Une Ignorance Mortelle
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Lisez : Égypte- Selon un érudit islamique, l’interdiction de l’excision est contraire à l’islam
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May 25, 2008
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Il découvre les juifs de Djerba
Une communauté en plein essor
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HARA KBIRA (île de Djerba) ENVOYÉE SPÉCIALE
Moshe Giat n'en revient pas : "Ici, c'est comme Israël il y a cinquante ans ! Les enfants connaissent des prières et des chants religieux que seuls nos parents sont encore capables de réciter ! C'est incroyable !" Tout en posant des questions - en hébreu - à la cinquantaine de gamins qui le suivent, ce chanteur israélien parcourt les rues de Hara Kbira (le "grand quartier"), situé dans la banlieue d'Houmt Souk, la principale localité de l'île. Moshe Giat a été invité à Djerba - comme une autre vedette israélienne de la chanson, Youval Taieb - pour se produire devant un auditoire enthousiaste de pèlerins. Ce séjour l'enchante : il découvre les juifs de Djerba.
"On ne comptait plus que 750 juifs tunisiens en 1988. Ils sont aujourd'hui 1 050. Djerba est la seule communauté juive en terre d'islam dont le nombre augmente, or tous ont des passeports et sont libres de s'en aller vivre ailleurs", souligne Gabriel Kabla, médecin parisien, originaire de Djerba et président de l'Association des juifs de Tunisie. Presque la moitié de ces 1 050 juifs tunisiens ont moins de 20 ans. Hors de Djerba, ils ne sont pas 500, le plus souvent âgés.
Dans les rues de Hara Kbira, des enfants jouent, la kippa sur la tête et le cartable dans le dos, ou circulent à Mobylette, leur petit bonnet en crochet vissé sur le crâne. "Shalom !", lance un adolescent.
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Les Juifs du Québec
PLUSIEURS FIBRES, UNE MÊME ÉTOFFE : LES JUIFS DE QUÉBEC
Facettes d’une histoire de quatre siècles
Olivier Artis
24-05-2008 | 20h11Une partie de l’histoire de la Nouvelle-France est présentée à l’exposition Plusieurs fibres, une même étoffe : les Juifs de Québec, à travers des événements marquants de ce peuple et ses personnages. Elle se tient dans le cadre du 400e de Québec, jusqu’au 26 septembre, à la Gare du Palais.
Porte d’entrée du continent, Québec a fait l’histoire en accueillant de nombreux immigrants. Parmi eux, on compte les Juifs qui ont trouvé leur place, malgré les difficultés rencontrées. L’exposition traite de cette réalité, celle de la colonisation de l’Amérique qui leur offre un refuge face à la persécution vécue en Europe. Ils se sont fait chasser d’Espagne en 1492 et ont également subi les conséquences de la révocation de l’Édit de Nantes, en 1685. suite>>
J'ai trouvé un court métrage assez intéressant sur Daily Motion qui parle du judaisme au Québec:Israel denies entry to high-profile critic Norman Finkelstein
By Yossi Melman, Haaretz Correspondent
The Shin Bet security service detained and deported an American Jewish professor who is a prominent critic of the Israeli occupation when he landed at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Friday.
Professor Norman Finkelstein was interrogated for several hours and held in an airport cell before being put on a plane back to Amsterdam, his point of departure. Finkelstein said he was told he could not return to Israel for 10 years.
Finkelstein visited Lebanon a few months ago and met with Hezbollah operatives there, and subsequently published articles. Finkelstein, 55, has accused Israel of exploiting the Holocaust for political ends. He recently left DePaul University following pressure by Jewish organizations and individuals, including Professor Alan Dershowitz.
He also said in the interview that he was "en route to Palestine to see one of my oldest and dearest friends, Musa Abu-Hashhash." (ed: now there's an extremely stupid statement) more>>
Related article: U.S. prof. who says Jews abuse Holocaust to curb critics resigns
Middle East Scholar J. C. Hurewitz, 93, Dies
By Douglas Martin
Published: May 23, 2008
J. C. Hure
witz, a Columbia University professor whose voluminous research, belief in the importance of local histories and evenhanded scholarship contributed depth and complexity to the emerging field of Middle Eastern studies starting in 1950, died on May 16 in New York. He was 93.
