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drawn from his research.He sees mixed couples whobring more than one reli-gion into the house. “Theygo on Saturday to syna-gogue and on Sunday to theEpiscopal church or thePresbyterian church” Arielsays. “If you think there’sno such thing as being amember of both a Jewishcommunity and a non-Jewish community thinkagain”.

It might be assumedthat Reform congregationswould be the only stream ofJudaism accommodatingnon-Jews. But for the pastfew years Conservative rab-bis have also wrestled withthe issue of non-Jewishspouses in synagogue life.And while practices varyfrom synagogue to syna-gogue there is a generalagreement that changesmust be made. “My col-

that holidays such as Eidal-Adha were nowhere to beseen, the Board voted toremove all religious desig-nations.

The decision hassparked outrage from manyon the right of the politicalspectrum. “School DumpsChristmas to AppeaseMuslims”, blared TodStarnes of Fox News Radio.It’s “bad news for you Jewsand Gentiles out there”.

Interestingly, the 7-1 board vote displeasedsome Muslims as well. Oneactivist Muslim, ZainabChaudry, told theWashington Post that theschool board was willing to“go so far as to paint them-selves as the Grinch whostole Christmas” to avoidgiving equal treatment toMuslims. “They wouldremove the Christian holi-days and they wouldremove the Jewish holidaysfrom the calendar beforethey would consider addingthe Muslim holiday to thecalendar.”

Republican Victory

Not All Positive

It is the prevailingopinion that the Republicanvictory in the NovemberCongressional elections is“good for the Jews”. Andwhile it is true that theincreased Republican repre-sentation in Congress willbe good for Israel, someJewish organizations aremuch less enthusiasticabout what will happenafter the January 2015swearing in.

Jewish activists,hoping for reforms in immi-gration laws, improved vot-ing legislation, increasedfunding for social programs,

leagues are being chal-lenged to rethink positionsthat in the past we acceptedalmost as dogma,” saysRabbi Charles Simon, exec-utive director of theConservative movement’sFederation of Jewish Men’sClubs.

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Non-Jews A Part

Of Synagogue Life

Yaakov Ariel, a pro-fessor of religious studiesat the University of NorthCarolina, has devoted con-siderable research to themake-up of synagogues inthe American south. Hehas concluded that “some-times as many as half thepeople in a synagogue areeither non-Jews or marriedto non-Jews.” No longer,says Ariel, is the syna-gogue a place where the“tribe” can tell Jewishjokes about non-Jews.“You can’t even use Yiddishterms like gut yontif

because half the peoplethere for Rosh Hashanahmight not know what itmeans.

Intermarriage is amajor contributor to thepresence of non-Jews atsynagogue services. But“spiritual seekers” can alsobe found, drawn toJudaism’s “openness” onspiritual and culturalissues. Even Blacks,Asians and Latinos findcomfort in the shul. Thisphenomenon, Ariel con-cludes, is the result ofJewish couples adoptingBlack, Asian and Latinobabies.

Non Jewish syna-gogue members are notmerely sitting in the backrows. They have becomeactive members of the syn-agogue. They are presi-dents of synagogue boardsand serve on any numberof committees. Some non-Jewish spouses become soenthused about Judaismthrough their synagoguethat they actually end upconverting.

And there’s onemore conclusion Ariel has

Reflections on

ChanukahThe story of Chanukah is, with that of

Queen Esther of Purim fame, among the best-known legends of Jewish history. JudasMaccabee, his father Mattathias and theother stalwarts of the Maccabean line, havebeen celebrated in song and story for cen-turies and there are few Jewish children whohave not been thrilled by the heroism of theirancestors.

Undoubtedly, a considerable share of theimportance which has been attached toChanukah is its chronological proximity toChristmas and the necessity of offering aJewish counterpart to the influence which thisChristian festival exerts upon Jewish children.Be that as it may, it is no more than fitting thatwe celebrate joyously this spiritual victory,ever-present testimony to the validity of a greatreligion and ethical system.

A War on Chanukah

and Christmas?

The MontgomeryCounty Board of Educationfor the suburbanWashington D.C. school dis-trict has always closed forJewish and Christian holi-days. And that apparentlyis not about to change. Butthe school calendar will nolonger mention Christmasor provide the dates forEaster, Yom Kippur andRosh Hashanah. Aftercomplaints from the grow-ing local Muslim population

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WHY MASTERMIND WENT FREE

LEON KLINGHOFFER’S MURDERER WAS NEVER PURSUED

By STEPHEN M. FLATOW

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Amidst the contro-versy over the MetropolitanOpera's performance of"The Death of Klinghoffer,"little has been said aboutthe Palestinian leader whomasterminded the attack inwhich Leon Klinghoffer wasmurdered.

