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Chernobyl Children to Arrive in Israel
By Linda Gradstein - AOL NewsJERUSALEM -- Early Thursday, a plane carrying 25 children from the Chernobyl area will touch down in Israel, where the children will begin their new lives. The airlift comes the same week as the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, the worst nuclear disaster in modern history. The children, between the age of 6 and 12, all suffer from medical conditions related to the Chernobyl disaster. "Even 25 years afterwards, there is still harmful radiation in the environment," Yossi Swerdlove, the international director of Chabad Children of Chernobyl, told AOL News. "It affects children even ...
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 ...
Charlie Sheen, Julian Assange and John Galliano: Who's Really Anti-Semitic?
By Torie Bosch - AOL NewsWhen did anti-Semitism become fashionable again? In the past week, we've seen three prominent individuals from different fields make remarks that either could be interpreted as or definitely were anti-Semitic. Julian Assange The WikiLeaks mastermind ranted about how "Jewish" reporters are out to get him, the British magazine Private Eye reported. After Private Eye published an article about the anti-Semitism of someone else associated with WikiLeaks, Assange called the magazine's editor. He then complained that reporters from the U.K. newspaper the Guardian were conspiring against him and ...
Glenn Beck Eats Crow Over Judaism Comments [VIDEO]
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsIt could be "one of the worst analogies of all time." That's how Glenn Beck feels about his recent comparison between Reform Judaism and "radicalized Islam," which he apologized for during his radio show today. The Fox News personality made the assertion on his Tuesday radio program, stating that Reform rabbis are "generally political in nature," almost like "radicalized Islam in a way." Beck's statement, which he made clear did not refer to terror, generated immediate response from several Jewish groups including the Anti-Defamation League, which issued a statement calling Beck's comment ...
Egypt's Mohamed ElBaradei A 'Stooge,' Says American Jewish Leader
By David Gibson - Politics DailyEven as the Egyptian opposition to beleaguered President Hosni Mubarak is rallying around Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, a top spokesman on foreign affairs for the American Jewish community has derided ElBaradei as a "stooge of Iran." Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and one of the most influential Jewish voices in the United States, said ElBaradei covered up evidence of Iran's nuclear weapons program while he was head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N. nuclear watchdog. "He is a stooge of ...
'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 ...
Woman Samaritan Helps Save Cop From Beating
By Hugh Collins - AOL News(Dec. 15) -- When the going gets tough, it's time to help out your local police officer. An Ohio cop is thankful for the community spirit of a woman who helped save him from a violent assault during a routine traffic stop. Jonathan Seiter was locked in a scuffle with a driver last weekend after a discussion about a missing headlight turned violent. The fight, captured on a camera sitting on Seiter's dashboard, went on for more than a minute, with the assailant grabbing for Seiter's stun gun. Then, a passing woman appeared out of nowhere. She beat the assailant about the head and soon Seiter ...
Christmas Caroling Tradition Pioneered by Drunks
By Monica Garske - AOL News
(Nov. 28) -- Christmas caroling has long been a favorite tradition of church groups, elderly choirs and children, but did you know that the first groups of carolers were nothing but a bunch of rowdy drunks? That's the tune from David McKillop, senior vice president of programming for the History Channel, who recently talked to AOL News about the network's upcoming holiday special, "The Real Story of Christmas," premiering Nov. 29 at 9 p.m. ET. The TV special examines the surprising historical origins of our most bizarre Christmas customs, including why some of us go door to door singing ...
FBI: Hate Crimes and Anti-Religious Offenses Declined in 2009
By David Gibson - Politics DailyThe FBI says the number of reported hate crimes dropped significantly in 2009 from the previous year, to their lowest point in more than 15 years, despite the deepening recession and growing social tensions. Anti-religious crimes also declined, although attacks against Jewish targets continued to far outstrip incidents aimed at Muslims and Islamic sites. Whether that downward trend -- and the proportionally low number of anti-Muslim incidents -- continued into 2010 will only come to light in next year's report. Given the supercharged political atmosphere that marked this election year, and ...
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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