Multicultural

Public meeting at the Literature House today – what do we do about the new anti-Semitism?

May 7, 2012
By McGonagall
Public meeting at the Literature House today – what do we do about the new anti-Semitism?

Aftenposten and NRK organized a public meeting on how to confront the new anti-Semitism in Norway. The debate was sporadically very tense and SV’s Kristin Halvorsen got a dressing down over left’s failure to confront its anti-Semitic attitudes: lifted from Aftenposten A heated debate on the new Jew hatred More than half of school...

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Giulio Meotti: Jews unwelcome on campus

May 6, 2012
By McGonagall

lifted from Ynetnews.com In case somebody thinks is an alarmist view, let us just remind ourselves that it is just over a year ago that Alan Dershowitz was denied access to Norwegian universities (or, if somebody takes offense at this blunt version of truth, his offer to speak was kindly declined due to his...

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Bugger you, Breivik

April 25, 2012
By McGonagall
Bugger you, Breivik

Breivik has mentioned one song  that inspired him – in a small way one must think – to committ his heinous crime. It is a very popular children’s song which was particularly much played in the 70ies, the rainbow children. Contrary to what that freak believes, it is not a song about muliculturalism, simply...

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Sara Azmeh Rasmussen: The Muslim Jew Hate

March 30, 2012
By McGonagall

Sara is a Norwegian writer of Syrian origin. Her journey through life is one well worth reading about, and her ideas on freedom – on personal freedom and responsibilities – are of the kind that push boundaries: Lifted from Aftenposten The Muslim Jew Hate Why is hatred of Muslims self-explanatory, while the hatred of Jews always can be explained away?...

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Malmø, Sweden, a really bad neighbor

March 24, 2012
By McGonagall

Malmø… Previously a lovely town where most people regardless of ethnic and religious background would feel welcome. No longer. With disgusting mayor Ilmar Reepalu, from Estonia, a country with less than spotless history for their treatment of Jews, that image has now been shattered. This is how Reepalu cares for his fellow townsmen: Swedish...

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Trondheim, not exactly your shteitale Beltz

March 14, 2012
By McGonagall

Any Lansman carries in his or her heart, in one form or another, fond memories of  the lovely village Beltz. Sure enough, most often the Beltz we carry within us is a romantic, perhaps even a unrealistic representation of an ideal that cannot ever be reconstructed. Regardless of that childlike yearning, the comparison with...

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Aftenposten allows anti-Semitic comments

February 20, 2012
By McGonagall

Aftenposten today published an oped by Martin Bodd, a descendant of Holocaust survivors, responding to a proposal by Aftenposten’s editor for culture and debate Knut Olav Åmås to name a square after one of the Jewish children we sent off to an early and cruel death in Auschwitz in 1942. The talkbacks to this...

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Keinon in J’Post: Norwegian Jews reluctance to identify as jews sign of Norway’s “bankruptcy”

February 10, 2012
By McGonagall

Lifted from Jpost. Talkbacks reveal embarrassing loss of credibility, reputation for Norway. How do we repair this? Norway paper afraid country losing Jews By Herb Keinon Leading Norwegian newspaper ‘Aftenposten’ warns country on verge of becoming a country without Jews Norway’s largest newspaper is afraid the country is losing its Jews. “Norway is in...

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Pre-slaughter stun = animal cruelty

January 24, 2012
By McGonagall

This will make many a ham fisted bureaucrat who has googled a wee bit too much go bonkers; I can virtually hear the gnashing of teeth and furious rejections from academics with tunnel vision… But will this be enough to convince Norwegian legislators that the Jews too, now should have full religious freedom in...

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Travel advice for Oslo

January 21, 2012
By McGonagall

Not very much news on Israel this weekend so can feed you a little gossip on what goes on in our own little pond… The US embassy has issued the following warning to US travelers heading for Oslo: REQUEST AMERICANS TO BE CAREFUL WHILE IN NORWAY ABC Nyheter 2012 01 18, NTB On Tuesday,...

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Norwegian Jews reluctant to be members of Jewish congregations

January 18, 2012
By McGonagall

Lifted from Vårt Land Jews do not dare join Jewish communities The Jewish community in Norway has shrunk by nearly a fifth in ten years. Fear of making themselves visible as a Jew, is one of the reasons, the leader of the Jewish Congregation in Oslo, Ervin Kohn believes. by: Geir Ole Bjartvik Figures from Statistics Norway show that the number of members for the two Jewish congregations in Norway...

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Chanukkah candle number 8, that’s it for now!

December 27, 2011
By McGonagall

This one will do wonders for bulging midriff – come on, lets do them abdominals, abominals! linkscolor = "000000"; highlightscolor = "888888"; backgroundcolor = "FFFFFF"; channel = "none";

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Chanukkah 7; last spins

December 26, 2011
By McGonagall

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Chanukkah 6; Party is still going on!

December 25, 2011
By McGonagall

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Chanukkah 5- Hello Christmas!

December 24, 2011
By McGonagall

Suave Pink Martini ask us all to get up and dance! Somebody really did not understand the meaning of the song, and “decorated” it with a Christmas video?! Somewhat misplaced, but in the name of brotherly love, lets just get dancing shall we? Lets take it from the top! One, two, chachacha! linkscolor =...

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Chanukkah 4: hop-hop!

December 23, 2011
By McGonagall

Dreidel song in a new dress! I have a little dreidel I made it out of clay And when it’s dry and ready Then dreidel I shall play! Oh – dreidel, dreidel, dreidel I made it out of clay And when it’s dry and ready Then dreidel I shall play! It has a lovely...

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3rd night of Chanukkah

December 22, 2011
By McGonagall

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2nd night of Chanukkah;Spin your dreidel to this one!

December 21, 2011
By McGonagall

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Happy Chanukkah!

December 20, 2011
By McGonagall

Preventative measures to avoid them latkas getting inelegantly stuck around waistline… get up and dance! linkscolor = "000000"; highlightscolor = "888888"; backgroundcolor = "FFFFFF"; channel = "none";

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FM Støre’s solution to competition from would be labour leaders with immigrant background – change the rules to prevent them getting a foothold

December 17, 2011
By McGonagall

Awwww, don’t you just love a healthy dose of double standards? Especially now in these yule tide…. Lifted from Tundratabloids, however, original story in Norwegian can be found here: NORWEGIAN LABOUR PARTY’S JONAS GAHR STØRE, SEEKS TO END IMMIGRANT DOMINANCE IN ELECTIONS…….! RACIST! So lets get this straight. If those Norwegians (or others in...

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