The decision tohijack the cruise shipAchille Lauro, in 1985, wasmade by MuhammadZaidan, also known asMuhammad Abbas or AbuAbbas, leader of thePalestine Liberation Front.(Not to be confused with hisc o m r a d e - i n - a r m sMahmoud Abbas, currentlypresident of the Palestinian

plane and forced it to landin Italy. The Italians, howev-er, refused to extradite theterrorists to America, andinstead put them on trial.All four were convicted, buttwo were set free in just sixyears; the other two werereleased in 2008 and 2009.

What about Abbas,the man who was ultimatelyresponsible for the hijack-ing and murder? ThePalestinian leadership ral-lied around him. HisPalestine Liberation Frontremained part and parcel

of Yasir Arafat's PalestineLiberation Organization.Arafat's foreign minister,Farouk Kaddoumi, accusedMrs. Marilyn Klinghoffer ofmurdering her husband forinsurance money. Abbashimself offered an alterna-tive explanation, at a pressconference in Algeria in1988: "Maybe he was tryingto swim for it."

With Arafat'sendorsement, Abbas andthe PLF continued carryingout terrorist attacks. In fact,it was Arafat's refusal tocondemn a PLF attack in1990 that promptedPresident George H.W. Bush


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Authority.)Four of Abu Abbas's

agents seized the ship, ter-rorized the passengers, andmurdered the wheelchair-bound, 69 year-oldKlinghoffer. They alsodemanded the release of 50Palestinian terrorists beingheld in Israeli prisons.When the Israelis refused tonegotiate, Abbas's gangforced the ship to sail toEgypt. The Egyptian govern-ment arranged for them toflee by plane, but the U.S.air force intercepted the


A MATTER OF TIME

The ObamaAdministration rejectedIsraeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu’s com-parison of ISIS and Hamas,a view that is both ignorantand dangerous, but consis-tent with the internationaltendency to treat thePalestinians as a uniqueclass that deserves specialtreatment, including look-ing the other way when itcomes to their ideology.

Hamas, however,does not conceal its inten-tions, publishing itscovenant in 1988 with anexplicit call for Israel’sdestruction. Notice also thatHamas does not distinguishbetween Jews and Israel:Here are a few excerpts:

Our struggle against

the Jews is very great andvery serious...It strives toraise the banner of Allahover every inch ofPalestine...It is one of thelinks in the chain of thestruggle against the Zionistinvaders...

The Prophet, Allahbless him and grant himsalvation, has said: "TheDay of Judgment will notcome about until Muslimsfight the Jews (killing theJews), when the Jew willhide behind stones andtrees. The stones and treeswill say, ‘O Muslims, OAbdulla, there is a Jewbehind me, come and killhim’”....There is no solution

for the Palestine questionexcept through Jihad.Initiatives, proposals andinternational conferencesare all a waste of time andvain endeavors. Palestine isan Islamic land.

The principles of thecovenant, which Hamasofficials and clerics publiclyrepeat without hesitation,are blatantly anti-Semitic,containing classic conspira-cy theories straight out ofthe Protocols of the Eldersof Zion. Jews are accused of“undermining societies,destroying values, corrupt-ing consciences, deteriorat-ing character and annihilat-ing Islam.” Jews are also

“behind the drug trade andalcoholism...to facilitate itscontrol and expansion.”

According to Hamas,Muslims must combat thethreat posed by the Jewsthrough jihad. And this isnot just a Palestinian oblig-ation; Hamas expects theentire Islamic world to jointhis holy war. The bottomline for Hamas – and all theIslamists – is that “no part

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BATEAUX MOUCH-ES: The Bateaux-Mouches(h t tp ://www.ba teaux -mouches.fr/en) offer dailydepartures throughout theday and in the evening. Youcan choose the dinner orsimple tour options. Theexperience allows you todiscover all of the magic ofthe banks o f the River

THE WORLDFAMOUS OPERA HOUSE:The Palais Garnier(http://visitepalaisgarnier.fr), a magnificent 1,979-seat opera house, was builtfrom 1861 to 1875 for theParis Opera. The cost is 10and six euros for adults andchildren/students respec-tively. You can also rent anaudio guide, which comeson an Ipad and is good fortwo people. We were mes-merized by what we saw.

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Seine, which are enhanced,in no particular order, bythe most prestigious monu-ments which have markedhistory.

