under the auspices of the jewish diplomatic corps the flagship program of the world jewish congress and its young professionals. many of those members here are part of that network and its diplomacy and public policy on the behalf on behalf of the world jewish congress but more broadly we are all passionate about presenting the causes of the jewish people and to speak up on behalf of the people who represent them. i am also a member of the j.b. court myself. tonight's event is organized under the title of the anti-israel agenda and they will analyze the program and offer ways to combat these ugly initiatives. and we are very happy that we have a special guest here tonight. we have the leader of the opposition richard herzog terry thank you for being with us here today and we also welcome alex ryvchin who is a fellow friend from the jewish diplomatic corps and also author of the new book that we are introducing here today "the anti-israel agenda" inside the political war in the jewish state and alex will take the floor from here and i will introduce him first and give his bio and backgro

welcome to the world jewish congress. on behalf of the president and the ceo can't be here today unfortunately but they're definitely here in spirit. we want to thank you for attending. i want to acknowledge our chief program officer. thank you. tonight's event is a very special event with a very special guest as well. it's under the -- the world jewish congress and young professionals, many of those anybody members here are port or that nutwork -- network and it's in the field of public policy and diplomacy on behalf of the world jewish congress and we are all passionate about the causes to represent the causes of the jew eu people and to speak up on behalf of the causes and represent them. i'm a member of the jd corps myself. tonight's event is organized under the tiedle "the anti-israel agent" and we'll analyze the global efforts to delegitimize israel and how to combat these ugly initiatives, and we of very happy we have a special guest speaker here today. we have a member of the. >> and we alex ryvchi and author of t

congress with the diplomatic arm of the jewish people. my wife is back in australia allowing me to come and launched the book on either side of the world was she is back with two infant children. also my appreciation to those who contributed to the book. thanks to my friends and colleagues of the jewish diplomatic corps and that is part of organizing this evening. and also and then to think the ambassador with the generosity and fortunate to have that later that i would like to convey my appreciation to help launch my book with in the defense of israel. as a selfless leader in devotion so as we have heard to bring together some of the finest minds with chapter by chapter with the trade unions and the church has been gradually appropriated so this book for the very first time with the depth and the breath to do it through political means and they can no longer defend its interests. and with that children and as it perfectly legitimate question to cross between the ted -- the twin towers promptly arrested by n.y.p.d. as they thrust them int

because it was too jewish? yes.und twojewish men in london talking about being jewish, and one of them wasn't evenjewish. it did seem private, but it was not private to thejudges, and it was not private to the people who bought the book. manyjews after reading this asked me if the non—jews get this. and the answer is yes, they do get it. unless they don't want to get it, doggedly refusing to get it. they do get it. because being jewish — being — i mean, we've had enouthewish literature, and jewish history and talk of jewishness to have an idea about what it is about. everybody is a bit ofjew, really. jew is the outsider. the english have always been interested injewishness, the puritans were. thejews came up with christianity, don't forget. you arejewish, so you are speaking from a jewish perspective right now. those who are not might be thinking, to coin a clichejewish phrase, enough already. i am interested in one particular aspect which comes up in the finkler question. i will talk about the political aspect of i

being jewish, and we have had enough jewish, and we have had enough jewish history and contest is tout. everybody is a bit ofjune, really. it the outsider. the english have a lwa ys it the outsider. the english have always been interested in jewishness, the puritans were. the jews came up with christianity, is don't forget. you are speaking to a jewish perspective right now. those who are not might be thinking, to coina who are not might be thinking, to coin a phrase, enough already. i am interested in one particular aspect which comes up in the think the question. i will talk about the political aspect of it in a bit, and thatis political aspect of it in a bit, and that is anti—semitism. in the book, there is one character who says anti—semitism was becoming again what it had always been: an escalator that never stopped, in which anyone could hop on at will. that is a pretty discomfiting line of narrative. anyone can hop on to anti—semitism at will. do you really feel that? well, what they mean by anyone? put it this way: people hop on and hop off it. anti—semitism has its moments a