Hurewitz said he began studying Middle Eastern politics when it was "essentially a nonexistent discipline" and went on to shepherd hundreds of students through the Middle East Institute, which he directed from 1970 until 1984. These i
ncluded future diplomats in the Middle East, some of the early women to venture into the field, and Ismail Khalidi, the father of Rashid Khalidi, the current director of the institute.
Hurewitz's most enduring scholarly achievement was collecting mostly unpublished papers, like secret treaties, communications between governments and legislative acts, to document the history of the Middle East from the early 16th century until just after World War II. The material was collected in two volumes published in 1956, then expanded and updated in two more volumes published in 1975 and 1979. He preceded each document with a detailed explanation.
The first two were "Diplomacy in the Near and Middle East" (Nostrand), and the second two, "The Middle East and North Africa in World Politics" (Yale).
Among his more influential interpretive works was "The Struggle for Palestine" (Norton, 1950), a revisi
on of his doctoral thesis, which is still regarded as an illuminating look at the emergence of Israel as a nation.
The historian William Roger Louis wrote in the preface to his highly regarded "The British Empire in the Middle East, 1945-1951" (Clarendon, 1984) that "my views on Arab nationalism and Zionism, and on the United States and the Middle East, have been influenced by the sensitive and dead-on-the-mark observations of J. C. Hurewitz."
In an area of scholarship rife with partisanship and special interests, Hurewitz never favored either the Jewish or Arab side, Anderson said. more>>
May 24, 2008
"a conspiracy against Egypt"
Security services in Cairo cancel roots trip planned by dozens of Israelis, Jews of Egyptian descent following television presenter's remarks
A roots trip to Cairo and Alexandria planned by dozens of Israelis and Jews of Egyptian descent was called off Thursday upon order of Egypt's security services.
"We are sorry, but the situation is sensitive, and under the current circumstances we cannot accommodate you," an Egyptian official told Levana Zamir of Tel Aviv, head of the Israel- Egypt Friendship Association, who initiated the trip.
The dozens of participants, who planned to travel along with their children and grandchildren, were shocked by the cancellation.
The Marriott Hotel in Cairo was the first to announce that "we cannot accommodate the Israeli and Jewish delegation, and we are cancelling the reservations."
Two hours later, the Egyptian travel agent stated that "in spite of our urgent appeals, we were unsuccessful in finding any hotel in Cairo which would agree to host the delegation from Israel, and we recommend that you postpone your plans to visit Egypt."
The affair began three months ago, when Zamir came up with the idea to hold a roots trip for people of Egyptian descent. She prepared an itinerary and asked Israeli Ambassador to Cairo Shalom Cohen and Prof. Gabi Rosenbaum, director of the Israeli Academic Center in Cairo, to speak before the delegation members.
According to Egyptian procedures, internal security officials were given the itinerary, the lectures and the names of the lecturers, which also included a number of Jewish academicians who planned to join the roots trip.
'A cover-up for their plans'
The trip's participants purchased plane tickets from El Al, paid for a hotel and planned to leave Israel on the coming Sunday. On Wednesday night, however, they were hit with a surprise: A well-known Egyptian television presenter, Amr Adib, dedicated an extensive report to the planned trip, accusing the delegation members of "coming to celebrate Israel's 60th anniversary in Egypt of all places."
He added that "the roots trip is only a cover-up for their plans to demand that their property in Cairo and Alexandria be returned to them."
According to Adib, the trip's participants planned to file dozens of legal claims for the return of the houses, factories and stores which they had owned in the past and were nationalized.
"Why should we bring in Jews born in Egypt who preferred to flee to Israel, which has fought us in blood-soaked wars," the broadcaster asked, accusing the Israeli Embassy in Cairo and the Israeli Academic Center of "sponsoring a conspiracy against Egypt."
Moreover, Adib took advantage of the report in order to reveal the name of the hotel which was to accommodate the Israeli delegation. He also claimed that the delegation members planned to hold a press conference in Cairo and called on the Egyptian Foreign Ministry "to take the necessary steps."
