votim: the last yeshiva, jewish school.eporter: despite besa, many jews were deported, including members of his family. this is the list of those who were killed. but his mother survived thanks to genci's great grandfather. votim: without this help, hitler's plan would have succeeded. nobody would have survived if albanians hadn't fought against the so-called final solution. reporter: genci resniqi inherited his great grandfather's prayer beads -- not only a remembrance, but the symbol of a promise. peter: and it is said that albania was the only country in europe to emerge from world war ii with a larger jewish population than before. it shows the importance of not looking away. and one country where too many people are these days looking away is france, which has the largest jewish community in europe, totaling half a million people. in recent years though, thousands have been leaving for israel. many others say they're thinking of joining the exodus. why? well, because of the growing climate of anti-semitic violence, muc

many conical fans have welcomed the jewish. immunities decision to get involved a lot of young people in particular don't always have a sense of history or aren't aware of all the things that happens in the past it's good we're still being reminded of it in college that it's not that a jewish law is needed that shouldn't be the case. because muslim if there is a muslim i think it's ok the jewish community has a float we all party together as a kind of a. the float will also include a special guest the head of dozens also muslim community he'll be in costume as a persian poet. kind of i'm not a carnival found president and it's also hard for me personally because as you know alcohol is an issue for muslims within our muslim community our leadership board debated at length and considered the pros and cons but the pros one out and we want to support sending a signal he mission had he says acknowledge. that you religious leaders want to underscore that germany's jews and muslims stand side by side and not only at carnival time. she

and that's why the jewish community is contributing a satirical float. the slow chose the one nine hundred century german writes a heinrich china with a kippa and prayer beats the native converted from judaism to christianity to get around precious ban on jews teaching at university. today the jewish community still harbors mixed emotions towards konovalov. during the nazi era the carnival parades were used to stir up hatred against germany's jewish population. as a huge issue not within our community there were two or three people who said why are you doing this have you lost your mind they're still troubled by what happened in the past. many carnival fans have welcomed the jewish communities decision to get involved a lot of young people in particular didn't always have a sense of history or aren't aware of all the things that happens in the past it's good we're still being reminded of it in college that it's not that a jewish law is needed that shouldn't be the case. he says is a muslim i think it's ok the jewish community has a float party to get it

today the jewish community still harbors mixed emotions towards conifer. during the nazi era the carnival parades were used to stir up hatred against germany's jewish population. as a huge issue down not within our community there were two or three people who said why are you doing this have you lost your mind they're still troubled by what happened in the past. many carnival fans have welcomed the jewish communities decision to get involved a lot of young people in particular didn't always have a sense of history or aren't aware of all the things that happens in the past it's good we're still being reminded of it in college that it's sad that a jewish flow is needed that shouldn't be the case. he says muslim of as a muslim i think it's ok the jewish community is a float we all party together as a kind of a. the float will also include a special guest the head of does results muslim community will be in costume as a persian poet. kind of i'm not a carnival found because we find it's also hard for me personally because as you know alcohol is an issue for mu

were used to stir up hatred against germany's jewish population. as a huge issue down not within our community there were two or three people who said why are you doing this have you lost your mind they're still troubled by what happened in the past. many kind of fans have welcomed the jewish communities decision to get involved a lot of young people in particular have a sense of history aren't aware of all the things that happens in the past it's good we're still being reminded of it in college that it's sad that a jewish flow is needed that shouldn't be the case. is the muslim i think it's a case of the jewish community is afloat together as a kind of a. the float will also include a special guest the head of muslim community he'll be in costume as a persian poet he's become kind of i'm not a carnival because we found it's also hard for me personally because as you know alcohol is an issue for muslims within our muslim community our leadership board debated at length and considered the pros and cons but the pros one zero and we want to support se

not that a jewish law is needed that shouldn't be the case. he says is a muslim i think it's ok the jewish community is a float party to get that out of. the float will also include a special guest the head of. community he'll be in costume as a persian poet. kind of i'm not a carnival found president and it's also hard for me personally because as you know alcohol is an issue for muslims within our muslim community our leadership board debated at length and considered the pros and cons but the pros one and we want to support sending a signal the mission had he says acknowledge. that you religious leaders want to underscore that germany's jews and muslims stand side by side and not only at carnival time. and that's a news update we'll be back at the top of the hour for now we'll leave you with all the samba you can handle as carneval mania sweeps brazil thanks for watching. the. story people. information. they want to express. you on facebook and twitter today in touch.

