Global News Archives

OCTOBER 2004


October 29

Celebrations in Tbilisi for 100th anniversary of Great Synagogue	Allegations of anti-Semitism at New York's Columbia University	150-year-old Torah scroll ends its odyssey in Brooklyn synagogue

Canadian Muslim leader under fire for calling every adult Israeli "a legitimate target"	Former German SPD politician charged over World Word II massacre

October 28

Spiegel demands more action by German society against anti-Semitism	Bush appoints leading "Jew for Jesus" man to presidential committee	Christian, Muslim, Jewish leaders urge immediate UN action over Darfur

Two men charged over desecration of synagogue in Oregon	New Jewish community center opens in Zaporozhye, Ukraine

October 27

WJC wants to expand anti-Semitism fight to smaller countries	Campaigning in Florida to shore up Jewish vote	Democratic congressmen slam Presbyterian leaders who met with Hezbollah

Legal battle in US federal court over "looted" Picasso painting	Dutch Bible campaign pits Jews against Christians

October 26

Less money donated to American Jewish organizations in 2003	Vancouver Muslim lecturer defends himself against accusations of anti-Semitism	Ehud Barak and Hillel decline Concordia University's invitation to speak off-campus

New Russian Jewish Congress president asks Jews to unite against terrorism	Virgin apologizes for selling dolls depicting Nazi combattant in its stores

October 25

Protest in Manhattan against alleged “Nazi”	President Putin meets with Russia’s Chief Rabbi	National Front politician’s lecture at university canceled

French Jewish student group withdraws controversial newspaper ads	Police probe Muslim leader at Vancouver center

October 21

Duke University newspaper: "Jews use Shoah to rebut legitimate criticism"	Joschka Fischer to receive 2004 Leo Baeck Prize from German Jewish community	Cardinal Kasper to attend Shabbat service in Rome

France passes World War II archives to Germany	Presbyterians criticized for meeting with Hezbollah leaders	Katsav visits site of Mauthausen Nazi camp

October 20

Report: "Muslims, neo-Nazis not the main cause of anti-Semitism in France"	B'nai B'rith launches Jewish radio on the Internet	Jewish groups demand sacking of UN envoy over anti-Israel report

Anne Frank-like diary discovered in Netherlands	Israeli president visits Austria	First pupils expelled from French schools for ignoring headscarf ban

October 19

US Supreme Court judge speaks about her Jewish faith	Volgograd Jewish community members join to clean up graveyard	French news director resigns after remarks about "racism in Israel"

Jewish sites in New York attacked by vandal	American Evangelists pray for Israel	Hungary: parliamentarian quits after joke about Holocaust

October 18

Bush signs anti-Semitism bill into law	Visiting Israel, French Foreign Minister promises continued fight against anti-Semitism	Racist "jokes" in yearbook of renowned private school in Britain

Pro-Palestinian conference held at Duke University	Dutch soccer match prematurely ended after fans shout anti-Semitic insults at referee	Anti-Semitic incidents in Brazil

Israeli rabbis in talks with Vatican

October 15

Italian intellectuals accuse Europe of being "anti-Catholic"	Gollnisch reiterates "right to question the amplitude of the Holocaust"	Judge rejects claims against Italian insurance company

Anti-Jewish jokes broadcast on German "Big Brother" television programme	Munich court releases alleged World War II criminal	'Aryan Nations' extremists select new leader

October 14

Liz Taylor sued over Van Gogh painting by heirs of Jewish woman	Bitter fight within American Jewry over Gaza pullout	Emigration to Israel hits 16-year low

Law suit over looted Hungarian train may be settled out of court	State Department still opposed to new Anti-Semitism Act	Action demanded against French National Front leader

Rabbinical conference begins in Spain

October 13

Bronfman: Time for Jews to change views on intermarriage	New anti-Semitism law may strain diplomatic relations of USA with other countries	National Front politician questions amplitude of Holocaust

Serbian President and PM in talks with WJC delegation	Iliescu admits that Romania took part in Shoah	Swastika flag hoisted at French graveyard honoring Muslim World War I soldier

October 12

Singer in talks with Serbian foreign minister	US Congress passes anti-Semitism bill	Jewish group to protest pro-Palestinian gathering at Duke University

Libyan leader Gadhafi in encounter with Jewish representatives	Romania commemorates Holocaust for the first time	American synagogues to receive "security money"

Belated honor for Austrian resistance fighter against Hitler

October 11

Large donation made to Boston Jewish day schools	University of Lyon tolerated extreme right-wing views over decades, says report	Publisher removes swastika from cover of Philip Roth book's German edition

Lawsuit over assets of Hungarian Holocaust victims still ongoing in US court	German right-wing parties join forces	Report: Nazis wanted to move Auschwitz gas chambers to Mauthausen camp in 1945

October 06

British Conservatives' leader remembers horrors of Holocaust	French Jewish newspaper published once again	Berlin passes law to ban religious symbols in schools

Ed Koch: Vote for Bush and for Democratic congressional candidates	Judge loses in Ten Commandments case

October 05

Anti-Semitic jibe of Buenos Aires councilor without consequences	Philanthropist to bring Ethiopian Israeli students to US campuses	Frankfurt Book Fair opens with controversial Arab theme

Protests over Austrian band's planned gig in Tel Aviv	Demonstration against Montreal university's decision not to have Ehud Barak speak

October 04

Singer calls for progress from Austrian Chancellor over halted compensation payments	Group campaigns to award Dutch nationality to Anne Frank posthumously	Cabinet minister expresses worry about rising anti-Semitism in Great Britain

Controversy over Pope's choices for beatification	Philosopher Finkielkraut under investigation for calling Israeli director anti-Semitic	Democrats and Republicans intensify battle for Jewish voters in Florida

Yad Vashem to receive Holocaust survivors' testimonies from Spielberg