[familyop]

Ping!

[BringBackMyHUAC]

"Jerusalem sources following the affair said this is the first time since Stalin's regime that Russian officials have described holy Jewish scriptures as prohibited incitement. . . . The state prosecutor's last move has increased Israel's concern for the Jews in Russia, following the recent increase in anti-Semitic incidents there."

Let's see how jb6, Destro, Marmema, Romanov, etc defend this one. Don't you guys ever feel ashamed about what the unreformed Communist leadership of Russia is doing to your homeland?

[MarMema]

Rodina's leader, Dimitri Rogozin, sent a letter to Moscow Chief Rabbi Pinhas Goldschmidt over the weekend, criticizing the anti-Semitic displays in his party. "Theological sources cannot be subjected to judiciary procedures," he wrote. . .

And clearly not all in this party are in agreement with what happened. But that's not the point is it? The point is to smear Russia at all costs.

[familyop]

Ping!

You might also want to have a look at another report on this (following link).

Russian Rabbi Investigated for Distributing Book of Jewish Law [Update, more info.]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1431369/posts

[goldstategop]

Jews have always been accused by their enemies of being atheists, anti-nationalist, harboring racist feelings towards Gentiles, being too rich, being too poor, and what have you. In this day and age it follows there is no charge you can't pin on a Jew. Even though the Holocaust ended only 60 years ago.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[SJackson]

If you'd like to be on this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.

[Destro]

Wow, George Soros has some powerful mojo. Russian law has an automatic investigation of complaints - file a complaint it has to be investigated - Canada has such a law too. This fringe party has found a way to use the legal mechanisim to gain some publicity which fuels the Soros financed/influenced disinfo news beast.

I posted a story about a month ago about Russian prosecutor investigating a book of stories and poems by Pushkin because they were erotic - some one or some group saw this book for sale at a book store and filed a complaint. The prosecutor has no flexibility in the matter - his office has to investigate.

26 posted on 01/30/2005 7:28:44 PM PST by Destro

I am against all censorship - but this is a tale taken by the western press to illustrate that Putin is turning Russia into a police state. Just like in the USA when the FCC gets a complaint - the Russian authorities probably got a complaint and thus have to open an investigation.

Our own FCC for example had to investigate NBC's opening ceremonies of the Athens Olympics because some yahoos were offended by reproductions of naked Greek statues and writhing Greek dancers.

Someone probably purchased the book and read the following and called the authorities.

There is a disinfo campaign out there to turn people against Russia be bringing up old Cold War imagry like Pushkin is being banned or something.