the jewish people are now saying the land of israel . the land of this is really. one of the problems with the influence israel lobby has in the united states now is it has been hard for government officials to have an honest discussion just look what happened to president obama when he made the mistake of simply saying out loud what the international consensus is we believe the borders of israel and palestine should be based on the nine hundred sixty seven lines with mutually agreed swaps. so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states it didn't matter that obama was just repeating what had been official u.s. policy that decades or the right wing president ronald reagan that said essentially the same thing in the one nine hundred eighty s. an even stronger language u.n. resolution to forward to remains wholly valid as the foundation stone of america's middle east peace effort it is the united states' position that in return for peace the withdrawal provision of resolution two forty two applies to all fronts including the west bank and gaza w

israel's justice minister says the country must do everything to protect its jewish majority even if it means violating human rights there is a place to maintain and jewish majority even at the price of violating rights israel is a jewish state it is in the state of all its judah's nations that it is equal rights to all citizens but not equal national rights that remark came during a debate on the controversial jewish nation state bill which seeks to establish israel as an official state for jewish people who would also have an official anthem and recognize jewish holy days such as the sabbath however a quarter of israel's population is not jewish meaning that over two million people could have their rights impeded if that bill passes through one civil rights group has spoken out against the move saying that the israeli government considers democracy and human rights as obstacles. political analysts thinks that there's little chance this legislation will make it through the. i don't want to suppose. something into the future based on a statement made by the justice minister of what c

they have jewish law. the case that you mentioned, the so-called ticking bomb case, presented to the israeli supreme court this question, the police have apprehended a suspect they believe to know when and where a bomb is going off. can we use extreme means, a euphemism for torture, to extract that information? in a very eloquent judgment written by then-president of the israeli supreme court, the answer was clear. torture, never. and the opinion explained that there is no greater gift we can give to our enemy than to become so overwhelmed by our concern for security that more and more we come to resemble our enemy in our disrespect for human rights. [applause] >> i wonder if we can turn to your personal history for moment. your sister, your only sibling, died when she was six and you were less than two-years-old. your mother was stricken with cancer during your first year of high school. and sadly died two days before your graduation. i'm wondering how this affected your sense of wanting to support women

did have a jewish upbringing but he married and his story is intriguing. he rose to the top of the ranks in the confederacy. the reason he turned on the supreme court appointment is he had just been chosen by the louisiana legislator to be the senator. so senators were chosen by the state legislature and not by direct vote. he thought all things considered it was a better job for him. he may have envisioned that if he was on the court it would've been too many years before he had to resign. >> so, although he was a leader of the confederacy, he was a slaveholder, he was subject to anti-semitism by others high in the ranks of the confederacy. they referred to him as judas -- and i know we ran a story about confederate monuments because there's so much controversy but there is no monument to him even though he was leader of the confederacy. it may be because of what you said the way he was treated. >> did you have -- >> heavy seen it? yes we have a question from michael, reader in georgia. he wondered how your jewishness has affected your life's work as a la

for the jewish people, it was a very difficult time. by the 1820's, not one jewish person lived in newport, rhode island anymore. the building was shut. the keys were given to a quaker family who took care of it for 60 years. ashkenazie 1880's, jews or eastern european jews started coming to america to -- a small group of them came to newport, rhode island, saw the shuttered building, and said we want to use it for worship. an agreement was made that they could, as long as the service remained orthodox in nature. and this building has been in continuous use as an orthodox synagogue since 1894. george washington came to newport, we believe, three times, the last in 1790. he came accompanied by thomas jefferson. on a campaign trip to all of the 13 new states of the united states of america, urging ratification of the bill of rights. our constitution had several important omissions. to the jewish people here in the new united states, the most important omission was that there was nothing in the constitution speaking to freedom of religion.