faith and joined the offer doc's jewish community in budapest. and he takes his grandmother to see her mother's grave in a jewish cemetery for the first time in forty years and the company's another holocaust survivor on an emotional journey to auschwitz in his yard victorious he dismissed the holocaust as just another historical event. but not everybody is convinced about these conversion. was that was. the haps the most chilling message of the film is that even today in twenty first century europe some people are hiding their jewish identity. as you don't know my little sister. keep quiet sand hats off to the filmmakers for not keeping quiet now one of the big hits at the bart sorrow festival this year is definitely presenting prince says sure and princess sure has joined us now hello and welcome how are you enjoying the festival so far i think it's dope like a rock song ok and before we talk a little more about the film let's take a look it's a story of a transformation made possible by the world wide web. try to have the door slammed in your

president trump stood at the western wall, at the foot of the temple mount, where the jewish people or rather the jewish people's temples stood for nearly 1,000 years, and when the president touched those ancient stones, he touched our hearts forever. in july, prime minister modi became the first indian prime minister to visit israel. you may have seen the pictures. we were on a beach in hadera, we rode together in a jeep outfitted with a portable desalination device that some thriving israeli entrepreneur invented. we took off our shoes, waded into the mediterranean, and drank seawater that had been purified only a few minutes earlier. we imagined the endless possibilities for india, for israel, for all of humanity. in the past year, israel has hosted so many world leaders, and i had the honor of representing my country on six different continents. one year, six continents. i went to africa, where i saw israeli innovators increasing crop yields, turning air into water, fighting aids. i went to asia, where we deepened our relations with china and with singapore and expanded our coopera

be culturally jewish. i'm not really super religious in anything. pray to christ every day. i don't go to a lot of church or temple, but i pray every day but i am from a jewish mother and jewish father and i think that makes me jewish forever no matter what i do. just like if you're born to a black family you can't wake up and say you're white. i could not afford 2000 month and the importance here is, the insurance company doesn't say how much money do you make. any middle-class family that make 70000 year, 50000 a year, 80000 a year would be paying the same 2000 is me and it covers nothing. that means they go bankrupt. that's why obamacare doesn't work. if obama had ever said to the american people, here's the dea deal, there's 30 million people in this country, many of color, and i feel bad for him. in the not covered and i want to cover them. but cover them, if i triple or quadruple your healthcare, and might not cover as much as it used too. deductible went up in your co-pay went up and you might actua

we know the reasons why zionists feel the importance of a jewish state, to be jewish and to be majority jewish has to do with of never beinge fully able to exercise the right of self-determination wherever they are coming. wherever they are, even in the u.s. all of that experience, whatever we think of it, from their perspective, there is a sense -- or the way that israeli courts work, where the system is based on the fact that no jew gets a fair trial if the judge is not jewish. the -- that they have. the palestinian experience -- i'm going to share some personal stories. is what shapes our identity, those narratives. there is likewise a strong egos d stronglynianhoo based on occupation, the , thatal sin, on belfour makes a state where we will have to share it with oppressors is very [indiscernible] i'm going to share some examples. dubai,orn and raised in born 12 father who was very active in the plo. i was raised on stories about all of gross and [indiscernible] and all of that stuff. i had this amazing, romantic picture palestine. through the oslo process, we were able to go back. i

sarah, rebecca and leah, who just happened to be patriarchs and matriarchs of the jewish people. well, you won't read about that in the latest unesco report, but if you want to, you can read about it in a somewhat weightier publication. it's called "the bible." i highly recommend it. i hear it even got four and a half out of five stars on amazon. and it's a great read. i read it every week. ladies and gentlemen, a moment to be serious. despite the absurdities, despite the repetition of these farcical events, there is change, slowly but surely. there are signs of positive change, even at the united nations. mr. secretary-general, i very much appreciate your statement that denying israel's right to exist is anti-semitism, pure and simple. now that's important because for too long, the epicenter of global anti-semitism has been right here at the un, and while it may take many years, i'm absolutely confident that the revolution in israel's ties with individual nations will ultimately be reflected here in this hall of nations. i say that because there's also a marked change in the pos

