouth,New Hampshire, getting abooking there was no easytask. Most of the roomswere already spoken for bygovernment personnelattached to the NavalShipyard. Always a fan ofthe Homewood Suiteschain, I found one in thesuburb of Dover(www.dovernh.homewood-suites.com). This is part ofthe Lafrance HospitalityGroup, which also owns aComfort Inn and Suites anda Hampton Inn nearby.Dover is about 15 minutesfrom Portsmouth and 25from beautiful Rye Beach.You are also only a 30minute drive from theMaine beaches.

WHERE TO STAY: Ihave always enjoyed mystays at The HomewoodSuites. In Dover this was nodifferent. Located in theheart of the business dis-trict, at 21 Members Way,this hotel is just minutesfrom downtown Dover andmany fine restaurants andshops. It is the perfectplace for short and extend-ed stay accommodations.We were there for five daysand it proved to be a greatbase for our activities.Their sister properties, theComfort Inn and Suites andthe Hampton Inn, also havesolid reputations. GeneralManager Scott Goldberg hasa decade of experience inthe industry and he is only29.

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During the first GulfWar in 1991, Israelis walkedthe streets toting a squarebrown box. Schoolgirls evendecorated their boxes withstickers and drawings.Inside the boxes were a gasmask and an atropinesyringe in case of nerve gas.

But soon after thewar, Israeli authorities saidmany of the gas masks hadpassed their expirationdates and were no longereffective. Residents wereasked to return the masksand told they would bereplaced. But in most cases,the replacements nevercame.

Today, as fightingspreads throughout Syria,Israeli officials are con-cerned that Syria’s chemicalweapons stocks could fallinto the wrong hands andpose a threat to Israel. Theydo not believe that SyrianPresident Bashar Al-Assadwould use chemicalweapons against his ownpeople, or even againstIsrael, but radical groupssuch as Hizbullah or Al-Qa’ida have expressed keen

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interest in acquiring theseweapons.

“There is a probablescenario that eventually theregime will collapse and dif-ferent armed groups willtake control of differentareas including the storagelocations of differentweapons systems,” ShlomoBrom, a weapons expert atthe INSS think tank toldThe Media Line. “Just ashappened in Libya, theseweapons could be marketedand sent to different terror-ist groups.”

Currently, onlyabout half of Israelis havegas masks. A military offi-cial told The Media Line thatIsrael is producing gasmasks at a rate of 40,000per month and distributingthem as fast as they areproduced. By 2013, 4.6 mil-lion Israelis will have gasmasks.

The current popula-tion of Israel is 7.85 million,meaning that the shortageof gas masks will continue,and just over half of thepopulation will have the



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and rationalized the murderof gays, blacks, and aborigi-nal Canadians? We trustthat Toronto Star editorswould responsibly discardsuch commentary into thedustbin of history, but whydoes the Toronto Star holdIsraeli Jews to a differentstandard by tolerating com-mentary that justifies theirmurder?

Reverend Pushee isno stranger to controversyand is well known for hisanti-Semitic remarks andvitriolic hatred of Israel. Heonce claimed that Canada’sEnvironment Minister wascomplicit with ”Zionistgenocide, ethnic cleansingand weapons testing inGaza”. He dismissed pastabductions of Israeli sol-diers as a "mere embarrass-ment" and outrageously

asserted that Israel inten-tionally targets UN installa-tions, schools, and hospi-tals using depleted urani-um. It’s also been reportedthat he described Israelis as(among other things) a"greedy," "Mafia style"administration with a "defi-ciency in intelligence andeven the United Church ofCanada (UCC), well knownespecially nowadays for itsvociferous criticism ofIsrael, ousted ReverendPushee from a leadershipposition for his vile anti-Israel remarks.

Hones tRepor t ingCanada ardently supportsfree expression and stronglydefends the right to offend,but Reverend Pushee’s com-ments crossed the line. Thatis why we appealed toToronto Star editors to“unpublish’ this letter fromthe Star’s website. Yet inresponse, the Star regret-tably defended their publi-cation of this commentarystating: “We have discussedthe points you raise and we

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do not think that any actionis warranted by the Star.Letters to the editor reflectthe opinion of the writer andwe try to publish letters thatprovide a wide range ofpoints of views.” The Staralso declined to publish ourrebuttal to this inflammato-ry letter displaying a lack ofcommitment in providing adiversity of opinion on thisissue. That the Star actuallybelieves that Pushee’sremarks add to the market

place of ideas shows aremarkable lack of judge-ment on the part of theireditorial team.