other news today israel's justice minister says the country must do everything to protect its jewish majority majority even if it means violating human rights there is a place to maintain and jewish majority even at the price of violating rights israel is a jewish state it is in the state of all its judit is nations that is equal rights to all citizens but not equal national rights that remark came during a debate on the controversial jewish nation state bill which seeks to establish israel as an official state for jewish people it would also have an official anthem and recognize jewish holy days such as the sabbath however a quarter of israel's population is not jewish meaning that over two million people could have their rights impeded if the bill passes one civil rights groups spoken out about the move saying that the israeli government considers democracy and human rights as obstacles political analyst michele barak says that there's little chance though that this legislation will actually get through i don't want to suppose something into the future based on a statement made by

every year, madam speaker, this wonderful event brings together volunteers and staff from the jewish community services to prepare and deliver passover holiday baskets to home-bound seniors and other members of the jewish community in need. those who take part in the matzva mitzvah do far more than deliver meals. they help foster a sense of community among jewish residents of south florida and ensure that everyone who observes the passover holiday does so with a full heart. volunteers will start assembling the food at 9:00 a.m. and the delivery of the food baskets will follow at 10:00 a.m. madam speaker, i want to thank the jewish community services of south florida for its dedication to creating a better and more inclusive community. i also encourage everyone in south florida to come out this march 25 to temple israel of greater miami at 9:00 a.m. and take part in the 2018 matzo mitzvah. thank you, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? mr. kildee: mr. speaker, i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one

many readers are interested in your jewish life and identity. and how it shaped your judicial career and outlook. as we sit in the sanctuary it seems like a good place to. you grew up in brooklyn. [applause] family not about but very identified. you just jen described your mother lighting candles on friday nights. i heard how you enjoyed celebrating passover with your family you're right that the four questions were the best part. i'm wondering why? >> a child is asking about this evening in celebration why is passover night different from all other nights, it's the child asking the question and the rest is devoted to answering it. think it's just one of many illustrations of how jews how they are learning want children to be well-educated. >> a couple of years ago with the rabbi you wrote about the heroic visionary women in the passover story. did you notice all of that when you're a girl? or is that something that emerged later in life for you, the recognition of the role of women? >> -- was the prime mover. growing up i may have known about m

i didn't encounter it and i was enormously impressed with the jewish museum. i found the presentation of the jewish contribution to russian history and culture right through the years since russia conquered parts of poland in the jewish population of poland and below russia became russian citizens that whole story was fascinating i left that museum with the spirit of uplift because i folk this means that russia and its row getting on the path of decent mutually respectful relationship. issues a respectful relationship between russia and israel is not a problem i think they are now a little bit concerned that the personal relationship between putin and benjamin netanyahu is endangering the middle east peace process because everybody's so accommodating towards israel but rather than going into international affairs i want to ask you know specifically about the logic and putin has been in power of on and off for eighteen years and you've just recently speaking at one of the conferences here in russia you said that you wish lie to me if we can and his foreign mini

anyone who thinks i'm jewish, i'm not, like, how? where did you come to that?ed. >> seth: no, exactly, no. certainly name, face, everything about me, it's a safe bet. [ laughter ] my father's father was jewish, so it's, like, there. >> it's there. >> seth: yeah, but i feel weird when people say are you jewish? i'm like demonstrably not, but i also feel like it's a weird thing to say to jewish people, like no, no, no, no, no. [ laughter ] >> you got a piece. >> seth: i got a piece, yeah. >> i'll tell you why i'll take a piece, and why we will. >> seth: okay. >> is because jews love to refer to all the terrible things that have happened to jews, like a jew would love to be like, you know who would have thought you were a jew? and then they'll be like, you know, yeah. >> seth: yeah, yeah. [ laughter ] >> so -- you know, because it wasn't, like, whether it was egypt, or europe, or whatever it was, it wasn't, like, oh, you're all this -- it was all bad. yeah. >> seth: yeah, no one was ever like -- having the paper work, and being like, "so how jewish are you?" >> ye

