What is clear is that Frenkel was promoted from prisoner to guard in a surprisingly short period, even by the chaotic standards of SLON: by November 1924, having been resident at the camp for less than a year, Frenkel's early release was requested by the SLON administration; the request was finally granted in 1927. The Swedish rival newspaper Sydsvenskan sharply criticized Aftonbladet for publishing what it called "an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory". The article opened by mentioning arrests related to a suspected money-laundering and organ-trafficking operation involving rabbis, politicians and civil servants in New Jersey and New York. Jewish Practice. His prisoner registration card states clearly that he was born in Haifa, then part of the Ottoman Empire. [63][64], According to The Jerusalem Post, Jalal Ghanem, the brother of Bilal Ghanem, whose photograph had accompanied Bostrm's article, could not confirm the allegations. [36], Former diplomat Colette Avital said that Sweden should know the difference between freedom of the press and freedom of opinion: "freedom of expression is not unlimited, even in that beautiful northern country". The attack set off riots and protests throughout the West Bank and 19 Palestinians were killed by the Israeli Defense Forces within 48 hours of the massacre. [31], "The argument over the profitability, efficiency and fairness of prison labour was to continue for the next quarter-century [] in the mid 1920s the Karelian local authorities were not winning [the argument] [ and] although as late as 1929, the camp was in fact running a deficit of 1.6 million roubles - quite possibly because OGPU stole from the till - Solovetsky's supposed economic success was still trumpeted far and wide. On October 26, 1981, after two firebombs damaged the Egyptian tourist office at Rockefeller Center, JDL Chairman Meir Kahane said at a press conference: "I'm not going to say that the JDL bombed that office. The U.S.S.R. recognized its sovereignty on September 6, and United Nations membership followed shortly thereafter. Winter sets in slowly and lasts from the middle of December to the middle of March. And we also know that there are families claiming that their children's organs have been harvested. One of the signatories, Dov Sperling, claimed that the recent cancellation of the Bolshoi Ballet's scheduled American tour was forced by the JDL and hailed it as the first public surrender by Soviet authorities to Jewish pressure. Four weeks after Odeh's death, FBI spokesperson Lane Bonner stated the FBI attributed the bombing and two others to the JDL. [57], During the 1980s, past-JDL member Victor Vancier (who later founded the Jewish Task Force), and two other former JDL members were arrested in connection with six incidents: 1984 firebombing of an automobile at a Soviet diplomatic residence, the 1985 and 1986 pipe bombings of rival JDL members' cars, the 1986 firebombing at a hall where the Soviet State Symphony Orchestra was performing, and two 1986 detonations of tear gas grenades to protest performances by Soviet dance troupes. Jewish books in Alessandria (by pro-Nazi mob) On December 13, 1943, in Alessandria, Italy, a mob of supporters of the German-imposed Italian Social Republic attacked the synagogue of the city's small Jewish community, on Via Milano. There was a significant Jewish community in Lithuania prior to World War II, and an influx of Jews from German-controlled Poland in 1941 boosted this population to nearly 250,000. Makhnach Family Archive, Moscow, L. Makhnach, '', ms., pp 3-8; interview with Leonid Makhnach, Moscow, July 2004 quoted by Figes, Orlando, https://dbs.anumuseum.org.il/skn/en/c6/e216972/Family_Name/ARONOVICH, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Naftaly_Frenkel&oldid=1114420948, Emigrants from the Ottoman Empire to the Russian Empire, Wikipedia articles needing factual verification from October 2021, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles containing Russian-language text, Articles with unsourced statements from February 2012, Articles with Russian-language sources (ru), Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 6 October 2022, at 12:00. How exactly Frenkel transformed himself from prisoner to camp commander is also mysterious. "[36][37], On April 20, fifteen JDL members were arrested after chaining themselves to the fence in front of the Soviet Mission to the UN to protest against the treatment of Jews in the Soviet Union. Corrections? [34], On April 7, the JDL held memorial services on behalf of civilian victims of "Arab terrorism during the past half century" in front of the United Arab Republic Mission to the United Nations. [28] He was subsequently found guilty of involvement in the killing of the secretary of computer firm ProWest, Patricia Wilkerson, in another, unrelated mail bomb blast. Somewhat less common are ermines and weasels. Dcouvrez l'info en ligne sur le journal web de Remiremont et cantons de La Bresse, Le Thillot Un mdia gratuit en ligne 100% actualit Vosges. An Israeli official quoted him as saying, "We're not asking the Swedish government for an apology, we're asking for their condemnation". The frost-free season lasts about 125 to 155 days. Several youths painted slogans on a Soviet airliner, two of them handcuffed themselves to the airliner, while others daubed the words "Am Yisroel Chai" (the Nation of Israel Lives) on the plane's doors. