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In My Opinion Keeping Our Distance

It seems fairly obvious to me that American Jewry should stay out of Israeli politics and that Israeli politicians should stay out of the affairs of American Jewry. However, our politicians somehow feel impelled to visit America as often as they can and to act or pontificate on all sorts of matters over which they have little knowledge or deep understanding. We should agree in advance that most Israelis, including our public and political leaders, have little understanding of the American mindset and of the true mechanisms that govern American Jewish life, no matter what level of Torah observance the target audience may be. It is also foolhardy and dangerous for American Jewish… 

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The opening verses of this week’s Torah reading are among the most dramatic and challenging in the entire Torah. Two great, powerful personalities in the house of the children of Yaakov, Yehudah and Yosef, engage in a clash and debate of epic proportions, regarding the release of their brother Binyamin. At first glance it seems obvious that Yosef has the upper hand in his struggle. After all, he is the viceroy of Egypt, the commander of the palace guard who are armed and ready to do his bidding. On the other hand, Yehudah has very limited options as to what to say and what to do in order to obtain the release of Binyamin. Yosef’s position of power appears to prevail but the… 

 

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Nothing About Us Without Us?

 Transparency Int’l ‏@anticorruption  

10 years later & 17 UN member states have still NOT ratified the @UN Convention Against #Corruption. Any surprises?

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 Lotte Leicht ‏@LotteLeicht1  

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Liebe FreundInnen, wir haben gerade eine größere Aussendung zu machen und brauchen ein bisschen Hilfe bei uns im Büro in der Burggasse 81. Und zwar mogren ab ca. 17 Uhr bis 19 Uhr.
Wer hat zeit? Bitte melden langthaler@asyl.at

Liebe FreundInnen, wir haben gerade eine größere Aussendung zu machen und brauchen ein bisschen Hilfe bei uns im Büro in...

Posted by Asylkoordination Österreich on Monday, December 14, 2015

Roma Rights 2015: Nothing About Us Without Us? Roma Participation in Policy Making and Knowledge Production

The latest issue of the Roma Rights journal is published. 

The latest issue of the Roma Rights journal is published.
It focuses on the development of Roma civil society and Roma participation in policy-making and knowledge-production processes. The journal issue contains critical papers by established and emerging activists and scholars in three sections:

The latest issue of the Roma Rights journal is published. 
(1) activism and civil society;
(2) knowledge production;
(3) alliances with gender and LGBT movements.

The latest issue of the Roma Rights journal is published. 

The first section is dedicated to the critical reflections on the previous decades of Roma civil society struggle, but also to think about future directions. The second section examines the need for new directions and debates in the field of knowledge production: there is a growing mood that greater emphasis should be given to research ‘for’ and ‘with’ Roma communities through community-based and participatory research.Big up on all the contribution to this issue!
 Lotte Leicht ‏@LotteLeicht1  
Editors: Mária Bogdán, Jekatyerina Dunajeva, Tímea Junghaus, Angéla Kóczé, Márton Rövid, Iulius Rostas, Andrew Ryder, Marek Szilvási, Marius Taba
Authors: Thomas Acton, Daniel Baker, Mária Bogdán, Ethel Brooks, Sarah Cemlyn, Anna Csilla Daróczi, Máté Dezső, Katya Dunajeva, Jelena Jovanovic, Tímea Junghaus, Marett Katalin Klahn, Angéla Kóczé, Anna Mirga-Kruszelnicka, Florin Nasture, Márton Rövid, Iulius Rostas, Rumyan Russinov, Andrew Ryder, Marek Szilvási, Marius Taba, Violeta Vajda#‎RomaRights‬, ‪#‎LGBT‬ ‪#‎activism‬

Denying the Undeniable: International Standards in International Criminal Law

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Merci de continuer à nous suivre sur les réseaux sociaux ! Thanks for following us on social…

Posted by Musée du Louvre on Monday, December 14, 2015

Elections régionales : Les Français appellent au sursaut et au changement

 Gérard Larcher ن ‏@gerard_larcher

Mon analyse du second tour de ces élections régionales : Mon édito sur

http://gerardlarcher.fr/editos-article.php?id=42 …

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Heute in Wien 13.12.2015 Bittgebete für Weltfrieden jeder nach seiner Religion.

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Heute in Wien 13.12.2015 Bittgebete für Weltfrieden von religiösen VertreterInnen – Jeder nach seiner Religion.- Dünya BarÄşÄ için dua – Herkes kendi dinine göre.

Posted by Fuat Sanac on Sunday, December 13, 2015

Heute in Wien 13.12.2015Lichfest im Advent gemeinsam mit VertreterInnen der Religionsgemeinschaften im Seestadt, wo Campus der Religionen gebaut wird.

