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Fearful for safety, synagogues in Belgium have canceled Purim celebrations
Washington Post ^ | March 23, 2016 | Julie Zauzmer

Posted on 03/23/2016 10:43:06 AM PDT by C19fan

For the Jews of Belgium, Wednesday should have been the happiest day on the calendar.

Purim, the most raucous and joyful Jewish holiday, begins Wednesday at sundown. But this year, there will be no merriment in Brussels. With the holiday falling the day after terrorist attacks that killed at least 31 people and injured 270 more in the capital city, the Jewish congregations in Brussels decided that celebrating Purim would not be appropriate — or safe.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: islam; jews; purim; terrorism
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To: KC_Lion

The Islamic Nazis are winning.

PS: According to an OSS report I saw in the National Archives, there was no organized resistance to the German in Belgium (because they were overwhelmed so quickly and because of fear of Gestapo retaliation).

They were warned about radical moslems but like good little leftists, they lived with the heads in the sand (harder to cut off that way), but with their butts in the air (easier to kick which never occurred to the Belgian liberal/left).

Looks like Hitler’s heirs are winning, finishing up what “Dur Furher” started in 1933.


21 posted on 03/23/2016 4:39:57 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: rovenstinez

European Jews have been psychologically disarmed and emasculated, and promises by left governments to protect them have actually been believed.

It is the 1930’s all over again, and the foolish will pay in blood.


22 posted on 03/23/2016 4:41:22 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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