The author isExecutive Director of HonestReporting Canada. Theorganization seeks to pro-mote fairness and accuracyin the Canadian media’scoverage of Israel. For moreinformation readers can visitwww.honestreporting.ca -The Editor

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regular endeavor, and assuch I present the 3ndannual list.

Similar to the crite-ria used by other list mak-ers, my candidates havebeen chosen from aroundthe world, and all walks oflife. The list includes worldleaders, journalists,activists and businessgiants among others, all ofwhom have made a signifi-cant and constructiveimpact on Israel and/or theJewish world.

Although by nomeans an exact science, myaim in this compilation is to




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IT’S NOT THE KIND OF NEWS THAT APPEARSon the front pages of the world’s press but therecent economic agreement between Israel and thePalestinians deserves publicity. For over a yearthe two sides have been working on formulatingan agreement that regulates taxes and bilateraltrade. The Israeli Finance Ministry maintains thatthe agreements that will go into effect on January1, 2013 “will introduce mechanisms that betterfacilitate the movement of goods between Israeland the Palestinian Authority, and the support ofboth parties’ efforts in reducing illegal trade andtax evasion. The arrangements will further assistin enhancing the Palestinian tax system and thusaid in strengthening the economic base of thePalestinian Authority.” The two sides also agreedthat a pipeline would be built “for the safe andexclusive transfer of petroleum products” fromIsrael to the PA. Pictured above Finance MinisterYuval Steinitz (right) and Palestinian PrimeMinister Salam Fayyad sign the accord inJerusalem. (Moshe Milner/GPO)

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provide some insight intothe playing field of thisunique and importantgroup. Additionally I aim tobring recognition to theiroften courageous, some-times unacknowledged,activities on behalf of Israeland the Jewish people.10. Pilar Rahola SpanishJournalist, Politician.

As a writer, and for-mer politician, Rahola isactive in combating anti-Semitism and what shelabels the ‘hypocrisy’ of leftwing politicians withregards to Israel andZionism9.. Bob Costas Sportscaster

Costas came outfront and center to highlightthe request of Israeli widowsof the Munich ’72 massacre.They had called on theInternational OlympicCommittee to hold amoment of silence duringthe opening ceremony ofthis year’s games toacknowledge the 11 Israeliathletes and coaches killedby PLO terrorists. His advo-cacy earns him a specialmention on the list.8. Jose Maria Aznar FormerSpanish Prime Minister.

Aznar founded the

Friends of Israel Initiative in2010 with the stated goal to“counter the attempts todelegitimize the State ofIsrael and its right to live inpeace within safe anddefensible borders.”

This year he hasbeen an important voice forIsrael in Europe, penningan op-ed in the LondonTimes last month entitled“How Dare the World ShunIsrael on Terrorism.”

His unique organiza-tion provides a strong voicefor Israel in circles where itmight otherwise not beheard.7. Michael Gove BritishSecretary of State forEducation.

A rising star inBritish politics, Gove hadalready shown his colors asa great friend of Israel andthe Jewish community inhis former role as a LondonTimes Editor.

Speaking at a UJIAfundraiser last year, hesaid, “I will defend Israel’sright to exist as long as Ihave breath in my body.”

In his current rolehe has been particularlyactive in stamping out curi-


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Open Mondaythrough Saturdays at 5p.m. for dinner, TheOrchard Street Chop Shopis housed in the originalDover Firehouse. Therestaurant offers the finestselections of meats andseafood, skillfully preparedwith a stunning assortmentof traditional steakhousesides and sumptuousdesserts - all house made.