"I was shocked by these expressions of hatred and what followed, despite the fact that I have been active for so many years in distributing the Egyptian culture and advancing the friendship between the countries," Levana Zamir said Thursday. "Our plan was perfectly innocent: To take tours of Cairo and Alexandria and show our childhood places to our children and grandchildren," she added.
The travel agency in Cairo made it clear to Zamir that "the trip is being cancelled for security reasons following the reports on Egyptian media" and promised to return the payments already made.
ed: When I personally learned of this cancellation early this week, I couldn't believe my ears. Surely, there was a mistake, or some aberration. As days went by, no, indeed it was not a mistake. And then I became angry; terribly angry. I had wanted to join Levana's group when we originally announced the trip on this blog some months ago. I was not able to do so for personal reasons; however, as we say, there's always next year.
Who is this Amr Adib? And should he be put in jail and tortured for lying? This is one instance when I would not object to Mubarak's iron hand on the press. This man has robbed these visitors of their right to gather peacefully, and rejoice in their memories. He is an idiot. He should be barred from reporting. Let him be a zabal, I don't care. The audacity! Surely, it is not worth risking your life over it, as his comments are tantamount to a ticking bomb. People like Amr Adib will ensure that Egypt will remain in the cobwebs of the cosmos for centuries to come. He is the reason that people like our president despise their ilk.
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May 23, 2008
Los Angeles Festival of Ideas - June 29
Nextbook Presents
LOS ANGELES : Jewish Geography: Place, Design, Memory, Imagination
The Freud Playhouse and Macgowan Little Theater at UCLA
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Shalom Auslander 
David Biale Frederic Brenner Peter Eisenman Ben Katchor Jonathan Kirsch Rabbi Zoë Klein Lucette Lagnado Mia Lehrer Wendy Lesser Andy Lipkis Daniel Mendelsohn Daphne Merkin Aaron Paley Eddy Portnoy Joanna Smith Rakoff Julius Shulman Joan Micklin Silver
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Free Family Festival
Sunday, June 29, 2008, 9:00 am
A morning of storytelling, music, and hands-on workshops for kids, parents, grandparents, and other connoisseurs of fun.
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BOSTONPromised Land: Moses in America
Co-sponsored by the New Center for Arts & Culture
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Cannes: Une jeune Palestinienne en quête de ses origines
© Courrier international 2008
Le Sel de la mer raconte le périple d'une Palestinienne née à l'étranger qui revient sur la terre de ses ancêtres. Le critique du quotidien libanais Al-Akhbar a assisté à sa projection à Cannes.
Le Sel de la mer est l'œuvre de la jeune réalisatrice Annemarie Jacir. Il montre les souffrances des Palestiniens de la diaspora, soixante années après la Nakba [catastrophe, défaite arabe et création d'Israël en 1948]. Lors de la première projection officielle du film, la deuxième plus grande salle du palais des Festivals et des Congrès, la salle Debussy était trop petite pour accueillir la foule qui, comme toujours quand un film palestinien est présenté à Cannes, était animée par la curiosité et la sympathie. Après le bon accueil que lui avait réservé la critique, l'affluence a encore redoublé lors de la deuxième projection. suite>>
La video est en anglais et en arabe...(the film trailer is in English with some arabic)
Albanian forum discusses rescue of Jews during WWII
worldjewishcongress
A conference about the rescue of Albanian Jews during the Holocaust has opened in Albania's capital, Tirana. Participating in the gathering are researchers of the Holocaust and historians from Israel and Albania, Italy, Germany, the United States, representatives of the Israeli Foreign Ministry and of the World Jewish Congress. Jews in Albania were saved by the citizens of the mostly Muslim country, which sheltered them and gave them refuge. "The heroic rescue of Jews in Albania is very exceptional," Mordechai Arbell, representing the World Jewish Congress, told the AP news agency.
"Albanian Jewry is the only Jewish community in Europe whose numbers even grew under German occupation," according to Prof. Dan Michman of Bar-Ilan University. "Yad Vashem recognized 63 Albanians as Righteous Among the Nations, a record number bearing in mind the number of citizens of Albania and the number of Jews living in its territory."
