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February 15, 2011

Iranian officials blame Israel, U.S. for protests

Jewish Journal February 15, 2011

Iranian officials blamed Israel and the United States for protests that broke out in the Islamic Republic, leaving one dead and dozens injured. \”The parliament condemns the Zionist, American, anti-revolutionary and anti-national action of the misled seditionists,\” Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said Tuesday during an open session of parliament a day after the demonstrations in support of the peoples\’ revolution in Egypt that led to the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak.

Collecting Lincoln: The making of a national treasure

Jewish Journal February 15, 2011

On Presidents Day, while remembering Washington and Lincoln, perhaps take a minute as well for Stern. Little known outside of bibliophiles and Civil War buffs, one of the greatest private collectors of works about Abraham Lincoln was a Jewish clothing manufacturer executive from Chicago named Alfred Whital Stern. About three score and one year ago, in 1950, a world of time before shows such as “Antique Road Show” brought collecting to the public’s attention, and films such as “National Treasure,” put Americana in vogue, Stern donated his world-class collection of rare Lincoln books, papers and memorabilia to the Library of Congress.

First Tunisia, then Egypt: Which Mideast autocracy will be next to fall?

Jewish Journal February 15, 2011

With popular uprisings having toppled two Arab dictators in the space of just a few weeks and unrest reverberating across the Middle East, are other regimes likely to fall, too? Nearly everywhere in the region, autocratic leaders seem to be on the defensive. Using carrots or sticks, and sometimes both, they’re struggling to curb growing protest movements.

With Egypt in turmoil, Israel rethinks readiness for multi-front war

Jewish Journal February 15, 2011

Although it’s still far from clear how the uprising in Egypt is going to play out, the volatility there is already raising questions in Israel about the Jewish state’s readiness for a war on several fronts. The optimistic view in Israel is that a wave of democracy will sweep the Middle East from Cairo to Tehran, making war in any form less likely. The pessimists — there are many here — see an ascendant Islamic radicalism taking hold in Egypt and elsewhere, thus compounding the military threats facing Israel.

Deportation order against Chicago man upheld

Jewish Journal February 15, 2011

A U.S. appeals court upheld a deportation order against a Chicago man who was stripped of his citizenship for his role in a Nazi-operated Ukrainian police unit. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago on Monday upheld the 2007 deportation order against Osyp Firishchak, who immigrated to the United States in 1949 from what is now Ukraine and became a U.S. citizen five years later.

Tunisia Jewish leader meets interim PM over safety concerns

Jewish Journal February 15, 2011

Tunisia\’s Jewish community is concerned for its security in the wake of anti-Jewish protests outside of the capital\’s main synagogue, a community leader said. The head of the Tunisian Jewish community, Roger Bismuth, met over the weekend with the country\’s interim prime minister, Mohammed Ghanoucci, and requested better security for the country\’s 1,500 Jews, the French news agency AFP reported.

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