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With its spacioussuites, fully equippedkitchens, and separate liv-ing and sleeping areas, thishotel is perfect for familieswho need some space andnaturally a good choice forthe corporate field and trav-ellers looking to remain pro-ductive while on the road.We really appreciated thefully equipped kitchen inour one bedroom suite,complete with full-sizerefrigerator, microwaveoven, two-burner stove top,and coffee maker. Therewere two televisions with avideo player, two telephoneswith data ports, an iron,ironing board and hairdryer. Pets are allowed here(maximum 50 pounds) for afee of $50 a night. The thirdfloor of the hotel is reservedfor this. Just up the streetare a number of restau-rants, grocery stores, aTarget, Walmart, TJ Maxxand more.

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uments to the Jews insideas German bullets whizzedaround him. Historiansestimate that Wallenberg'sefforts saved tens of thou-sands of lives--includingthose of future U.S.Congressman Tom Lantosand his wife Annette.

Fifteen of the 18speakers at the Yad Vashemsymposium did not evenmention that the WarRefugee Board sentWallenberg to Budapest. Itwas as if Wallenberg justdropped from the sky oneday. The other three speak-ers did mention the Board,


but only very briefly.Remarkably, not one ofthose three acknowledgedthe role of the BergsonGroup in bringing about theBoard's creation. Oneexplained the establishmentof the WRB in these terms:"The War Refugee Boardwas established in responseto President Roosevelt'sdesire to save the lives ofinnocent Jews in Europe."The truth, however, is thatthe Roosevelt administra-tion staunchly opposed cre-ating a rescue agency, anddid so only under tremen-dous pressure.

Speaking at theCenter for Jewish History inNew York City last year,Prof. Richard Breitman, edi-tor of the U.S. HolocaustMuseum's scholarly jour-nal, remarked that it is"probably accurate" to say"that Wallenberg would nothave been able to do whathe did in Budapest ifBergson had not done whathe did in Washington."Certainly Bergson's effortswere not the only reason theWRB was created, and theWRB's support was not theonly factor that madeWallenberg's mission possi-ble. But when all is said anddone, the fact is that if therehad been no WRB, therewould have been noWallenberg; and if there hadbeen no Bergson, therewould have been no WRB.


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story has not received theattention it deserves --evenat academic conferencesfocusing on that period-- issorely disappointing.

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riculum anti-Semitism thatappeared on more than oneoccasion, and he has shownsupport for Jewish educa-tion.6. Eric Schmidt GoogleChairman.

Among the world’smost respected technologyindustry leaders, Schmidt’spraise of the Jewish stateduring a visit this past Junecould not have been moreemphatic. “There are no dis-advantages to investing inIsrael – just advantages,” hewas quoted as saying.“Israel has the most impor-tant high-tech center in theworld after the US.”

Glowing reviews andendorsements of the Israelieconomic experience fromleaders such as Schmidt goa long way in inspiring glob-al investor confidence inIsraeli markets.5. Ayoob Kara KnessetMember, Deputy IsraeliMinister.

A member of Israel’sgoverning Likud party, Karais a Druze Israeli who hasbeen recognized as theKnesset’s most pro-Israel


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Arab, serving as a rolemodel and example to otherArab Israelis.

In his position asDeputy Minister of theDevelopment of the Negevand the Galilee, he hasworked to build the develop-ment of Jewish communi-ties in these areas and haschampioned a strong stanceagainst the Iranian threat.4. Manmohan Singh PrimeMinister of India.

As I write, four ofIndia’s top naval warshipsare docked at the Haifa portas part of a four-day visit toIsrael to “strengthen ser-vice-to-service linkages.”

Indian officials saidthat the warships, whichare equipped with advancedelectronic sensors and mis-sile systems, show “theimportance India attachesto the growing Indo-Israelirelations, and continuedcooperation and engage-ment between the two coun-tries is expected to grow.”

A rising world power,this relationship remainsamong Israel’s most impor-tant, and as India’s PrimeMinister, Singh is largelyresponsible for cultivatingand developing this vitalalliance.3. Stephen Harper PrimeMinister of Canada.

Ranked number oneon last year’s list, Harper’ssupport for Israel andfriendship to Canada’sJewish community hasbeen unwavering.

In June of this yearit was revealed that hisDefense Minister PeterMacKay told Israel’s top mil-itary commander at thetime, Maj.-Gen. GabiAshkenazi, during a 2011visit to the Middle East that“a threat to Israel is a threatto Canada.”

