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Riga Holocaust monument vandalized

A monument honoring a man who saved Jews during the Holocaust was vandalized in the capital of Latvia. The monument in Riga honoring the late Zanis Lipke and others who saved Jews from the Nazis was spattered with paint on Monday. Latvian President Valdis Zatlers denounced the vandalism, the French news agency AFP reported.

Kristallnacht memorial stolen

Thieves made off with a 750 kilogram Kristallnacht monument from the Jewish cemetery in Cologne.

Facing Terrorism Head On

Hidden behind stacks of crates and a tarp sits the twisted carcass of Bus No. 37, which a Palestinian suicide bomber destroyed in a March attack in Haifa that killed 17 and injured 53, mostly children. Victims included Jews, Muslims and Christians.

Waking Jesse Jackson

Our knee-jerk reaction every time the Rev. Jesse Jackson opens his mouth is, \”Oh no, not again.\” We know it\’s unfair, we know it\’s jaded, but we have the same reaction when our friend\’s child practices his trombone scales in the living room the umpteenth time. Sure we like him, but….

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