The front cover of Newsweek. (By the way, the synagogue in Wuppertal Germany was firebombed last night, a synagogue in Miami spray painted, and a bank in NY assaulted with blood-red paint on Sunday.) Moderate Muslim and Jewish leaders are working together against campaigns to ban circumcision and ritual slaughter, says Ghaffar Hussain, of the Quilliam Foundation. “We only hear about what the extremists are doing. But we need to challenge extremist narratives and work for a liberal, secular democratic space, where people from a wide variety of backgrounds can thrive and co-exist.” The future of European Jewry is more than a question for Jews themselves, argues Natan Sharansky. “I would like to see strong Jewish communities in Europe, but they are more and more hesitant about what their future is. Europe’s leaders are working hard to convince that Europe is multicultural and post-nationalist. But if the oldest minority in Europe feels uncomfortable and is disappearing, that raises questions of education and citizenship. That is the challenge for Europe’s leaders.” newsweek/2014/08/08/exodus-why-europes-jews-are-feeling-once-again-261854.html
Posted on: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 18:06:30 +0000
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