Notably, last year heblocked a G8 resolutionthat would have supportedPresident Obama’s 2011Middle East policy speech,mentioning the call for aPalestinian State based onthe 1967 lines, while not


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out for its overall fair por-trayal of Israel in relatednews items.

Murdoch, and hisright hand Roger Ailes, werehonored in May of this yearat Manhattan’s Museum ofJewish Heritage where hesaid, “To my mind, that isthe grand promise ofZionism: that Israel existsso that Jews can protectthemselves.” He concluded,“I believe that it is no longerjust Israel’s survival atstake but our own.”1. Mitt Romney U.S.Presidential Candidate.

Love or hate his pol-itics, Romney’s vocal sup-port for Israel as a con-tender for the world’s topjob, has challenged theincumbent and manyAmericans to rediscovertheir own understanding ofthe United States’ specialrelationship with the Jewishstate.

His tough stance onIran has put theAyatollahs on notice. Inhis recent trip to the HolyLand, he acknowledgedJerusalem as Israel’s capi-tal and cited the historicconnection of the Jewishpeople with the land,which has gone a long wayin underlining the Jewishnarrative regarding Israelon the world stage, there-by earning him the topspot on this year’s list.

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It has been a roughyear for Murdoch as hisNews International facedpublic inquiries and scan-dal. He remains however,the patriarch of an unparal-leled international mediaconglomerate that has stood


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their gas masks at eightspecial stations set upinside post offices aroundIsrael. Workers there toldThe Media Line that therehas not been a significantincrease in the past fewweeks despite the almostdaily reports in theIsraeli media aboutSyria’s chemical weaponsstores.

“The politiciansseem more worried than thepublic,” Shlomo Brom said.“I don’t have a gas maskand I’m not concerned.”

In recent days,Prime Minister BenjaminNetanyahu has warned thatIsrael might act againstHizbullah, which is based inLebanon, if they obtainedchemical weapons.

“Can you imagineHizbullah – the people whoare conducting with Iran, allthese terror attacks aroundthe world – can you imaginewhat that would mean ifthey had chemicalweapons?” Netanyahu saidon America’s Fox News. “Itwould be like Al-Qa ’ idahaving chemical weapons.

It is something that is notacceptable to us.”

Netanyahu wouldnot say whether Israelwould launch a pre-emptivestrike on Hizbullah,although Israeli media hasspeculated that it couldhappen anytime if Israelfeels threatened.

“Israel is perma-nently prepared for threatsof these types,” a defenseofficial told The Media Line.“The defense establishmentis continually training,practicing and investing sothat we remain ready toprovide the relevantresponse to all the scenar-ios. Naturally, we are notgoing to elaborate regard-ing the specifics of the sce-narios or the prepared-ness.”

Two Israeli compa-nies presently produce thegas masks -- Shalon, whichproduces new masks; andSuper-Gum, which refur-bishes old ones. Even ifthey stepped up their pro-duction and operated at fullcapacity, it would take atleast two years to make allof the gas masks that areneeded.

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A CHECKPOINT BETWEEN RAMALLAH ON THEWest Bank and Israel. This was the scene on anormal day but recently Israel unexpectedlyeased restrictions on Palestinians looking to visitJerusalem during the Muslim holy month ofRamadan, saying improved security meant itcould let in thousands more from West Bank com-munities. Israeli officials said they had loweredthe age limit for men wanting to visit the al-Aqsamosque in the old city to 40 from 50 and had alsohanded out seven times more permits toPalestinians between the ages of 35 and 40.Religious authorities said up to half a million peo-ple visited the third holiest site in Islam as visitorsand pilgrims flowed through the checkpoints onJerusalem's Eastern flanks. "I'm rejoicing and sohappy to be in Jerusalem after 10 years of not vis-iting," said 42-year-old Mohammed Rashid, fromthe West Bank town of Yatta, sipping a midnightcup of coffee in a brightly lit old city arcade. TheIsraeli Coordinator for Government Activities in theTerritories' (COGAT) said that whereas lastRamadan it handed out just 16,700 entry per-mits, this year it distributed 123,514, and hadalso slashed the age limit.

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anti-Semitism when shetold her employees to ordera group of Friends of theIDF to “get the (expletive)Jews out of my pool”.