sites in the one nine hundred ninety is the jewish communities relationship with argentina has been a long and sometimes troubled one it was at this site in one thousand nine hundred two that the bomb exploded in what was then the israeli embassy killing twenty nine two years later a similar attack at the jewish community center in one of cyrus killed eighty five the perpetrators have still not been found and fry. the political repercussions of that failure a still being felt here more than twenty years later the visit also marks the return of the israeli airline el-al which last touched down in one osiris in may nine hundred sixty that's when israeli agents angered the argentine north or it is by bundling aboard an el al flight the fugitive nazi out of eichmann who had sought refuge in argentina they took him to israel where he was tried in hanged for war crimes netanyahu flies on to colombia or mexico on route to the united nations general assembly in new york and. one of cyrus u.k. media is reporting that three qatari citizens are asking british police to investigate alleged tort

s for the record i'm not one of them are actively excluded from the organized jewish community.how do you see this window of sort of respectable debate being sat. well does all of those a job a large opposition to e.t.s. with the amount of jewish teaching this generally cost is the traditional left while it's just the blue cheese on the left or a critical look asian critical of those so israeli government policy i'm astonished doesn't support the b.d.s. by and large but the issue is just the level you support e.t.s. or a lot of lip. boycotts is the bigger issue actually not all censorship the kind of mccarthyism that exists in some parts the american jewish community which is essentially blacklists individual any organization that even supported the post in court culture boycott of west bank settlements for example. there was a question of common particularly form a small number although over the last hour why when elements within the jewish community who clearly are all trying to establish a litmus tests all for local jews whether it be appealable insert the dog speaking in sor

me doing the jewish version that you just mentioned.when i go in for medical i just shows you it just shows you ok if you are one of the last year when the hold on you are even a question that's the i'm not sure if i do know issue of other cultures jewish culture for instance wouldn't allow that certain christian faiths as well wouldn't want for instance a nun shaking hands with certain people as well just answer the points they've been . well when i ran for mayor greater manchester you could come that it was jewish refused to shake hands with women. and i said that was not right that was against our culture so it's not just against islam oh let's get you fucked. our culture of shaking hands is an open gesture of friendship it's not based on religion your trying to impose a religious belief onto our culture your nobodies i mean this is steven i'm sorry this is. where he's under i'm posing anything where he said literally nobody is trying. this on anybody you are you do you have this treated whereas if you look around about islam and mus

but there will also be protests including from within argentina's jewish community against. which we believe racists. supporting the. it's a government that. ok it's. very close to big government. who is also in the early word and they are a little conservative government and they are very good friends. very good business i think. netanyahu was also criticized at home for escaping corruption investigations into himself and his family. the prime minister traveling with a delegation of thirty business leaders will meet arjun time president machree and pay homage to the victims of two attacks in one of cyrus on israeli and jewish sites in the one nine hundred ninety is the jewish communities relationship with argentina has been a long and sometimes troubled one it was at this site in one thousand nine hundred two that the bomb exploded in what was then the israeli embassy killing twenty nine two years later a similar attack at the jewish community center in one of cyrus killed eighty five the perpetrators have still not been found and fry. the political repercussions of that fa

in it, it stated that you were jewish or not. you had to carry that card wherever you went on the street and you could be stopped at any time by a german and they could say gimme your identity card and you had to give it and then they decided what they would do. i think my mom and i and my parents were in a very precarious position, things were very limited and we kind of relied on ourselves. bill: you would remain in the circumstances under nazi occupation until 1942 when your mother made the profound decision to place it into hiding. tell us about the events that led up to your decision -- mother's decision to hide what also during that. of time -- two years that you are existing in the circumstances you described, what was life like for your mom during that time? >> my mom, she was part of the underground, part of the resistance. she would deliver leaflets for meetings at the underground where they would meet somewhere. she would take in jewish people who would flee from countries where the germans had already invaded. we very

name by the way sarah rebecca and linda who just happen to be patriarchs and matriarchs of the jewish people well you will read about that in the latest unesco report but if you want to you can read about it in a somewhat weighty or publication it's called the bible. i highly recommend it i hear it even got four and a half out of five stars on amazon and it's a great read i read it every week ladies and gentlemen a moment to be serious despite the absurdities despite the repetition of these farcical events there is change slowly but surely there are signs of positive change even at the united nations mr secretary-general. i very much appreciate your statement that denying israel's right to exist is anti semitism pure and simple now that's important because for too long the epicenter of global anti semitism has been right here at the un and while it may take many years i'm absolutely confident that the revolution in israel's ties with individual days will ultimately be reflected here in this hall of nations. i say that because there is also a market change in the position of some arky