BIG BUS TOUR: Inthe first day or two of yourtrip be sure to get tickets forthe famous hop-on, hop-offbus tours (http://eng.big-bustours.com/paris/home.html) .This allows you to explorethe city's top tourist attrac-tions at your own pace.Throughout the ticket valid-ity period, you can hop-onand off the buses at any ofthe Big Bus stops.

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and history, is the cathedralof the Catholic archdioceseof Paris. Access is free ofcharge every day of the year,during the opening hours.

ARC DE TRIOMPHE:Located at one end of Paris’smost famous avenue, theChamps Elysees, the Arc deTriomphe Paris (http://www.arcdetriompheparis.com) triumphal arch is olderthan the Eiffel Tower, but issomewhat new in the tradi-tion of building arches tocelebrate victories. TheCentre des monumentsnationaux has almost 100historical monuments allover France open to thepublic. Readers can log onto www.tourisme.monu-ments-nationaux.fr/en. forfull details.

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trict, in one of the mostbeautiful mansions in Paris,the Musée d’art et d’histoiredu Judaïsme (www.mahj.org) retraces the historicalevolution of the Jewishcommunity through theircultural heritage and tradi-tions. It is specifically dedi-cated to the history of theJews of France, while at thesame time presenting theEuropean and North Africancommunities, which haveshaped present day Jewishlife in the country. As wellas cultural art pieces, tex-tiles and manuscripts, themuseum showcases uniquedocuments on intellectualmovements, art and history,including the archives of theDreyfus affair.

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1914. Its collections repre-sent all expressive forms,from painting to architec-ture, not forgetting sculpt-ing, decorative arts andphotography. You're sure tobe dazzled by the beauty ofwhat you will see.

MOULIN ROUGE:The Moulin Rouge(www.moulinrouge.fr) isquite simply the mostfamous cabaret in theworld! Located in theMonmarte District, thereare dinner and showoptions. You will be enter-tained by a troupe of 80artists, including 60 DorissGirls recruited world-wide;a male and female acrobaticteam; and a ventriloquist.This revue, called “Féerie,”is performed twice a night.

LIVE MUSICALTHEATRE: I strongly rec-ommend an evening at theMogador Theatre(http://www.stageentertainment.fr/the-atre-mogador). Founded in1913, the Mogador is a per-formance venue of 1800seats located a few stepsfrom Paris's departmentstores and Palais GarnierOpera House. Since 2005,the venue has been run bythe Stage Entertainmentgroup and the eclectic pro-gram favours musicals: TheLion King (1,300,000 spec-tators), Mamma Mia! (2011and 2012), Sister Act (2013)and most recently theFrench version of Beautyand the Beast (La Belle et LaBête).

THE ORIGINALGRÉVIN: While there hasbeen a Grévin Museum(www.grevin.com) atMontreal’s Eaton Centresince April 2013, the one inMonmarte is the original. Infact, only one other exists inthe world – in Prague, CzechRepublic. This is a fabulouswax museum, with a specif-ic French feel in terms ofmany of the actors and his-torical figures featured.

JEWISH MUSEUM:Located in the Marais dis-

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to rescind his earlier recog-nition of the PLO. After the1990 attack, Abbas disap-peared from public view.The U.S. government issueda warrant for his arrest andoffered a $250,000 rewardfor his capture. The huntwas on.

But then Bill Clintonwas elected president in1992, and the hunt wascalled off. The Oslo Accordsbetween Israel and the PLObecame the centerpiece ofthe Clinton administration'sMideast policy. Arafat,chairman of the newPalestinian Authority, wasproclaimed to be a "moder-ate" and the leaders of vari-ous PLO factions, such asAbbas, tagged along. Inearly 1996, Abbas surfacedin PA-controlled Gaza - yetthe Clinton administrationdid not ask the PA to extra-dite him to stand trial forthe murder of Klinghoffer.

The U.S. Senateresponded by voting, 99-0,for a resolution askingPresident Clinton to requestAbbas's extradition. Theadministration declaredthat it was too late - thestatute of limitations onextraditing him hadexpired. But theCongressional ResearchService examined the lawand concluded that, in fact,the statute had been sus-pended because Abbas was

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a fugitive from justice.The law didn't mat-

ter. President Clinton dug inhis heels, refused to takeaction against Abbas, andhoped nobody would notice.And he was right.Journalists stopped askingabout Abbas. Jewish lead-ers moved on to otherissues. The senators whovoted for the resolutionwere not prepared to takestronger action, such ascutting off U.S. aid to thePalestinian Authority.