The complete story of the Jews of Albania has not yet been comprehensively studied due to the political and cultural closure of Albania before the fall of the Iron Curtain in that country in 1990. "The Albanians are proud of the help which they offered the Jews during the period of the Holocaust and they feel great respect and admiration for Israel today, as well. The whole country is eagerly awaiting the event." said Rafi Faust, the Honorary Consul of Albania in Israel.
Related Reading: The Virtual Jewish History Tour - Albania; Rescue in AlbaniaSaudi Arabia continues its assault on human rights
cnn.com
48 minutes ago
- Story Highlights
- Wife of professor Matrook al-Faleh says police told her on Monday that he was in jail
- Jamila al-Uqla says police now deny that her husband is in custody
- Human Rights Watch says he was targeted for comments on prison conditions
- Al-Faleh was arrested in 2004 for circulating petition on human rights
ed: Why don't we just keep giving them money and beg them for more oil?
Orientalist Sale on Friday, May 30th, 2008.
John Frederick Lewis, Greeting in the Desert, Egypt (Selamat Teiyibin). 1855. Photo: Courtesy of Sotheby's.LONDON.- Hot on the heels of The Orientalist Sale at Sotheby’s New York in April - which realised $8.7 million and saw Jean- Léon Gérôme’s Rüstem Pasha Mosque, Istanbul sell for $1.9 million - Sotheby’s London is now delighted to announce that it will present an impressive range of Turkish, North African and Middle East-inspired works in its Orientalist Sale on Friday, May 30th, 2008. The sale will present works by many of the leading names in the field, including Frederick Arthur Bridgman (1847-1928), Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904), Henri Rousseau (1875-1933), Théodore Chassériau (1819-56), Rudolf Ernst (1854-1904) and John Frederick Lewis (1805-76), all of whom were inspired by the khans, souks and bazaars of North Africa, the Middle East and Turkey in the 19th century. The 90 or so works - which include both paintings and sculpture - have a collective pre-sale estimate of £6.2-8.6 million. more>>
May 22, 2008
Why Is The Muslim World Declining?
This question is either rhetorical or totally naive; I found myself wondering if Dr. Chapra is living in a bubble or has been missing from the planet for the last ten years..How in the world can you expect a civilization to achieve any greatness or contribution to the world, if it's too busy killing its critics? The question however, does bear some relevance. With the exception of Mr. Elbaradei, and long before that, Naguib Mahfouz, what names can we recall from the Arab world that were nobel laureates?
If only....20% of all the energy that was fueled by the hatred and senseless killing went into research and/or education, there might be something to be proud of, something that might redirect the brain power of the world's most populous religion. Instead they are using their education and intelligence, wherever and whenever it exists, to eradicate people from the West, or as they call them, the infidels. Here's the article:
JEDDAH, 20 May 2008 — Dr. M. Umer Chapra, an eminent economist, social scientist and the winner of the King Faisal International Prize, has urged Muslims to identify the reasons for their decline. After making vitally important contributions to civilization for several centuries, the Muslim world went into decline and Chapra would like for the lost glory to become a reality once again.
Addressing a ceremony held at the Jeddah Hilton Sunday night to launch his latest book “Muslim Civilization: The Causes of Decline and the Need for Reform,” Chapra urged Muslim governments and societies to give top priority to establish justice and equality. “No society can progress without justice,” he added. continued>>
Bookshelf: Amour et haine en religion
En dépit de son approche assez ardue, voilà un ouvrage qui mériterait d'être mis entre les mains de tous ceux qui défendent une lecture littérale des textes sacrés, y lisant volontiers la haine, la violence, l'ostracisme contenu dans la Bible ou le Coran.
Trois hommes de foi, un juif, un catholique et un musulman, ont entrepris une lecture critique de leurs textes respectifs pour tenter d'expliquer ce que le rabbin David Meyer, à l'origine de ce projet, a appelé les "versets douloureux". Cette formule donne son titre à l'ouvrage qu'il cosigne avec le jésuite Yves Simoens et le théologien musulman Soheib Bencheikh : Les Versets douloureux. Bible, Evangile et Coran entre conflit et dialogue. En savoir plus>>
Le tee-shirt fait le musulman
Si l'habit ne fait pas le moine, le tee-shirt fait le musulman. "I'm muslim, don't panik !" ou encore "I love my Prophet" sont quelques-un des messages qu'arborent fièrement une partie de la jeunesse musulmane d'Europe. Une manière de mettre en avant son appartenance religieuse, parfois de manière ludique, dans un monde où, depuis le 11 septembre 2001, les termes de "lutte contre le terrorisme", et en priorité islamique, sont les maîtres-mots.