according to jewish. world cup i am sure there are. of all foreign policy debates in the u.s. the one over our relations with israel tends to draw the most outrage and polarization every apac a vendor of hundreds of thousands of protesters with palestinian flags and musicians mere belief in the need to boycott israel's government over human rights these two calls for censorship but even as the public debate rages on a quiet shift has been taking place inside the jewish american community as northeastern university is middle east center director waxman explain and his book trouble in the tribe the american jewish conflict over israel for more on that growing political divide and its deeper roots professor waxman joined our show earlier. this is a change that's been going along. in decades. all of these generational changes young. all will be good just a little so i'm willing to be outspoken a little cliques but also well it's also a default go between secular jews whole lot older. than all all about religious jews. just like this but it does somehow or look like a divided devel

s for the record i'm not one of them are actively excluded from the organized jewish community. how do you see this window of sort of respectable debate being sat. well there's almost a totally large opposition to e.t.s. with the amount of jewish teaching this generally crosses the traditional left why the divide so the blue cheese on the left who are critical of asian critical of the so israeli government policy i missed and used doesn't support the b.d.s. by and large but the issue is just all e.d.'s or volatile. boycotts is the big an issue actually not all censorship the kind of mccarthyism that exists in some parts the american jewish community which is essentially blacklists vidual a lot of eyes asian they even supported the partial court culture of boycott all the west bank settlements for example. those a clash of common particularly form a small number although the last hour. elements within the jewish community who clearly are all trying to establish a litmus tests all for local jews whether it be appealable insert the dogs between sort of dogs and any kind of public j

we know the reasons why zionists feel that the -- the importance of a jewish state to be jewish and to be a ma jo are the jewish, it has to do with their experience and their narrative of never being really fully able to exercise the right of self-determination wherever they are, even here, and it's only in the last 20, 30 years you see people wearing things publicly and all of that experience, whatever weng of from their perspective, there's a sense, or the way that israeli courts work, where the actual system is one where, based on the fact that no jew gets a fair trial if a judge is not jewish. that's the narrative that they have. on the other side, the palestinian experience, and i'm going to share some personal stories because i feel that that's how-- that's what shapes our identity is those narratives. there's like-wise a very strong ethos of palestinianhood that's strongly based on the struggle against occupation, based on the narrative of the original sin, on balfour, that makes for a state that we are going to have to share it with opressors, a very difficult sell and i'm goin

jewish memorial but just one stone almost three thousand stones across the road. this one inaugurated in two thousand and twelve is dedicated to the half a million persecuted and murdered cindy and roma people. in the pong symbolizes the suffering and the tears shed by the victim's. friends gotta go the next tour group is already waiting i think i'll use this opportunity to take a stroll through the tear garden. the park is the perfect spot for a little break and it's right in the center of the city just behind the rice talk and the brandenburg gate an oasis of peace and quiet for berliners and tourists longing to rest their life. here in the park you can rent a rowboat chill out in the beer garden. bars sit back and watch the boats go by. the bank of the reverse bray is a great place to kill some time especially during the summer months because every day at dusk the government quarter turns into a huge open air thelema and the best part is it's completely free of charge. when the sun starts to set its a good time to secure. spot on the steps by the spray just beh

when i run for mayor of greater manchester the ukip candidate was jewish refused to shake hands with women. and i said that was not right that was against our culture so it's not just against islam or what you're talking about a one hundred friendship being given to somebody and it's been thrown in the face when we go to morse or we go to synagogues we expect two other women to have a headscarf we expect to take our shoes off and very sort of things which we do as a matter of respect are i'm saying to you you've got to understand that if somebody individually wants to express their old way of practicing their faith why do the jewish member of our society why they're in muslim or a christian or whichever faith they're from all they have to do is. it is their choice to do that and we have to respect our. bahrain has arrested and tortured one hundred sixty nine activists on their relatives in the gulf states crackdown over the last year that's according to a new report by amnesty international titled no one can protect you. it lays the blame for some of bahrain's human rights abuses on

