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Israeli Officials Celebrate After Goldstone Rethinks War Crimes Report
By Linda Gradstein - AOL NewsJERUSALEM -- Israeli officials feel vindicated after Judge Richard Goldstone retracted part of his harsh criticism of Israel's conduct in Gaza two years ago, and have launched a major diplomatic effort to get the United Nations to rescind the Goldstone Report. "I found it hard to believe that Judge Goldstone, a Jew and even a Zionist, could have really believed that Israel would deliberately target Palestinian civilians," Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Ya'alon told a group of journalists, including AOL News, by phone. "He must have been influenced by Arab propaganda." Ashraf Amra, ...
Mom Has Cancer. Her Son Reacts.
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyMy friend Julie Levine had everything I lacked: A charmed childhood, beautiful kids. I might have envied her had she not been the nicest person I ever met. And, therefore, a magnet for cancer. (On an Internet bulletin board I once frequented, we joked that compassion and a zest for living were risk factors.) Julie is eight years younger than me, so I assumed she would someday speak at my funeral. Especially once I received a diagnosis of stage III ovarian cancer in 2001. Julie came to my hospital room. She took me to chemo. She and her mother came to my house bearing brisket, fudgy peanut ...
Pope's New Book: Jews Not to Blame for Killing Jesus
By Dana Kennedy - AOL NewsIn astonishing and personal statements that could turn centuries of anti-Semitism upside down, Pope Benedict XVI says in a new book that Jews are not to blame for crucifying and killing Jesus. In "Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week," coming out next week, Benedict takes issue with key passages in the New Testament that for eons have been interpreted to mean that Jews were culpable for the killing of Jesus and have justified the persecution of Jews worldwide. The Catholic Church has maintained since Vatican II in 1965 that Jews were not collectively at fault for the death of Christ. But Jewish ...
Pope's 'Passion of the Christ': Don't Blame Jews for Death of Jesus
By David Gibson - Politics DailyIn a new book on the historical Jesus set for release next week, Pope Benedict XVI forcefully argues that the Jewish people cannot be blamed for Christ's death on the cross and that even the most historically loaded Gospel phrases -- such as when the crowd shouts, "His blood be on us and on our children" -- are "not a curse, but rather redemption." The blood of Jesus, Benedict writes, "does not cry out for vengeance and punishment, it brings reconciliation. It is not poured out against anyone, it is poured out for many, for all...[R]ead in the light of faith, it means that we all stand in ...
Pope Exonerates Jews for Jesus' Death in New Book
By not in system - AOL NewsVATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI has made a sweeping exoneration of the Jewish people for the death of Jesus Christ in a new book, tackling one of the most controversial issues in Christianity. In "Jesus of Nazareth" excerpts released Wednesday, Benedict uses a biblical and theological analysis to explain why it is not true that the Jewish people as a whole were responsible for Jesus' death. Interpretations to the contrary have been used for centuries to justify the persecution of Jews. While the Vatican has for five decades taught that Jews weren't collectively responsible, Jewish ...
Did NY Jewelers Hire Phony Hasidic Jews in 'Snatch'-Like Heist? [VIDEO]
By not in system - AOL NewsIt's the video they didn't want you to see. In a caper that recalls the Guy Ritchie crime film "Snatch," prosecutors say the owners of a jewelry store in New York City's Diamond District staged a fake robbery committed by perps wearing phony beards and black coats while disguised as Hasidic Jews, according to the New York Post. Store owners told police the crooks got away with $7 million in precious jewels in the New Year's Eve 2008 heist. But investigators say they've uncovered a shocking video that the store owners intended to destroy, showing the shopkeepers moving valuables out of the ...
'Blood Libel' and Sarah Palin: Christian Conservatives' Infatuation with Judaism
By David Gibson - Politics DailyWhen Sarah Palin invoked the "blood libel" charge in lashing out against critics, she was destined to spark controversy given the long, fraught history of that myth, which for centuries has been used by Christians to justify anti-Semitism and the brutal persecution of Jews. But the phrase also recalls one side of the double-edged affinity that American conservatives, especially evangelical Christians, have for Judaism and modern Jews. It is an embrace the Jewish community often appreciates, especially when it comes to supporting Israel. On other issues, however, Jewish leaders might prefer ...
Haifa Fire: 5 Facts About the City Threatened by the Monster Blaze
By Dave Thier - AOL News(Dec. 3) -- The massive wildfire raging in northern Israel has already claimed the lives of 41 people, but for an international team of firefighters conscripted to fight the blaze, the objective is clear: protect Haifa. The fire, which is raging during the Jewish celebration of Hanukkah, threatens to engulf the country's third-largest city, which is situated on the slopes of the now flaming Carmel Mountains. Here are a few other facts about the city: 1. Haifa has long been an important port Haifa is Israel's major port and has been a center of maritime commerce since the Bronze Age. It has ...
Hanukkah 2010 Celebrations Begin Across the Web!
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Dec. 1) -- The Festival of Lights is once again upon us. Jews around the world will celebrate the first night of Hanukkah tonight. The holiday commemorates the underdog Maccabees' victory in 165 B.C. over their powerful Syrian oppressors who, according to tradition, had taken over the Holy Temple in Jerusalem and defiled it. Why does Hanukkah last eight days? Tradition teaches that when the Maccabees returned to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple, a one-day supply of oil illuminated the temple for eight days. Hence, the "Festival of Lights." This year, Hanukkah begins relatively early because ...
Pope's High Praise of Holocaust-Era Predecessor Sparks Jewish Ire
By David Gibson - Politics DailyCoverage of Pope Benedict XVI's new book-length interview has focused almost exclusively on his remarks about using condoms to prevents AIDS, but Jewish leaders are voicing objections to his unqualified praised for his war-time predecessor, Pius XII, whose record during the Holocaust is a perennial source of frictions between the Vatican and the Jewish community. "For his part, [Pius XII] did all that he could to save people," Benedict tells German journalist Peter Seewald in the book, titled "Light of the World: The Pope, the Church and the Signs of the Times," which is to be formally ...
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