Présent à l'occasion de la 25ème rencontre des musulmans de France pour une séance de rencontres/dédicaces, samedi 10 mai entre 15h et 17h, le rappeur Médine avait fait déployer pour l'occasion des tee-shirts vendus sur son site Internet avec l'inscription "I'm muslim, don't panik !". Le rappeur a également fait imprimer sweats et bonnets d'inscriptions telles que "Le savoir est une arme", "Every day I'm muslim" ou encore "Jihad, le plus grand combat est contre soi-même".
Dans un monde post-11 septembre dans lequel la lutte contre le terrorisme, et en priorité islamique, est partout brandie comme condition de notre sécurité, la jeunesse musulmane s'approprie les styles et les modes pour revendiquer de manière ludique, voire ironique, son appartenance religieuse.
Dans un monde post-11 septembre dans lequel la lutte contre le terrorisme, et en priorité islamique, est partout brandie comme condition de notre sécurité, la jeunesse musulmane s'approprie les styles et les modes pour revendiquer de manière ludique, voire ironique, son appartenance religieuse.
'Une expression moderne de l'identité musulmane'
Global Peace Index: Israel hits rock bottom
Just like Afghanistan? Israelis relax at café Photo: Hila TovEconomist Intelligence Unit ranks Israel 136th out of 140 countries, alongside Afghanistan, Chad
Reuters Published: 05.20.08, 23:38 / Israel News
The Group of Eight major economic powers were a mixed bag. Japan ranked fifth, Canada 11th, Germany 14th, Italy 28th, France 36th and Britain 49th. Russia was near the bottom at 131st, the only one in the group below the United States.
The United States slipped from 96th last year, but was still ahead of foe Iran which ranked 105th. It, however, lagged Belarus, Cuba, South Korea, Chile, Libya and others which were listed as more peaceful. Iraq, which the United States invaded in 2003, leading to the toppling of Saddam Hussein, ranked lowest on the index. Afghanistan was also in the bottom five, along with Sudan, Somalia and Israel.Russia ranked 131st
Commenting on the US ranking, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said to realize a more peaceful and prosperous world, "often times, you have to do difficult things and a lot of times, people don't agree with them. They don't like them." "A lot of times you fall down in these lists but at the end of the day it is in defense of democracy and the way of life we have enjoyed over the past several decades," he added.The index looks at 24 indicators of external and internal measures of peace, including UN deployments overseas and levels of violent crime, respect for human rights, the number of soldiers killed overseas and arms sales. more>>
Syrian Ambassador Talks about Israel Peace
Imad Moustapha, Syria's ambassador to the US tells Al Jazeera how much progress has been made in talks with Israel over the Golan Heights.
May 21, 2008
Bruxelles visée par un terroriste Belgo-marocain
Le réseau terroriste, qui vient d’être démantelé par les services marocains à Fès et à Nador, projetait des attaques contre le bureau du Parlement européen à Bruxelles. Le cerveau de ce réseau serait un Belgo-marocain.
Un symbole fort de l’Union européenne était dans le collimateur du réseau terroriste qui vient d’être démantelé à Fès et à Nador. Selon des informations rapportées hier par les médias bruxellois, le réseau qui était en collusion avec l’ancien Groupe salafiste pour la prédication et le combat (GSPC), rebaptisé en 2005 Organisation Al Qaïda au Maghreb islamique, projetait des attaques contre le bureau du Parlement européen.
Le GSPC, qui est implanté en Algérie, multipliait ces derniers temps les menaces contre l’Europe «impie», et ce qu’il considère les «suppôts » de l’Occident «dépravé» qui ne seraient autres que les régimes du Maghreb arabe. Le réseau de 11 personnes qui vient d’être mis hors d’état de nuire planifiait également des attaques contre un édifice prestigieux d’une chaîne hôtelière de renommée internationale, connu pour être le QG des députés européens accrédités auprès de la Représentation parlementaire de l’UE. en savoir plus>>
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