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Prominent Jews Leave Amsterdam over Anti-Semitism
inn ^ | 12/19/10 | Maayana Miskin

Posted on 12/19/2010 4:15:58 PM PST by Nachum

A son of a prominent rabbi in the Netherlands has announced plans to move to Israel due to anti-Semitism. Benzion Evers, son of well-known Dutch rabbi Raphael Evers, told De Telegraaf that he feels “suffocated and caged” in his home country due to anti-Jewish sentiment.

“I'm fed up with the verbal abuse and the streetfighting,” he told Het Parool, another Dutch paper.

“It's not that you can't leave the house, but you need to constantly hide, to be careful,” he explained. He related his own cautionary measures, which include avoiding certain neighborhoods, and hiding his kippah (yalmulke) when walking through areas with a high number of Muslim immigrants.

(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...


TOPICS: Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: amsterdam; jews; judeophobia; leave; netherlands; prominent
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21 posted on 12/21/2010 12:28:46 PM PST by SJackson (In wine there is wisdom, In beer there is freedom, In water there is bacteria.)
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I doubt that the son of an Orthodox Rabbi who has denounced the Islamification of the Netherlands would support Obama.


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