the jewish lobby was growing in britain and the british government took its aim seriously. the british might also use the port for the jews to persuade the american government which included several jewish figures to join the war. other factors may also have been at play the zionist movement itself and its leader high invites. were political zionists and there ain't from the very beginning the ultimate aim was an independent jewish state in palestine there in these early days they didn't say that because if you've only evoked hostility to the project but it but i forgot that wish there was a. knock and i fancy you be formal had. a fifth also you know shiloh you hold your. in an aggrieved and you're going to wouldn't feel so you to have that show off a bit of thought. amount of eric or not but they'll make we'll know there's a sorrier for us you know. for us the human friends you know the last min it couldn't have not be sex because we've got to bottom out of. the long push of the hottest of your new year let's start off with if i knew how to fix. on the second of november n

this was from 1946, 1947, the last joint palestinian jewish house. we had a very good relationship with the arabs. and then the war started in 1947. >> all the arabs were pushed out. >> they were pushed out. >> they feel guilty that you are living here? >> no, no. >> you don't feel guilty that this is a home that belongs to a palestinian family and they got pushed out,, and you are t recipient, the beneficiary of the blood and sweat and tears. >> i feel that the israeli government owes them, becausese the israeli government is the one who made this law about people who are not here. and the question is if people are ready to take compensation instead of coming back. >> the next day david and i separated so that i could go alone into gaza. along with the west bank, gaza is one of the two areas that have been taken by israel in 1967 and has been an occupied territory ever since. >> when i was in gaza david attended an israeli right wing rally in jerusalem. a large movement of religious israelis believe that rather than returning this land, it should be

family in the heart of paris and i think it needs to be said that many of these jewish families felt as if they were french they were proud to be jewish but they really identified as french they love france and it was the country of zoeller of rousseau so aflat who's now in her late eighty's and the wonderfully elegant to his ear and told me her story how they were rounded up in july nine hundred forty two one of these big roundups that the vision government undertook for the germans called be a hustler do veld even half the means round up and vel these because they were taken to a sports stadium which was highly unsuitable for a matter of hours let alone days and people were held there for five days in boiling heat and hours later to told me what it was like to be there and how they were taken by train then to. another camp and most people were shipped onto one of the concentration camps mostly auschwitz where they were killed let and her sister and her mother by a series of really clever ruses persuaded the germans to let them come back into paris they said they'd hidden furrows an

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an expert on historical memory and poland's jewish community she says the law was rushed through in a hurry and is dangerously vague it is visible that the government did not expect such or such a reaction that the law was actually poorly prepared and that they werent able to foresee the consequences we head toward only surviving pre-war synagogue before the holocaust the city's jewish community numbered some three hundred thousand people today fewer than ten thousand remain but how is the new law being received here people do not feel restrained as such but people feel is there a place for me in poland today and it's a harbel statement for me to say the poles suffered horribly during world war two there were fantastic heroes of the righteous among the nations the best people in the world and you also have individual poles and sometimes even groups of poles the collaborated with the germans and led to the murder of jews all those statements are true and in a democratic free poland we need to be able to say them openly without any fear of being prosecuted in court. also is booming leav

people and jewish institutions. the french president is on course to take another campaign pledge off his list emanuel mccrone is promising to bring back compulsory military service and his party has been busy trying to whip up support because we call it the national service because it's the place where the youth of our country and the nation meet one another where they get to know the military service on the one hand and civil engagement on the other it's where one gives his time to the nation and to society. what about the age range it will cover all age ranges and both boys and girls will take part in the service will be obligatory polls three years ago suggested eighty percent of people were in favor of the move but now that's to end all to a little more than a half shell or do bent he's been asking people in paris what they think now. but you play as are you ready to serve your country yes i have even tried to get in the army. there are many ways to help your country and not in the army but it's not all about t

origin i'm half irish catholic and have been a jewish by descent. i'd expect the degree of that to semitism in russia. i didn't encounter it and i was enormously impressed with the jewish museum . and its presentation of the jewish contribution to russian history and culture right through the years since russia conquered potent in the jewish population of poland and below russia became russian citizens that whole story was fascinating i left the museum with a spirit of uplift because my folks this shows that russia and its row getting on the path of peace and mutually respectful relationship. issues a respectful relationship between russia and israel is not a problem i think they we are now a little bit concerned that the personal relationship between putin and benjamin netanyahu is endangering the middle east peace process because everybody's so accommodating towards israel but rather than going into international affairs i want to ask you know specifically about logic and putin has been in power of on and off for eighteen years and you just recent