Abbas lived freely inGaza, while traveling oftento Baghdad, a longtime cen-ter of his terror activities.Then, in 2003, Abbas wascaptured by U.S. troopsthat were stationed in Iraqin the aftermath of the warthere. The "moderate"Palestinian Authority wasfurious and demanded hisrelease; PA spokesmanSaeb Erakat said that theOslo accords prohibited theprosecution of anyoneinvolved in terrorism before1993. (In fact, the U.S. isnot a signatory on the Osloaccords and the accords saynothing about the U.S.prosecuting anybody.)

But Abbas managedto cheat justice yet again--eleven months after his cap-ture, Abbas died of naturalcauses while still inAmerican custody in Iraq.


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terrorists involved in themurder of my daughterAlisa in 1995, or any otherPalestinian killers ofAmerican citizens - becauseit would upset the "peaceprocess."

Mr. Clinton neverseemed to realize that peacenegotiations have no mean-ing if the Palestinian sidestill regards terrorists asheroes and is angry if theyare prosecuted. ThePalestinian leadershipalways regardedKlinghoffer's killers - andAlisa's killers - as heroes.They never sincerelyrenounced terrorism andthey never viewed terroristsas bad guys. And that's whythe peace process - whetherBill Clinton's peace process,George W. Bush's peaceprocess, or Barack Obama'speace process - has neverresulted in peace.

On many occasionsin recent years, Mr. Clintonhas expressed regret that herefused to act against thegenocide in Rwanda. Onewonders how long it willtake him to express someregret that he refused to actagainst Palestinian terror-ists whose own genocidalcampaign has claimed somany innocent victims.

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Britt and Jacob weremarried on September 7 atthe Ritz Carlton Hotel. Theymet in Miami five years ago,have been working togetherfor three years and will con-tinue to do so as a marriedcouple. They love it!”

Anita recently had ahuge celebrity seeking ahome in Côte Saint-Luc –Montreal Canadiensdefenceman PK Subban. “Ionly showed PK the house


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Contrary to adminis-tration claims that Hamasdoes not share the ISIS goalof world conquest, thegroup believes that, afterliberating Palestine, it cancreate a model Islamicstate, which will “becomethe vanguard of a largerIslamist movement that willembrace all Muslims, whowill eventually shed theirrespective nationalist con-victions and restore the uni-versal Islamic polity and theglories of the past.”

What makes negoti-ations with Hamas or anyother Islamist group impos-sible is that they believethey are acting according tothe immutable word of god.Israel cannot do anything tosatisfy them, as Egyptiancleric Muhammad HusseinYa’qub, said in a televisedsermon in 2009. “If theJews left Palestine to us,would we start loving them?Of course not,” heexplained. “The Jews areinfidels not because I say sobut because Allah does…They aren’t our enemiesbecause they occupyPalestine; they would be ourenemies even if they had notoccupied anything.” This isone example of why StateDepartment Arabists aredelusional to believe thatsolving the conflict with thePalestinians will bringpeace and tranquility to theMiddle East.


HAMAS SoCIAL MEDIA

glorifies attack on

Jerusalem synagogue.

The cartoon claims that

the killings of Jewish

worshippers were in

retaliation for attacks

on the al-Aksa Mosque.


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The radical Islamicfocus on Israel is partly amatter of convenience; itserves as an easy rallyingpoint for the masses.Moreover, these Muslimshave little doubt that Israelcan be destroyed becausetime is on their side. Giventhe perspective of centuries,the current situation inwhich the U.S. is the globalsuperpower and Israel isconsidered the region’sdominant power is deemeda temporary phenomenon.Many Muslims believe thatthe Palestinians will out-number the Jews in thearea between theMediterranean and JordanRiver (not to mention the300 million Muslims in sur-rounding countries) and willthen overwhelm the Jews bythe sheer force of theirnumbers. They also believethat it is just a matter oftime before they acquirenuclear weapons, regard-less of the outcome of theeffort to halt Iran’s nuclearprogram. At that point theywill also have the militarymeans to destroy Israel.

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legislation to combat cli-mate change, and theexpanding of LGBT rightsare now anything butenthusiastic. “It’s going tobe tough on the issues wecare about,” says NancyZirkin, director of policy forthe Leadership Council ofCivil and Human Rights.Added Rabbi DavidSaperstein, the outgoingdirector of the ReligiousAction center of Reform


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Station that “I feel moreclose to you than you canimagine...Also in my heart,through ties of affection andfriendship and sentiment,but also, and this is almostmore important to methrough spirit”. Cazeneuveexpressed his concern overthe spike in French anti-Semitism”. “Every time youfeel the violence exercisedagainst you, when you areafraid for yourchildren...remind your-selves that the republic pro-tects you and an interiorminister who loves you andwho is your friend.”

