Why religion is a laughing matter
Jewish Journal
January 9, 2015
Satire and caricature are funny things. The most effective satire makes us laugh – but then it also gives us something to chew on, to think about.
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January 9, 2015
Hollande calls kosher market hostage killing an ‘appalling anti-Semitic act’
Jewish Journal
January 9, 2015
French President Francois Hollande confirmed reports on Friday that four hostages were killed at a siege of a kosher supermarket in eastern Paris.
Los Angeles activist, Richard Giesberg; 91
Jewish Journal
January 9, 2015
October 26, 1924 – January 7, 2015 Richard \”Dick\” Giesberg passed away peacefully at home on January 7, 2015, surrounded by his family after a lifetime of civil rights and social action work which touched the lives of thousands.
French forces kill newspaper attack suspects, hostages die in second siege
Jewish Journal
January 9, 2015
Two brothers suspected of attacking the offices of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo were killed when police stormed their hideout on Friday while their hostage was freed, a police official said.
#JeSuisCharlie, #JeSuisJuif – We Must Unite In Our Battle Against Terror
Noga Gur-Arieh
January 9, 2015
Hostage taking at Paris kosher supermarket, one wounded
Jewish Journal
January 9, 2015
An armed man took several hostages and one person was wounded in a shootout at a kosher supermarket in eastern Paris on Friday, police sources said, denying an earlier media report that two people were dead.
French police close in on suspected killers, new shoot-out in Paris
Jewish Journal
January 9, 2015
French forces sealed off a small northern town where police sources said gunmen had seized at least one hostage, and shooting broke out in Paris as the biggest security dragnet of modern times closed on chief suspects in an attack on a Paris journal.
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