Diaspora Jewry
A warning is sounded that if Israel doesn’t create absorption solutions that address employment, education and housing for French Jews, as it does for immigrants from other countries, the Jews of France “won’t come to Israel, and that’s a shame.”
More than 28,000 new immigrants arrived in Israel last year, with two-thirds coming from former Soviet countries. New immigrants tend to prefer big cities, with Tel Aviv being the top pick.
An internal affairs investigation appears to support the testimony of the unnamed officer who killed Tekah, who claims the 19-year-old was killed by a bullet ricochet.
When the tragic shooting of 19-year-old Solomon Tekah touched off nationwide protests, left-wing groups fanned the flames, activists say, seeking to use grassroots demonstrations for political gain.
“When we grew up hearing the words ‘never again,’ it’s referring to a moment like this,” said event co-organizer Michaela Caplan.
Acting Police Commissioner Moti Cohen: “We will not allow riots, roadblocks, or violence” • David Tekah, the father of the young Israeli-Ethiopian man killed by an off-duty cop on Sunday, pleads for an end to violence.
Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan acknowledges the “great sorrow and suffering” of the Israeli-Ethiopian community, but says police will be forced to use “all means” to disperse demonstrations if violence continues.
“Bringing this collection to the Science History Institute fulfills Georg Bredig’s wish that these documents be preserved so that future generations can study them,” said Science History Institute president and CEO Robert Anderson. “They are significant not only to scholars of the history of science, but to Holocaust scholars as well.”
Thousands of protesters decried the shooting of 19-year-old Solomon Tekah by an off-duty police officer during a street fight near Haifa.
Real estate agents note that the sense of danger and insecurity among Diaspora Jews is prompting them to buy homes in the Jewish state.
“The Jobbik Party’s entrance into the parliament—a far-right party that openly supports anti-Semitism—is creating a sense of apprehension,” said Sandor Horvat, who moved to Israel from Budapest.
“We live in a time of danger,” said U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Elan Carr. “Any synagogue, every JCC should have guards. May they never be needed, but they should be there.”