abc 7 news reporter lisa aminute gulezian has more the jewish community is trying to move forward as they celebrate the start of the jewish new year, rosh hashanah. >> we do hope that this year is a year of peace and friendship. >> reporter: at dimond park rosh hashanah, the jewish new year, is welcomed. ♪ but the usual celebration is somewhat tempered. it's hard to ignore the hateful anti-semitic words spray-painted on the side of temple sinai this morning. >> this seems like a very cold and calculated thing. >> reporter: it was an attack, felt by even the youngest members. >> it's crazy. because why would somebody do that? and howtful it is.ur and hit feels even more hurtfu on rosh hashanah. >> reporter: oakland police will stay close to the temple for the time being. meantime, temple sinai's rabbi placed a blank piece of paper over vandalism. people were asked to cover the words of hate with words of hope. soon the paper was filled with messages. >> i put love on it, then i put a jewish star and i put a heart. >> reporter: oakland's jewish community has been coming to this park fo

. >> reporter: this is made in conjunction with the jewish federation. the gentleman who lives in this home had his roofer damaged in a storm. -- roof damaged in a store. meet harvey, he is a proud military vet. >> i was in korea. >> reporter: and proud philadelphian who has been in this home in the northeast for a long time. >> how long have you been here? >> you were not born yet. >> reporter: todays home is getting a makeover thanks to the jewish federation and habitat for humanity. he said the team is so good, he doesn't have to get up out of his chair while they work. >> they are doing a great job, i don't have to tell them what to do or anything. i don't have to supervise anything. >> today it's work like -- >> we're painting rooms and taking out old carpet and ripping nails out of the floor and cleaning up trash nothing crazy but hope to make a difference. >> reporter: harvey said his home was damaged in a storm a few years ago. the volunteers fixed that, unfortunately that was not the only damage. he fell victim to contractor fraud and that work

when i run for mayor greater manchester you could come to it was jewish refused to shake hands with women. and i said that was not right that was against our culture so it's not just against islam or what you're talking about is one hundred friendship being given to somebody and it's been thrown in the face so when we go to morsi or we go to synagogues we expect two other women to have a headscarf we expect to take our shoes off and very sort of things which we do as a matter of respect and i'm saying to you is you've got to understand that if somebody individually wants to express their own way of practicing their faith why do the jewish member of our society why the red muslim or a christian or whichever faith they are from all they have to do all they have to do is decide it is their choice to do that and we have to respect up. to syria now where humanitarian convoy has reached the city of d.s.l. for the first time since and i still see each began in twenty fourteen forty trucks delivered food to people who previously could only be seen basic amenities to airdrops into the city.

the chancellor said 2/jewish quite a striking headline. 2/jewish and these by £5,000, outrage as universities set on cashman then. the story makes it clear —— cash mountain. the story makes it clear it is the chancellor looking at the election result and thinking a whole lot of students don't like them so they have borrowed what is effectively a labour pledge to cut tuition fees. universities would be able to charge up universities would be able to charge up to £7,500 a year and no more. according to this piece in the sunday times, a lot of universities are making a lot of money. you wondered if some of the vice chancellors and walked into their trap by the government when they started trying to offend quite significant salaries. those wouldn't pay on their own for students. some of these people are on about half £1 million per year, when parents up and down the country are struggling to help the kids get into university, their kids are inheriting terrible bets, and although they are stuck with these debts, maybe as many as half never actu

as they celebrate the start of the jewish new year, rosh hashanah. >> we do hope that this year is a year of peace and friendship. >> reporter: at dimond park rosh hashanah, the jewish new year, is welcomed. ♪ but the usual celebration is somewhat tempered. it's hard to ignore the hateful anti-semitic words spray-painted on the side of temple sinai this morning. >> this seems like a very cold and calculated thing. >> reporter: it was an attack, felt by even the youngest members. >> it's crazy. because why would somebody do that? and how hurtful it is. and it feels even more hurtful on rosh hashanah. >> reporter: oakland police will stay close to the temple for the time being. meantime, temple sinai's rabbi placed a blank piece of paper over the vandalism. people were asked to cover the words of hate with words of hope. soon the paper was filled with messages. >> i put love on it, then i put a jewish star and i put a heart. >> reporter: oakland's jewish community has been coming to this park for 23 years in honor of rosh hashanah. members tell me it's never been so important to come t

