Posted on 04/23/2006 9:02:47 AM PDT by Alouette
Thugs mark Hitler's birthday by attacking, stabbing Safed yeshiva students marking Passover in Ukraine
An emissary of the Union of Jewish Communities in Russia was the target of an attack by skinheads Saturday evening in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, Ynet has learned.
The man, Haim Gorbov, who studies at a Safed yeshiva, returned to Ukraine as part of a Seder organized by the Union of Jewish Communities in Russia and the former Soviet Union. After Gorbov's condition improved he was released from hospital.
It appears a gang of skinheads in the city sought to mark Hitler's birthday, April 20, by attacking a Jew. Dnepropetrovsk's Chief Rabbi Shmuel Kamintzky said that at first the skinheads tried to attack a group of yeshiva students in the city center, between the synagogue and the yeshiva in which they studied. They managed to escape, however, and the thugs then set upon the 20-year-old Gorbov.
Gorbov, who has Ukrainian citizenship, studied at the Or Avner school and after graduating arrived in Israel in order to study at a yeshiva in Safed. Rabbi Kamintzky said that at first the thugs struck him with a bottle on his head, but when they realized that the hat he was wearing was protecting him against serious injury they stabbed him in the chest and fled.
The President of the Union of Jewish Communities in Russia and the Soviet Union, Lev Laviev, called on the Ukrainian government not to be satisfied with another investigation into an attack on Jews after they take place.
"The rise in anti-Semitic activity demands immediate and determined preventative action. Whoever doesn't invest in fighting skinheads who are attacking minorities will have to deal with them when they increase the level of violence towards the whole of Ukrainian society," said Laviev.
Two months ago security guards thwarted a stabbing attack on the central synagogue in Kiev, Ukraine. The incident took place when a 65 year-old man arrived at the synagogue and asked to meet the rabbis. While speaking to the guards, the man pulled out a knife and said that all Jews should be killed.
The guards overpowered the attacker and handed him over to the police.
Meanwhile, Dnepropetrovsk's Chief of Police Alexander Beveilov, who is himself Jewish and who took part in the Passover Seder organized by the Jewish community in the city, promised Rabbi Kamintzky that police would hunt down the skinheads responsible for the attack.
Jewish Agency head Ze'ev Bielsky said that "we are at a situation 60 years after the Holocaust where Jews in Ukraine and Russia live under nonstop harassment.
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Thugs, and cowards.
This guy is the EXCEPTION to the norm. I have not witnessed or heard or even experienced any anti-Semitism (I am an Italian/American that looks Jewish). Ironically, the media will splash this all over the front page while totally ignoring the real threats to the Jews: Hamas, PA, and Iran with their nuclear weapons program and their stated goal to blow the Jews to bits, but hey that is just "Bush overreacting."
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I guess some things haven't changed..
Was there a Wedding Cake involved?
As a very small percentage of world population, the Jews have contributed a disproportionate percentage of progress in science, economics, commerce, medicine, music, literature and the arts.==
It is because they live in other countries and no need to defend it. In Israel jews progress as any other nation on Earth. Not better not worse.
Maybe it is better for jews truly jews of cause to live in home country?
During and after WWII, the Ukrainian people joyfully killed thousands of Jews for the German Swine. They are among the most anti-Jewish hateful people on earth.==
Same was early during polish-ukranian wars of 17th century. Cossacks of Khmelnitskii killed almost all jews in Ukraine.
They hated jews as oppressors even more then poles. Lot later when they were in Russian Empire all the jewish "pogroms" happened in ukranian and moldovians towns.
WHY? Do you know the answer?
I see it like the multiculturism failure. It failed in 17, 18, 19 century. And today.
Its a sad day when one "untermensch" celebrates Hitler's birthday by stabbing a fellow "untermensch" !
You ask why the Jews in Russia and elsewhere have been the target of pogroms and near genocide?
Another poster implied the answer-jealousy.The Jewish people have excelled in so many endeavors.The less successful resented their talents and reacted violently under the guise they were protecting their country from some nebulous"Jewish Conspiracy".
Joyfully? Or did the Nazis play off the "subhuman" Slavs (Ukrainians) against the Jews? Or, pray tell, what is the history of the secular Jews (atheists) in the Communist party apparatus that helped instrument the "collectivization" programs in the Ukraine thereby creating the forced death by starvation of 7 million Ukrainians during the 1930's, or so it's been said? I don't know what the truth is, maybe you can provide some light on this matter; I've heard several stories from several sides on this sordid relationship and don't know what to believe.
The Jewish people have excelled in so many endeavors. The less successful resented their talents and reacted violently under the guise they were protecting their country from some nebulous"Jewish Conspiracy".==
Let look on Israel. Why there are rich people and poor people, talented people and not talanted. So same way as in any other country?
But if we look into other country we see jewish community which is "fat" and poor people of native origin? Why 2 jews in Russia like Berezovskii and Khodorkovskii stole nation wealth by bribing the goverment beurocrates and no voices of condemnation from jewsih community of Russia? Why they did that in Russia. And no such things in Israel?
Answer is simple. Because Israel is thier home country but Russia (or Ukraine or else) is just place for profitteering. They do not feel attached to other country then Israel. I may understand it since they are jewish they should be attached to Israel not to Russia.
But for Russia or other country it isn't good when there are alien by ethnicity people who do not attach to her just use her for thier profitteering. Isn't it right?
So my conslusion. It is not jelousy but resentment. Anyways if man is real jew that according his religion he HAS to live in Israel.
It is because they live in other countries and no need to defend it. In Israel jews progress as any other nation on Earth. Not better not worse.
Its even a more sad day when an "untermensch" stabs the wrong one. It would have been A-OK if it was haji baba instead.
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