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. The short history of independent Slovakia is one of a desire to move from mere autonomy within the Czechoslovak federation to sovereigntya history of resistance to being called the nation after the hyphen. Although World War II thwarted the Slovaks first vote for independence in 1939, sovereignty was finally realized on January 1, 1993, slightly more than three years after the Velvet Revolutionthe collapse of the communist regime that had controlled Czechoslovakia since 1948. On November 4, 2002, at the federal Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles, Rubin slit his throat with a safety razor and jumped out of a third story window. We've developed a suite of premium Outlook features for people with advanced email and calendar needs. [51], On January 20, JDL national chairman Rabbi Meir Kahane announced that JDL will conduct "non-violent actions" against organizations engaged in cultural exchange programs with the Soviet Union and that there had been "unofficial contacts" between his group and "some Jewish establishment organizations" which were welcomed.[51]. [1], On January 17, in response to JDL tactics against Soviet personnel being condemned by the Israeli Cabinet and American Jewish leaders, eight former Soviet Jews living in Israel sent cables to American Jewish leaders denouncing their condemnation of the JDL and denying that the JDL's acts endangered Soviet Jews. The boggy regions produce large quantities of peat that, dried by air, is used in both industry and agriculture. In 2004, Leonid stated that after his break with Vladimir, Frenkel became the main paternal figure in his life. The Israeli Government Press Office, which accredits foreign journalists visiting the country, said that it was delaying its approval for an Aftonbladet correspondent and photographer who are seeking permission to enter the Gaza Strip by the maximum of 90 days allowed by regulations.[27]. Helsinki is the capital and largest city, forming a larger metropolitan area with the neighbouring cities of Espoo, Kauniainen, and Vantaa.The vast majority of the population [22] Aftonbladet published an update noting the recent conviction of Yehuda Hiss, Chief Pathologist at Israel's Abu Kabir Institute, and two of his colleagues for improperly taking body tissue from a dead Israeli soldier in 2001. [11], In 2002, in France, attackers from Betar and Ligue de Dfense Juive (LDJ) violently assaulted Jewish demonstrators from Peace Now, journalists, police officers (one of whom was stabbed), and Arab bystanders. Why are they performing an autopsy when the cause of death is obvious, and in all cases against our will? [20] In August 2009, Bostrm said that he did not know whether the claims were true but that he wanted them investigated;[21] he made similar remarks at a November conference in Israel. [5], Founded by Rabbi Meir Kahane in New York City in 1968, the JDL's self-described purpose was to protect Jews from local manifestations of antisemitism. Jalal also said that the only time the family saw the Swedish photographer was at Bilal's funeral photographing the event. Another relative of the family, Ibrahim Ghanem, said that the family never told the Swedish photographer that Israel had stolen organs from Bilal's body and speculated, "Maybe the journalist reached that conclusion on the basis of the stitches he saw on the body." [16] Frenkel managed the daily work on the White SeaBaltic Canal from November 1931 until its completion. Rubin's son and JDL vice-chairman Ari Rubin committed suicide in 2012. Omissions? By 1944, however, the majority of the population had been murdered, deported, or sent to concentration camps (see Holocaust). [13] Meanwhile, the camp administration submitted regular reports to the OGPU about Frenkel in glowing terms: "in camp he conducted himself as such an exceptionally talented worker that he has won the confidence of the administration of SLON, and is treated with authority he is one of the rare, responsible workers. A JDL spokesperson denied the group's involvement in the bombing, but refused to condemn it. "[98] FBI statistics show that, from 1980 through 1985, there were 18 officially classified terrorist attacks in the U.S. committed by Jews; 15 of those by members of the JDL. 