the jewish food experience is a uniq federation for greater washington. it was developed to bring people together around a mutual love for food. we have a unique website and lots of recipes and ideas for entertaining events with foodies. >> the smoked salmon pizza call the my eye. >> good for you. >> the challenge for yom kippur where you can and should spend the entire day in the kitchen is that much of the work for your break the fast celebration needs to start in advance. you're spending the day doing other things. we have a little riff on traditional bagel and cream cheese. recipes can be found on our website jewish food experience.com. >> what have we got? >> on this side we have a cinnamon raisin cream cheese. then we cheese and brie and apple. over here we have tahini sauce that was created by one of our partners. they have a chocolate version which is similar to nutella but it has tahini. you can do a little work here. >> i can make my own? >> over here we've got the cinnamon raisin and this is the smoked salmon. >> i'm a huge fan of cinnamon rais

we're in a wonderful conversation about how the jewish community is helping out. we have terry low who was a recipient of a loan. let us know what your experience with hebrew free loan has been. >> sure, i received an unemployment loan that was about foouf yores ago. i was laid off from my job in 2012. we were coming out of the recession and i was laid off so that's always a hard challenge. it happened at a time when more things were going on. i was diagnosed with breast cancer and i had to put my house up for a short sale so we lost our family home. hi a teenager son who went through a serious mental health crisis and i was dealing with these things and i didn't know how we would survive. a friend suggest hebrew free loan. >> so you went to hebrew free loan and you got an unemployment loan. >> officially the name of the program is recent unemployment. somebody has to be unemployed in the past year and it's meant to be we call it jewish unemployment. it's supposed to supplement what they may get from the state but it's very difficult for people in a situation like

louis park. 10% jewish and 10% hispanic and 30% somalian, small african american.now the diversity challenge was religiously and racially is much bigger and i tell the story about how they did. a number of people, and my teacher and friend love to say, you're optimist or pessimist, i'm neither, two different forms of fatalism, everything will be great or awful. i believe in applied hope and i believe applied hope. you want to be optimist, stand on your head. the country looks so much better afrom the bottom up than the top up, okay. [applause] it's not that we don't have communities that are struggling and failing, but we also have a huge number where people are applying hope. and that's why my book and this talk ends with a theme song, a book at a theme song, could i buy the song so when you open the book it would play the song like a hallmark card plays happy birthday. it's the anthem of our time. one of my favorite singers brandon and the song is called the eye, e-y-e. i wrapped your love around me like a chain but i was never afraid that it would die. you can d

community orthodox jew jewish community. refusing to shake people's and do you have a problem well when i run from a greater manchester you could come that it was jewish refused to shake and swear with me. and i said that was not right that was against our culture so it's not just against islam or what you're talking about one hundred friendship being given to somebody and it's been thrown in the face so when we go to mars or we go to synagogues we expect two other women to have a headscarf we expect to take our shoes off and very sort of things which we do as a matter of respect and i'm saying to you is you've got to understand that if somebody individually wants to express their own way of practicing their faith why do the jewish member of our society why the remote slim or a christian or whichever faith they are from all they have to do is decide it is their choice to do that and we have to respect our. rain has arrested and tortured one hundred sixty nine activists and their relatives in the gulf states crackdown over th

it's the time of renewal for the jewish community. but as members of oakland's temple sinai gather this morning to celebrate the jewish new year, rosh hashanah, they were greeted by words of hate painted on the side of their synagogue. temple members immediately covered the grandfathffiti with and people wrote messages of peace over the hate messages. >> love trumps hate, you know, we need to work as a community and love everybody. >> because this rises to a hate crime this is a felony, very serious. >> reporter: oakland police are looking through nearby surveillance video hoping to find clues. last month, another synagogue, temple israel was hit by vandals who threw rocks and shattered windows, later, there were hateful fliers on the sidewalk. >> it has become permissible. >> reporter: city crews painted over the hateful message this afternoon. but the hurt has not washed away. as the traditional blowing of the rams horn signalled repenting, temple members hope whoever is behind the vandalism will heed the call. >> the message of who