Posted by Fuat Sanac on Sunday, December 13, 2015

Heute in Wien 13.12.2015Avusturya Türk Federasyonu’nun (ATF) Kitap Fuar’Ä görülmeye deÄerdi. BaşarÄlar diliyorum.

Posted by Fuat Sanac on Sunday, December 13, 2015

BEILEID / TAZÄYEإنا لله و إنا إليه راجعونيا أيتها النفس المطمئنة إرجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية فإدخلي في عبادي وإدخلي جنت…

Posted by Fuat Sanac on Sunday, December 13, 2015

In My Opinion Chanuka Today

 Rabbi Berel Wein ‏@historyrabbi  

Rabbi Berel Wein ‏@historyrabbi  

Parshat Miketz 5776 – Rabbi Berel Wein Newsletter http://conta.cc/1ORplqy 

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In My Opinion
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The Maccabees of old lived in a very fortuitous time. Had they lived today they would be accused of extrajudicial executions of the poor Syrian Greeks who, after all, were only trying to kill them and improve their civilization. At least that is certainly how the Foreign Minister of Sweden would have seen the matter. But since Sweden at that time was inhabited by pagan tribes and there was no Internet or media to speak of, we really do not know what the Swedish attitude towards the Maccabees would have been. We can certainly surmise though that it would not have been a positive one. And if the current president of the United States were alive then he would certainly have been critical… 
 
The dreamer is about to be saved by dreams, albeit not the ones that he dreamt but rather those of an unlikely stranger – the Pharaoh of Egypt himself. But dreams are dreams and often times they do not coincide with human reality. What makes Yosef so extraordinary in the eyes of Pharaoh was his ability to, so to speak, dream along with Pharaoh, interpret his dreams and translate them into practical life-saving action. The Torah here teaches us an important lesson about life and events. Everyone has dreams and again, so to speak, they are relatively easy to come by. Nevertheless, it is what follows the dream that counts most. The rabbis and the Talmud taught us that all dreams are… 
Rabbi Berel Wein ‏@historyrabbi  
Emergency Care under Threat: physical attacks on ambulances‘ teams and on injured while receiving medical treatment; Shots – sometimes direct – at medical teams and ambulances while in their field work; ambulances being delayed between 10 to 70 minutes and new checkpoints hindering care – all these violation of the right to adequate and timely medical care are discussed in our article published by the Safeguard Health in Conflict Coalition.
Physicians for Human Rights-Israel

Emergency Care under Threat: physical attacks on ambulances‘ teams and on injured while receiving medical treatment;…

Posted by ‎Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (רופאים לזכויות אדם – ישראל)‎ on Sunday, December 13, 2015

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Rabbi Berel Wein ‏@historyrabbi  
The judge referred the issue of the „blind eye“ in criminal law, which aims to deal with criminals who know that there is a crime, but actions and distance themselves choose to reduce their awareness to not be part of it :

התעללות בחוסים אוטיסטים ושימוש בעונשים הכוללים בידוד, מניעת מקלחות או צחצוח שיניים; מניעת טיפול תרופתי מחוסה שסבל מהתקפי…

Posted by ‎Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (רופאים לזכויות אדם – ישראל) on Wednesday, December 9, 2015

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Heute in Wien 11.12.20151- Besuch von“Forum Moslemischer Jugend“ im 15. Bezirk.- Çeşitli Balkan ülkelerinden göç…

Posted by Fuat Sanac on Friday, December 11, 2015

 Birgit Schmeitzner ‏@BSchmeitzner 

Poster advertising yday’s fight of Roy #Jones Jr (46; was recently given Rus citizenship). Knocked out in round four

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Libanon…

 DK Matai ‏@DKMatai 

What’s The First Principle? 1st principle is you must not fool yourself & you’re the easiest person to fool! Feynman

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The draft of the #ParisAgreement is online on @UNFCCC website

 Lotte Leicht ‏@LotteLeicht1 

Thousands march in #Poland, accusing new govt of trying to manipulate state institutions. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35083561 …

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Dalia GrybauskaitÄ ‏@Grybauskaite_LT  

#COP21: world is united to stop global warming!!!

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 COP21en ‏@COP21en

  COP21en ‏@COP21en

The draft of the #ParisAgreement is online on @UNFCCC website http://bit.ly/1HUEZ3c  #COP21

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  Le HuffPost ‏@LeHuffPost  

Une fresque humaine dans Paris pour la fin de la COP21 (PHOTOS) http://huff.to/1NosGZK 

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 https://twitter.com/JarnoHa/status/675657392667934720

 Mohammad Ghannam ‏@MohGhn 

Meet brave Abd, Six years old Syrian boy who reach Nijmegen camp in Netherlands http://on.fb.me/1NmbLXJ 

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In 2015 unprecedented numbers of people have risked their lives to reach #Europe

 Stephan Ozsváth

Europa blickt besorgt nach Frankreich. Dabei ist unser Nachbarland bei Weitem nicht der einzige EU-Staat, in dem rechte oder rechtspopulistische Parteien auf dem Vormarsch sind. Ein Überblick.