And then there’sFrance’s new prime minis-ter Manuel Valls(Cazeneuvereplaced Valls as InteriorMinister). His long history offriendship towards FrenchJewry is well known. In2002, during a wave of anti-Semitism, teenagers threw

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With the wave ofanti-Semitism that hasspread across Francerecently, and the fear it hasengendered among FrenchJews, it might be assumedthat the Jewish communityhas no friends in highplaces. But two ministersin the current governmenthave gone out of their wayto express their friendshipand respect for FrenchJewry.

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Judaism: “It’s hard to seehow the LGBT rights issuewill not hit a politicalplateau”. And Jewishactivists know they willhave a difficult battle to getthe new Congress to fix theHobby Lobby SupremeCourt ruling which allowedemployees to refuse to pro-vide contraceptives as part

of their health care plan. Many see what is

happening in theRepublican dominatedPennsylvania state legisla-ture as an ominous sign.“I’m not optimistic thatmuch is going to get done inPennsylvania in the nextfew years ” , says B r i anG r a l n i c k , d i r e c t o r f o r

social responsibility at theJewish Federation ofGreater Philadelphia.“Dollars for needy pro-grammes will be even moredifficult to come by”.

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stones at Jews walking to asynagogue in Evry, a sub-urb of Paris. Valls, then themayor, joined the weeklysynagogue walk. As InteriorMinister Valls went after thecomedian DieudonneM’bala M’bala, the creator ofthe quasi Nazi salute knownas the quenelle. Vallsdescribed it as an “anti-Semitic gesture of hate”.“Without Jews”, says Valls.

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“France will no longer beFrance”. The new primeminister’s marriage toJewish violist Anne Gravoinin 2011 “connected him inan eternal way” to Israeland the Jewish people.

The Conference ofEuropean Rabbis hasannounced it will awardValls with this year’s LordJakobivitz Prize forEuropean Jewry for his“exemplary determinationin the fight against anti-Semitism.”

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Four years ago Amarconverted to Islam and fol-lowed a childhood friend toSyria to fight for the forcesof ISIS. According toSammy Ghozlan, founder ofthe National Bureau forVigilance Against Anti-Semitism (BNVCA), Amar ispart of a pattern in which(Please turn to following page)

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“some French Jews whowere not brought up veryJewish are radicalized.”Ghozlan says he met with a16 year old Jewish girl inParis who had converted toIslam and he knows of atleast two other cases of sim-ilar conversions. “With adivided Jewish communityand with Israel, once asource of pride for allFrench Jews, under con-stant vilification, someyoung Jews are seekingsomething to be proud ofand some find that inRadical Islam,” saysGhozlan. “It has the powerof a cult,”

Reports indicatethat Amar’s mother was inthe process of converting toJudaism but pretended tobe converting to Islam inorder to be closer to herson. Amar’s relatives inIsrael were told that he haddied in a car accident.

The AJC is the onlyJewish group openly sup-porting Keystone. Left wingJewish groups are not quiteso keen. In fact, for fouryears the Shalom Center ofPhiladelphia. for whom theclimate is a major concern


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Fewer than 90 Jewsstill live in Yemen and lifehas not been easy for them.Radical Islamists haveforced half of the remainingJews to live in a guardedcompound which protectsthe US Embassy in the cap-ital of Sanaa.

But at least one gov-ernment official had thecourage to show herfriendship towards theJews of her country.Culture Minister ArwaOthman won HumanRights Watch’s Alison DesForges Award for her workin combatting extremismand discrimination againstwomen. She announcedthat she is giving theaward to her “brothers andfriends from the Jewishcommunity”. She hasrepeatedly called for “toler-ance”, despite being con-stantly subjected to smearcampaigns by hard-lineSalafi groups for her sup-port of the Jewish commu-nity and for her fight toend child marriage.

Congressman AdelEl Zabayar, a member ofVenezuela’s NationalAssembly, recently toldHezbollah-sponsored AlManar TV that “in order tounderstand what is hap-pening in the Middle Eastand what happened in theworld in the First andSecond World Wars we mustexamine the original Zionistconspiracy. If we look intowho financed Hitler beforeWW11 we will see that themain financers were theZionists”. According toZabayar, Hitler only killedJews belonging to progres-sive organizations. He evenissued a coin to express hisadmiration for Zionists.

El Zabayar is also amember of the VenezuelanFederation of ArabAssociations and in a photoattached to his Twitteraccount appears with a riflein hand.

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