religion

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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Isaak Meyer Goldman, z”l, brought back to memory

May 2, 2012
By McGonagall

They say a person only truly dies when nobody talks of them any more. Isaak Meyer Goldman lived in the small Arctic town of Hammerfest before WWII, possibly the only Jew there, yet that was one too many for this tiny community, who failed to protect him when an illegal arrest warrant was issued...

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…ויהי בעצם היום הזה…It happened on that day

April 5, 2012
By McGonagall

For many years, I thought that the Exodus took place at night. Not a big mistake, since the Haggadah relates of events that took place in the darkness of night, the Angel of Death, the doughs that were picked up before they were leavened, there was no time for preparation of provisions. So, I...

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Cross-roads

April 4, 2012
By McGonagall

Passover. Easter. Two profoundly different celebrations, intimately entwined through traditions, persons and history. As we all approach our different Holidays from different angles, from different faiths, literally at a cross-roads. Maybe the program Beyond Belief from the BBC can shed light on the different meanings of the cross. I for one did not know...

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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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Over 7500 persons murdered in Syria – NRK P2 radioprograms, Norwegian People’s Aid and Norwegian Church Aid harp on about Israel

February 28, 2012
By McGonagall

Apart from a fairly well written and well researched article in Aftenposten on ultra orthodox Jews in Israel and how they somehow scavenge on the secular Israelis – which raises the question – why are we being told that somehow it is a dubious enterprise to be religious and to dress in a particular...

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Holocaust commemoration ceremony today at 1500 hrs in Oslo

January 27, 2012
By McGonagall

Lifted from Dagen.no, but also covered most other news outlets. For more details on the event itself, you can go to http://www.holocaustdagen.no/ Thinks Jens will apologize to the Jews Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is expected to come up with a form of apology to the Norwegian Jews during the International Holocaust Remembrance Day today....

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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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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

Still a few hours to go before nightfall, but here under the Arctic skies more light is always received with thanks. linkscolor = "000000"; highlightscolor = "888888"; backgroundcolor = "FFFFFF"; channel = "none";

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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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Norwegian Church Minster on Gullvågs anti-Semitic art: “I think we may accept that art can be challenging.

December 14, 2011
By McGonagall

CHRISTMAS VISIT TO JERUSALEM Dagen 2011 12 09 p 11, Kristina Furnes, Not Online Minister of Churches, Rigmor Aasrud, wishes to maintain a dialogue with both Israeli leaders as well as Palestinians. She will  also open an art exhibition by controversial artist Håkon Gullvåg in Jerusalem. “I am really looking forward to his”, Aasrud...

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Government party MP: Circumcision is monstrous

December 12, 2011
By McGonagall
Government party MP: Circumcision is monstrous

We return to the developing saga of the Norwegian debate on circumcision, and while I take the view that in the name of preventative medicine, i.e. to keep the small, but nevertheless realistic risks of something going wrong under control, it is a good thing that the Ministry of Health has tabled a proposal...

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University of Bergen professor: Muslims are the new Jews – Norwegian Muslim: Europe’s new Jews are still the Jews.

November 13, 2011
By McGonagall

What a glaring contrast. A professor at the University of Bergen as well the University College of Oslo (yes, that is the institution that hires bomb-master Gule), Elisabeth Eide, claims that Muslims are the new Jews, citing Sartre’s essay ” Reflections on the Jewish question”. On her homepage, she provides a greatly embellished version...

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