Global News Archives

AUGUST 2005


August 31

Man jailed for 39 years for firebombing Oklahoma synagogue	Mayor of London to be investigated for concentration camp remark	Ukranian Man Who Aided Nazis Stripped of US Citizenship

Rabbi 'deserter' says US army is anti-Semitic	Work to begin on Macedonian memorial to Jews who died in Holocaust	Ukrainian President vows to crush anti-Semitism

August 30

Florida banks asked to waive fees on Holocaust reparations	US Air Force issues guidelines on religious tolerance	Synagogue in Boston offers low interest mortgages to attract new members

August 29

Romanian synagogue defaced with Swastika and Graffiti	Irish TV channel complains after cartoon character hijacked by neo-Nazi	Vandals desecrate another Jewish cemetery in Germany

August 26

Jewish Reform leaders meet with German Chancellor	Religious Jew murdered in Jerusalem's Old City	Court clears way for building of new Jewish community center in Leipzig

Rabbi suspended following arrest for possession of marijuana	Seattle university to receive US$ 10 million donation for Jewish Studies	New York City health officials concerned about circumcision practices

August 25

Pope Benedict XVI recalls "emotional" visit to Cologne synagogue	South Africa: Man sues neighbor over swastika	Israeli Settlers plan Yad Vashem-style Gaza memorial

Zentralrat fights State funding for independent Liberal communities	Rumsfeld meets with Jewish and other religious leaders	Official Czech apology offered to German anti-Nazi fighters

August 24

Ukrainian Jews protest against anti-Semitic tendencies in their country	Nazi war criminal dies before being deported	In vestigation of alleged Hungarian WWII criminal in Australia demanded

Greek Orthodox Church elects new Jerusalem patriarch	Anti-Semitic slogans found in Brooklyn subway station

August 23

Australian Muslim leader invited by PM Howard blames Jews for 9/11	Anti-Semitic supremacist sentenced to life in prison	Jewish cemetery in Florida vandalized

August 22

Jewish leaders happy with Pope's synagogue visit	ICHEIC offers US$ 16m to 11,000 Holocaust victims and their heirs	Muslim umbrella group in Britain under fire

Anti-Semitic Canadian website criticized	Neo-Nazis stage marches in German cities	Israeli court clears way for election of new Greek Orthodox Patriarch

August 19

Pope in historic visit to Cologne synagogue	Pope asked to fully open Vatican's WWII archives	Head of European Council of Jewish Communities quits

UN asked to designate Holocaust remembrance day	Anniversary of Leo Frank lynching marked	Russian Supreme Court rejects ban of extremist youth organization

August 18

Buenos Aires: skinheads attack Jewish teens	Holocaust memorial in Minsk vandalized	Cologne's Jews to welcome Pope Benedict

Veteran Washington lobbyist Rosenblatt dies	Row over UN-funded pro-Palestinian propaganda

August 17

Leader of Canada's Muslims warns of Jewish government advisors	Polish priest in anti-Semitic outburst	Czech regional governor suggests Holocaust museum in Theresienstadt

Dispute over Nazi-looted Picasso to be settled	Yushchenko receives protest about anti-Jewish letter in Ukraine

August 10

Argentinean religious leaders sign joint anti-terrorism declaration	Israel apparently holds 1,000 assets of Shoah victims

August 09

Rushdie criticizes Muslim Diaspora leaders	Simone Veil honored with Prince of Asturias Prize	Controversial Russian leader backs Israel forum

Holocaust Studies Institute to be set up in Romania	Part-time US government employees retain right to use comp time for Shabbat	Institute condemns entertainers for making Nazi comparison

August 08

Native Canadians on mission to Israel	Controversial sheik stayed away from Islamic conference	German scientist under fire for extreme-right views

Muslim leader likens British government to Nazis

August 05

World Jewish Congress criticizes UNHCR for anti-Israel bias	German foundation has paid out 3.9 billion euros to forced and slave laborers	Fight over development of historic Jewish cemetery in Russian city

Canadian Jewish Congress to intervene in Ahenakew appeal hearing

August 04

Swiss city councilor in anti-Semitic outburst	Push to have Berlin cemetery listed as World Heritage site	Jews stage protest against cemetery profanation in France

AMIA investigation judge sacked	Jewish prisoner wins right to wear yarmulke	Floods in Mumbai hits Jewish population hard

August 03

Palestinian official: "Jews are the strongest in the world"	Desecration of WW I graveyard in France the work of Islamists?	Ukrainian-born American was allegedly part of Nazi police force

Senior Spanish judge says AMIA bombing case could be solved by Argentina	Born-again Christian general struck off US promotion list

August 02

WJC welcomes Bolton appointment to the United Nations	Anti-Semitism hits Argentine city of Mendoza	Helsinki Final Act anniversary celebrated

Numbers of British Jews remain stable	Slutsker: "Cabbalistic curse on Sharon is not valid"

August 01

British intelligence aware of Nazi Holocaust from 1941, says report	British newspaper under fire for employing extremist trainee	Diplomatic tensions between Israel and Vatican worry Jewish leaders

German constitutional court confirms Nazi jargon conviction