The 18 individualplaintiffs and one corporateplaintiff were awarded $1.2million in compensationalthough the award isexpected to go even higherbecause individual plaintiffsare entitled to punitivedamages. Moreover, attor-ney James Turken is en-



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attack Israel. And denyingits right to exist is part ofhis party’s everyday speech.

But somehow hewas able to overlook thesebeliefs when his sister,Shuhila abd el-SalamAhmed, recently neededmedical help for her hus-band who suffered a seri-ous cardiac arrest. Suhila’shusband could not be treat-ed in any of the hospitals inGaza. So the family filed a

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titled to collect attorney’sfees.

Turken, a corporatedefense litigator with littleexperience in this kind oflaw, took the case anywaybecause he was”outraged”atthe conduct of the hotelowner and “incrediblyimpressed” with the plain-tiffs. “As a Jew” hereporters, “I took this casevery personally,but theplaintiffs made it a pleasure- I was honored to representthem”.

Ari Ryan, one of theorganizers of the event,believed that the long anddifficult legal process wasworth it in the end. Hecould not bear to watch asJews with wristbands wereherded out of the pool. “Evilsucceeds”, said Ryan, ifgood men and women don’tstand up and do what isright”.

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Canada Post willrelease a stamp in Januaryof next year honouringHolocaust hero RaoulWallenberg. The stamp willbe released on January 17,the 68th anniversary ofWallenberg’s arrest bySoviet troops.

“To recognize Mr.Wallenberg with a stamp,”said Canada Post Presidentthe CEO Deepak Chopra, “isa fitting way to mark hiscourage and his contribu-tions to our country”.Added Israel Ambassador toCanada Miriam Ziv, thestamp “will help raise theprofile of a person whosecourage served as a beaconof light during such a darkperiod.”

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request with Israel authori-ties to have him treated inIsrael.

Israel acted prompt-ly. A Palestinian ambu-lance took the patient to theErez border crossing wherehe was then transported bya Magen David Adom vehi-cle to a hospital in PetahTikvah. He was stabilizedfor about a week and follow-ing treatment the couplereturned to Gaza.

Meanwhile while allthis was going on there wasIsmail participating in aprayer session outside the

EYAL LICHTMANN ISa Jewish-Canadianbusiness professional.He previously spent adecade transformingThe Vancouver HillelFoundation, one ofBritish Columbia’s mostestablished youth-serv-ing non-profit organiza-tions. More recently,Eyal foundedCampusAuction, anonline auction that tar-gets more than 25 mil-lion students on NorthAmerican university andcollege campuses – aswell as the broaderMillennial Generation(18-to 30-year-old con-sumers) of more than 80million consumers.CampusAuction encour-ages young consumersto vote with their walletsto support businessesthat demonstrate socialresponsibility. The pri-mary platform is anonline auction offeringproducts and servicescontributed by corporatepartners, with 50% ofnet revenue supportingnon-profit charity part-ners.

Egyptian Embassy in Gazaaccusing Israel of orches-trating the recent attack onEgyptian soldiers in Gaza.Somehow the fact thatIsraeli doctors were healinghis brother-in-law seemednever to cross his mind.

More Anti-Semitism

At Soccer Match

It’s become a com-mon sight at soccer match-es in Europe involvingIsrael. Recently Hungariansoccer fans shouted anti-Semitic slogans whenHatikva was played during amatch between Israel andHungary in Budapest.

Fans could be heardyelling ”dirty Jew”and ”Buchenwald”. Othersvoiced their obviousapproval for Italian dictatorBenito Mussolini.Palestinian and Iranianflags could be seen spottedthroughout the stadium.

“Such anti-Semitichooliganism”, says Efraim

Zuroff, the Israel director ofthe Simon Wiesenthal Center,is a reflection of the growinganti-Semitism in Hungarywhich is con-stantly beingencouraged by the ultra-nationalist Jobbik party.”

“Hitler” Clothing Outlet

Raises Storm

Rajeh Shad owns anew c l o th ing ou t l e t inAhmedabad, India. Hisstore’s name is “Hitler”.Shah claims it was “onlyrecently that we read aboutHitler on the internet” andthat Hitler was simply thenickname given to thegrandfather of his businesspartner because of his strictnature.

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