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[93], On February 25, 1994, Baruch Goldstein, an American-born Israeli member of Kach, who in his youth was a JDL activist, opened fire on Muslims kneeling in prayer at the revered Cave of the Patriarchs mosque in the West Bank city of Hebron, killing 29 worshippers and injuring 125 before he ran out of ammunition and was himself killed. The Swedish government is not responsible". [37], A support meeting of families of Israeli and Palestinian donors of organs and tissues on 26 August at Sourasky Medical Center, in Tel Aviv, discussed the report. [38], On May 8, about fifty JDL members demonstrated outside the Black Panther Party headquarters in Harlem due to an alleged "outrageous explosion of anti-Semitic hatred" by the Panthers. Agreeing on the lack of merit in the article, he suggests, however, that politicians had blown the controversy out of proportion for political purposes: "Lieberman expressed the feeling of many Israelis who do not understand the European narrative, and they think that any criticism comes from total misunderstanding of the Middle East, or because Europe is totally antisemitic and pro-Palestinian. The JDL upholds five fundamental principles, The JDL encourages, per its principle of the "Love of Jewry," that " in the end the Jew can look to no one but another Jew for help and that the true solution to the Jewish problem is the liquidation of the Exile and the return of all Jews to Eretz Yisroel the land of Israel. Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. [27], Initially, the League was connected to a series of violent attacks against the Soviet Union's interests in the United States, protesting the former country's repression of Soviet Jews, who were often jailed and refused exit visas. [7], Later that day, the Swedish news agency TT quoted Carl Bildt as denying the Frattini's conclusion and reported that the head of communications at the Swedish Foreign Ministry, Cecilia Julin, denied that Bildt and Frattini even had discussed the dispute or a possible resolution at the Council of Ministers: "From the Swedish side we have no plans to handle this question through the informal foreign ministers' meeting in Stockholm". [17] He also reported the response of the IDF spokesperson as being that the allegations of organ theft were lies and that all Palestinian victims are routinely subjected to autopsy. All were linked to the Jewish Defense League (JDL). The second asked him to open an errand of supervision regarding the Swedish ambassador's statements, and on a principal level explain what an ambassador officially can express on behalf of the high office and the country. [32], The editorial line of Ha'aretz was much harsher: "Donald Bostrom, a veteran Swedish journalist, wrote a despicable, utterly baseless article". The letter stated, "This article represents nothing less than a base recycling of the medieval blood libel in which Jews were charged with killing Christian children for their alleged ritual use". Smaller numbers speak Romany, the Indo-Aryan language of the Roma (Gypsies), and Yiddish, a Germanic language. Following a bumpy launch week that saw frequent server trouble and bloated player queues, Blizzard has announced that over 25 million Overwatch 2 players have logged on in its first 10 days. Today they make up about three-fifths of the population, and Russians account for about one-fourth. The lowland, consisting of glacial lake clays and boulder-studded loams, stretches in a wide band across the country from north to south; some portions of it are heavily waterlogged. Heller said, "It was no secret that in the aftermath of the Suge Knight shake down incident where Eazy was forced to sign over Dr. Dre, Michel'le and The D.O.C., that Ruthless was protected by Israeli trained/connected security forces. There are small groups of Belarusians, Ukrainians, Poles, Lithuanians, and others. [43], On August 16, 400 JDL members began a week-long march from Philadelphia to Washington on behalf of Soviet Jewry, concluding with a rally at Lafayette Park urging President Nixon to "stand tall and firm in the Middle East as you have done elsewhere." [40], Mrten Schultz, senior lecturer in jurisprudence, thought that the appeals to freedom of speech were "attempts to use the rhetorically convincing status of the freedom of expression and press legislation in order to pursue a political agenda" and exhorted politicians and journalists to bring out and read the Freedom of the Press Act before they said what the government is not entitled to do. They also were ordered to bomb a target in the "Negro section of New York" and blame it on the JDL. The official language of Latvia is Latvian; however, nearly one-third of the population speaks Russian. [1][59] Posner-Krsi was still critical of Aftonbladet, stating in her letter to editor Jan Helin that "the Jewish Central Council in Sweden insists that the description is akin to classic antisemitism Jews who kidnap children to slaughter them and steal their blood. 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