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#UN-Flüchtlingskommissar „Ohne deutschen Beitrag hätten wir eine katastrophale Lage“

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Hier, à Sète, meeting enthousiaste au Théâtre de la Mer !

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Liebe Leute, wir verloren 2×2 Kinokarten für den Film „those who feel the fire burning“ im Rahmen des this human world Filmfestivals, Donnerstag 10.12. um 19.30 im Gartenbaukino. Wer mag hingehen – PN 🙂 

Posted by Asylkoordination Österreich on Tuesday, December 8, 2015

US donors gave #Israel settlements $220mill+ in tax-exempt funds over 5 years

 

US donors gave #Israel settlements $220mill+ in tax-exempt funds over 5 years, says @Haaretz http://www.haaretz.com/settlementdollars/.premium-1.689683 …

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How anonymous companies hurt young people http://blog.ed.ted.com/2015/12/02/how-anonymous-companies-hurt-young-people/ …

 

The drownings continue: 6 more children inc baby drowned off Turkey in dinghy tragedy. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35037851 …

 Peter Bouckaert ‏@bouckap  

Haus in Ungarn zu verkaufen (Túrkeve, Komitat Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok). ca.150 m2, 3 Schlafzimmer, 2 Bäder & WC, 1 großes…

Posted by Stephan Ozsváth on Tuesday, December 8, 2015

So sieht Túrkeve aus:

Posted by Stephan Ozsváth on Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Put bluntly, Assad is an arsonist posing as a fireman. 

Posted by Fakhteh Luna Zamani on Tuesday, 8 December 2015

„Fans of the Kurdish-Turkish singer Ahmet Kaya are claiming that the tune is not a million miles away from his 1985 song “Acilara Tutunmak (Clinging to Pain)”.

Posted by Fakhteh Luna Zamani on Tuesday, 8 December 2015

Israelitische Kultusgemeinde sieht darin angewandte Doppelmoral. Mit der geplanten Kennzeichnung israelischer Produkte aus jüdischen Siedlungen jenseits der Waffenstillstandslinie von 1949 leistet die EU der Palästinenserbehörde durch Übernahme deren Rechtsstandpunktes einseitige Schützenhilfe. Dies noch dazu in einer Zeit, wo aufgrund gezielter…

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Lecture: Kultur und Boykott

http://www.ikg-wien.at

Kultur und Boykott

Die Doppelmoral gegen israelisches Kulturgut

http://www.thishumanworld.com/rahmenprogramm.php?id=52

Kultur und Boykott

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FRIDAY: Khadija Ismayilova’s First Year in Prison and the Investigative Journalism Landscape in Eurasia

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„Wir möchten unsere Energie nicht auf das ständige Dementieren der gleichen Falschaussagen richten, sondern lieber dafür arbeiten, dass Menschen in Not geholfen wird“, so Küberl.

 

 

An wen verkauft der IS tatsächlich das Öl?

An wen verkauft der IS tatsächlich das Öl? http://wp.me/p6t6gg-3f  via @wordpressdotcom

Im Schutz der Nacht (und einer gepanzerten und bewaffneten Eskorte): Steinmeier zu unangekündigtem Besuch in Bagdad eingetroffen. #Tornados

Andreas Kynast ‏@andikynast

 

 

 

 

 

 

Khadija Ismayilova’s First Year in Prison and the Investigative Journalism Landscape in Eurasia         

Khadija Ismayilova: One Year Behind Bars   

One worker killed, 30 missing after Azeri oil rig fire: government

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NGO network @HRDN_EU calls on #EU to do more to secure the release of jailed rights defenders #EUHRForum

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vignette Urgent Appeal

Posted by Fakhteh Luna Zamani on Friday, 4 December 2015

Anniversary of journalist Khadija Ismayilova’s arrest highlights Azerbaijani regime’s unprecedented repression in 2015

HALAL ZERTIFIZIERUNG Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren!Die Islamische Glaubensgemeinschaft in Österreich (IGGiÖ), als… Posted by Fuat Sanac on Friday, December 4, 2015

Disgusting proposition: @eucopresident wants #refugees arriving in #EU detained for 18months

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China is not a livable place, especially for those elderlies whose only child has died..

Posted by Free Liu-Xiaobo on Wednesday, December 2, 2015

 

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A Miscarriage of Justice in Bangladesh – Forbes

 

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