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origin i'm half irish catholic and have been a jewish by descent. i'd expect the degree that the semitism in russia. didn't encounter it and i was enormously impressed with the jewish museum. and its presentation of the jewish contribution to russian history and culture right through the years since russia conquered potent in the jewish population of poland and below russia became russian citizens that whole story was fascinating i left that museum with the spirit of uplift because my folks showed us that russia and its row getting on the path of peace and mutually respectful relation. mitchell a respectful relationship between russia and israel is not a problem i think the we are now a little bit concerned that the personal relationship between putin and benjamin netanyahu is endangering the middle east peace process because everybody's so accommodating towards israel but rather than going into international affairs i want to ask you know specifically about a large amount putin has been in power of on and off for eighteen years and you've just rece

people and jewish institutions. french president is on course to take another campaign pledge off his left and manual mccombs promising to bring back compulsory military service and his party has been busy trying to whip up support. we call it the national service because it's the place where the youth of our country and the nation meet one another where they get to know the military service on the one hand and civil engagement on the other it's where one gives his time to the nation and to society. but what about the age range it will cover all age ranges both boys and girls will take part in the service will be obligatory polls three years ago suggested that eighty percent of people were in favor of the move but now a little more than half the do bensky has been asking people in paris what they think now what do you play as you're ready to serve your country yes i have even tried to get in the army. i think there are many ways to help your country and not on the army but it's not all about taking a weapon in your

origin i'm half irish catholic and half being a jewish by descent. i'd expect the degree that the semitism in russia. didn't encounter it and i was enormously impressed with the jewish museum. and its presentation of the jewish contribution to russian history and culture right through the years since russia conquered potent in the jewish population of poland and below russia became russian citizens that whole story was fascinating i left the museum with a spirit of uplift because my folks showed us that russia and its row getting on the path of decent mutually respectful relationship. mitchell a respectful relationship between russia and israel is not a problem i think they are now a little bit concerned that the personal relationship between putin and benjamin netanyahu is endangering the middle east peace process because everybody's so accommodating towards israel but rather than going into international affairs i want to ask you know specifically about a large amount putin has been in power of on and off for eighteen years and you just recently sp

people and jewish institutions. the french president is on course to take another campaign pledge of his list emmanuel macross promising to bring back compulsory military service and his party has been busy trying to whip up support. we call it the national service because it's the place where the youth of our country and the nation meet one another where they get to know the military service on the one hand and civil engagement on the other it's where one gives his time to the nation and to society. what about the age range it will cover all age ranges both boys and girls will take part in the service will be obligatory polls three years ago suggested that eighty percent of people were in favor of the move but now that's dwindled to a little more than half. and skis been asking people in paris what they think now. are you ready to serve your country yes i have even tried to get in the army. i think there are many ways to help your country and not in the army but it's not all about taking a weapon in your hands. or.

people and jewish institutions. french president is on course to take another campaign pledge off the list a man whom across promising to bring back compulsory military service and his party has been busy trying to whip up support. we call it the national service because it's the place where the youth of our country and the nation meet one another where they get to know the military service on the one hand and civil engagement on the other it's where one gives his time to the nation and to society. what about the age range it will cover all age range of both boys and girls will take part in the service will be obligatory. a live news event that we can take you to the russian foreign ministry spokeswoman for the russian foreign ministry move of us not giving a news briefing we're going to cameras there she spoke to talk about ukraine and the syrian conflict let's listen it. looks from egypt ukraine germany. i'll give you a follow up later on. we are working and we cannot confirm that there will be such a thing as tha

people and jewish institutions. the french president is on course to take another campaign pledge of his list emmanuel mccraw promising to bring back compulsory military service and his party chiefs have been busy trying to whip up support. we call it the national service because it's the place where the youth of our country and the nation meet one another where they get to know that military service on the one hand and theirs and civil engagement on the other it's where one gives his time to the nation and to society. what about the age range it will cover all age ranges both boys and girls will take part in the service will be obligatory and polls three years ago suggested that eighty percent of people were in favor of the move but now that's to end all to a little more than half shell to do benson has been asking people in paris what they think now to jump the pacific was well i think military service is something good this creates unity around the country but servant should be optional. at the moment it all seem