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Bram Eisenthal

Bram Eisenthal

Quebec Leader Tours Firebombed School

\”It will actually leave a very strong impression,\” Jean Charest told reporters, following his April 8 visit to Montreal\’s United Talmud Torah. \”This sight and smell leaves a lasting impression of how violent a gesture this was.\”

Firebombed early on the morning of April 5, the school reeked of burned children\’s books and plastic, making it nearly impossible to stay inside for more than a few minutes. A note left at the arson scene reportedly said the attack was in retribution for Israel\’s recent killing of Hamas leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin and was just a taste of things to come.

Preserving History

Some five miles outside of Amsterdam, there is a site where a miracle took place during the Holocaust.
Here, in this tiny town with quaint, pretty houses and narrow streets, the Nazis allowed Jewish history to survive. At a time when they were desecrating Jewish burial places all over Europe, they left this one alone.

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