Global News Archives

AUGUST 2004


August 31

Paris arson attack committed by Jewish man?	Teacher receives prize for student documentation of history of slave laborers	Conference on poverty to be held in Buenos Aires

IBM in legal battle with Gypsy human rights group in Switzerland	"Battle" in Lithuanian Jewish community over property restitution	Madonna to be joined by celebrities for Rosh Hashanah in Israel

Montreal Talmud school reopens after April firebomb attack	Jewish Republicans gather at New York Convention to support Bush campaign

August 30

Polish Holocaust victims gather to remember ancestors murdered by Nazis	Holocaust memorial opened in Portland, Oregon	Croatia cracks down on plaques commemorating Nazi collaborators

British government to close down Nazi victim compensation fund	US citizenship of former concentration camp guard revoked	Greek music icon Theodorakis in new anti-Semitic outburst

Indian police arrests suspected terrorists	Cochin Jews celebrate 50 years of settlement in Israel	Swiss Jewish leader Sigi Feigel dies aged 83

Secrete conspiracy to protect Nazi soldiers from justice?

August 27

Most anti-Semitic incidents in France remain unresolved	UNESCO wants to preserve Jewish building in Afghanistan	Austria's "Krone" newspaper may be called "racist" and "anti-Semitic"

Muslim cleric arrested in Britain on terrorism charges	Swiss Jews not immune from growing anti-Semitism, says SIG president Donath	Polish city of Lodz to commemorate liquidation of Jewish ghetto

Monster beach resort built by Nazis to be auctioned off	Jewish tourist from Lithuania attacked by Palestinian in Berlin

August 26

Authorities says Muslim scholar may re-apply for visa to teach at US university	Uruguay's president supports WJC-sponsored UN resolution against anti-Semitism	Celebratations in Paris 60 years after the city's liberation from the Nazis

Wiesel urges action on Darfur crisis	Germany ups compensation for Nazi victims	Gandhi grandson to teach Palestinians nonviolent resistance

Australian authorities refuse gun licence for boy photographed saluting swastika flag	Rostock's Jews to inaugurate their new community center

August 25

Muslim teacher's work visa revoked by US authorities	Cheerleader coach at University of Georgia fired for religious discrimination	Israel's foreign minister Shalom visits France

Paris police arrest Romanian painting swastikas on Interior Ministry building	Faith-based care organizations unite to fight Swiss asylum reform	Japan orders deportation of Bobby Fischer

French judiciary rejects criticism by Jews for being lenient on anti-Semites	"Passion of Christ" to be released on video

August 24

Arson attack against Jewish social center in Paris; Islamist group claims responsibility	New twist in French dispute with Yahoo over Nazi items sold online	Anti-Semitic slogans found on Jewish cemetery wall in Romania

Movie on Hitler's last days to be screened in cinemas	Hate graffiti found on fence in Calgary, Canada	Russian government attacks Estonia over World War II memorial

Nazi stickers found in Jewish gravestones in Germany	Controversy over secret plaque commemorating Croatian Nazi poet

August 18

Estonia Jewish Community Opposes Monument To SS Soldiers	Swiss Court Rules That Closed Neo-Nazi Meeting Can Be Considered Public	Holocaust museum to get permanent home in ex-nightclub in Miami

Summer Camps in Russia and CIS Welcome 13,000 Jewish children	20% of UK Citizens Opposed to a Jewish Prime Minister	Ruling Party In Romania Will Not Enter Alliance With Ultranationalists

Display Of Ritual Objects Inaugurates Jewish Community Center Exhibition Space	Sudan Says US Administration Driven By Pressure From Black and Jewish Lobbies	Ukrainian MP denies being anti-Semitic

August 17

Frenchman admits to desecrating Jewish graves to get attention	University of New Orleans settles suit over distribution of religious tracts	Jewish students take petition to New Zealand Parliament

Report finds bias in Russian school history books	Polish ghetto uprising commemorated in Bialystok	Judge rules documents in alleged JDL bomb plot should remain sealed

Olympics – Judo authorities postpones decision on punishment for Iran

August 16

Jewish American man held for allegedly entering Pakistan illegally	Man admits to desecration of Jewish cemetery in Lyon	Jewish partner sues London law firm for racial discrimination

American descendants of Holocaust escapee ask Moscow museum to return stolen Goya	Lebanon criticizes French efforts to ban Hezbollah TV	Service held to rededicate vandalized graves in New Zealand cemetery

Anti-Semitic graffiti scrawled close to Notre Dame in Paris	German effort to return stolen art fails to produce results	British Imperial War Museum trying to locate Holocaust victim's family

August 13

UNESCO encourages Tajikistan to protect synagogue	Human rights groups say xenophobia on the rise in Russia	Justice department suspects more World War II Nazis living in Pennsylvania

Jewish baseball players to be recognized	University Students in New Zealand oppose anti-Semitism	Australian white supremacist group leader to stay in jail

Zundel to be allowed to challenge deportation	Orthodox Jews to be exempt from parking requirements	Extremist and racist websites increase dramatically

August 12

Jews and Arabs in Canada unite on racism	Israelis want to see Bush re-elected	Estonians to set up committee against neo-Nazism

Recognition for poet despite anti-Semitic views	Croatian president condemns plans for monument to Nazi	French Multi-faith leaders meet in Jewish cemetery to show solidarity

Holocaust victims' lawyer cited for malpractice	Number of Jewish graves vandalized in New Zealand rises to 113	Rabbi asserts there in no anti-Semitism in Central Asia

Wolfowitz says Islamic terrorists are like the Nazi SS

August 11

Peace pledges before Summer Olympics; athlete wears shirt with Nazi reference	Indian tribe with Jewish roots could be "adopted" by Israel	Street in Buenos Aires may be renamed in honor of AMIA victims

Irving offers reward over NZ cemetery assaults, blames Mossad	Tombstones knocked down in Jewish cemetery in Czech town	White House booklet praises Bush's relations to Jewish community in the US

Chirac vows to punish perpetrators of Lyon graveyard attack severely	Jewish woman alleged of helping to plot terrorist attacks against Israel

August 10

Justice Department asks court to revoke US citizenship of ex-concentration camp guard	Another Jewish graveyard in France attacked by vandals	Sale of Hitler's Vienna asylum hostel sparks fears of "Nazi tourism"

Madonna to come to Israel in September to study more Cabbala	New Zealand's parliament adopts resolution condemning anti-Semitic violence	Evangelists in Washington, D.C., in missionary campaign targeted at Jews

Jewish students subjected to bullying during tour of Auschwitz memorial site	Outrage at sale of relic from concentration camp

August 09

Sudanese government accuses Israel of supporting Darfur rebel group	Racist movement leader arrested in Australia	Big rise in anti-Semitic attacks in Britain

Holocaust survivor Ella Freilich dies at 87 and ex-US track and fielder Milton Green at 92	Escaped Dutch war criminal, aged 89, might have to return to prison	Synagogue in New York on Al-Qaeda hit list?

Damage to Jewish cemeteries in New Zealand worse than first thought	Swiss banks to publish new list of unknown account holders	Rothschilds paid Britain's fascist leader to help out Jews from Hitler Germany

August 06

US movie production company to give 10 per cent of proceeds to Shoah victims	Duke University to host controversial pro-Palestinian meeting in October	Jewish youth organization in Britain wants no longer be a charity

Jewish graveyard chapel burnt down, tombstones knocked over in New Zealand	A third of Austrians still believe life under Nazi rule was, to some extent, good	Jerusalem religious court settles Czech dispute over Prague chief rabbi's dismissal

Australian racists jailed for painting hate slogans on Jewish buildings	Flick's sister wants controversial art exhibition in Berlin to be postponed

August 05

Group of North American Jewish emigrants arrives in Israel	Candidate for district attorney in Georgia admired Hitler when in his twenties	Columnist in Egypt says Holocaust was a "Zionist lie"

Istanbul synagogue bomber suspected of helping to murder Turkish hostage in Iraq	No neo-Nazi terror network in existence in Germany	Ukrainian opposition politician charged over anti-Semitic remarks

Poland, Russia talk about 1940 Katyn massacre	San Francisco candidates united against anti-Semitic graffiti

August 04

US appeals court refers woman to international claims procedure	Genital herpes risk higher because of certain circumcision method, study says	Dubrovnik mayor apologizes for anti-Semitic remarks by party colleague

Saddam won't have a Jewish lawyer, his daughter vows	Saudi schools in US and Germany criticized for fundamentalist teachings	New Israeli ambassador in Britain warns of anti-Semitism

Long Island man charged after making anti-Semitic phone calls	Gender gap apparent among Conservative rabbis in the US

August 03

Shoah survivors receive last installment of $ 3,000 each from German fund	Graffiti memorial to remind of deportation of Wiesbaden's Jewish population	Swastikas and hate slogans painted on Dutch synagogue and German memorial

Heated debate in Germany about restitution of property in Poland	Irving to contest New Zealand refusal to let him into the country	Uzbekistan's Jewish community reaches out after terrorist attack

Gypsies paid tribute to genocide victims

August 02

Euro-Asian Congress discusses restitution questions with President of Lithuania	Former SS camp guard dies in car crash	Orthodox activist urges US Jews for restraint when criticizing Israel

German city of Lübeck returns painting seized by Nazis to rightful owner	Poles commemorate 60th anniversary of Warsaw uprising, demand apologies	Australian racist hiding in bunker?

New Zealand's borders closed for Holocaust denier David Irving