Jews take the lead in the ranks of self-employed

Jewish people in Britain are the most likely to be self-employed, according to research by the Office for National Statistics.

The study found that one in three (33%) Jewish people ran their own business, compared with 20% of Muslims and just one in 10 Christians.

High-profile members of the Jewish business community include Sir Alan Sugar, the founder of Amstrad, star of the television show The Apprentice and arguably Britain’s most famous entrepreneur.

California Schedules Primary on Rosh Hashanah

California Jewish groups are upset by the timing of an election to replace Chris Cox, who left Congress to head the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced this week the election will be held Dec. 6 with a primary on Oct. 4. The October date is also the first day of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year and one of the holiest days in the Jewish calendar.

Crown Heights Riots Anniversary

Friday marks 14 years since rioting broke out in Crown Heights following a car accident that killed a 7-year-old boy.

Drama in CH, Baby sitter walk’s out with child

Last night at around 8:00PM Shomrim received a call for a missing child, immediately the entire force sprang to life and within seconds there were 20 vehicles canvassing the entire CH area.

During the search Hatzalah was called in along with members of the Boro Park Shomrim and the local Police Precinct was called in as well, after about 45 minutes into the search the Police called in the helicopter to aid the search, and that wasn’t enough either, the Shomrim K9 Unit was called in as well.

Around an hour and a half into the search a yellow cab pulled up to the families house, where Shomrim had set up a mobile command post, and out of the cab the cleaning lady got out with the missing child and just walked up to the house like nothing happened, the woman immediately was bombarded with questions and suddenly forgot the little English she knew, the police the called in an officer that understands Spanish, and questioned her as to what had happened. She was supposed to go to the mailbox down the block and back, a task of no more then 10 minutes even with walking a 3 year old child, but for some reason decided to go to the main post office, then the child got tired so they got into a cab. A sketchy story at best.

Lubavitchers threatened to commit suicide
if IDF entered their bunker

15 Lubavitchers barricaded themselves in the bunker of a shul and threatened to set themselves on fire in protest of the disengagement, but after negotiating for about 5 hours with the IDF, the 300 soldiers surrounding the bunker went in, and removed them.

U.S. Jewish organizations protest UN funding of PA banners in Gaza

The United Nations is embroiled in a dispute with American Jewish organizations over the funding of Palestinian banners in Gaza, and U.S. Ambassador John Bolton on Wednesday protested the “unacceptable” payments.

The dispute centers on the UN Development Program’s payment for materials produced by the Palestinian Authority for Israel’s disengagement from Gaza which include banners saying: “Gaza Today. The West Bank and Jerusalem Tomorrow.”

Jews On Both Sides Of Gaza Withdrawal Issue
Hold Protests In New York

Under cloudy skies and drizzling rain, they gathered in front of the United Nations this morning. About 60 American Jews came out to pray for friends in the Gaza Strip forced to leave their homes after almost four decades of occupation.

On day three of the eviction of Jewish settlements in Gaza and the West Bank, emotions still ran high.

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Montreal man convicted in U.S. of trying to aid Hezbollah

A Lebanese-born Montreal man is facing up to 30 years in prison in the United States and a $750,000 (US) fine after pleading guilty in a Little Rock, Ark., court to three counts related to a scheme to ship military equipment to Hezbollah.

A co-accused, a Jewish Israeli citizen living in New York, pleaded guilty in July to the one charge against him and is also awaiting sentencing.

Stop The Discrimination Now
Against American Jews in Israel

The United States government is violating a group of US citizens’ civil rights and it has to stop. They want to throw a whole ethnic group out of their homes, and restrict where they can or can’t live. Sounds racist doesn’t it?

The White House, State Department and other agencies, right under the noses of us all, without a peep by us, are pursuing a deliberate policy of ethnic/religious “cleansing”. They haven’t started for real yet, but the plans are in the making. Who could possibly stand for this discriminatory behavior on the part of the American government against its own citizens in the year 2005? A class action suit demanding an injunction to stop these law-breaking plans needs to be filed in the courts.

Dov Hikind sneaks into Gaza

New York Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-48th District) is among the many infiltrators to have snuck into Gaza through the IDF roadblocks.

“It was very easy to get in,” Hikind told The Jerusalem Post as he stood outside the Neveh Dekalim synagogue on Saturday night.

This is his fifth trip to the area since January. He said he came to stand in solidarity with the residents in their most difficult hour.

Polish priest slams laws of ‘Jewish bankers’

A Polish priest who was once banned from preaching for anti-Semitic remarks lashed out on Sunday at laws made by “Jewish bankers”, during celebrations of the 25th anniversary of the anti-communist Solidarity union.

Former trade union leaders, including several prominent politicians, had gathered in the Baltic port city of Gdansk to celebrate the anniversary of the shipyard strike launching a movement that would shake the foundations of the communist system.

NY Jews harass pullout police officers

A follow up to the Article about Youngerlite from our Shcuna calling up the personal that will be commencing the pullout, was dubbed by Ynet (Yediot Acharonot) as harassment, here is the article.

Right-wing psychological warfare intensifies ahead of pullout: New York Jews call homes of police officers participating in pullout tasks to demand they disobey orders

With the pullout quickly approaching, right-wing activists in New York have been recruited for the last-ditch effort to stop the evacuation, with some of them have phoning the homes of officers set to participate in pullout-related tasks and demanding they refuse to carry out the evacuation orders.

Rivka, the wife of a Beer Sheva police officer who is scheduled to take part in the pullout, received such a phone call at around 9 p.m.

”At first I thought it was a prank, but then the man said he was from New York,” she said.

“Our number is restricted, and it does not even appear in the phone book, so I have no idea how he may have obtained it.”

Fliers hit Wal-Mart’s plans for Brooklyn

So what do you think? Do you want a Wal-Mart here in Brooklyn?

Calling themselves Wal-Mart No Way, a group of friends, activists and neighbors in Park Slope this week began distributing spoof ads mocking the mega-retailer’s attempts to market itself in Brooklyn.

“The reason we’re going about it this way, is we feel it’s probably the most effective way to get our message across,” said Richard Thomas, who founded the anti-Wal-Mart group.

“It’s the tactic they use,” he said, “and we want to fight them in the same way, basically.”

Last month, Wal-Mart executives expressed interest in finding space in Brooklyn to open what might be its first New York City store. They followed that with a one-week advertising blitz including full-page ads in local newspapers.

Wal-Mart officials have also expressed interest in two sites on Staten Island.
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Jewish heritage and education offered at Chabad Hebrew School

For the second year, Rabbi Meir Borenstein and his wife, Rivkie, are taking registrations, by popular request, for the Chabad Hebrew School they have created in Monroe.

Rabbi Borenstein said the program welcomes Jewish children from all over Orange County, regardless of their affiliation or level of observance. Transportation is an option.

“We believe every Jewish child should have a Jewish heritage and education,” he said.

“Imagine a Jewish program where children don’t want to miss a day,” he said enthusiastically. “Imagine children arriving with a smile and leaving as they hum a Jewish song. Imagine a child who feels the warmth and spirit of Judaism. Last year’s program was very successful, and we’ve been approached by parents in our community to conduct it again.

Duo take resources to central Oregon

The second of three pairs of Chabad rabbis/rabbinic students to come to Oregon this year are now in central Oregon to enhance Jewish life there.

“We are here from goodwill to help them in whatever way they want to enhance their Judaism,” said Rabbi Zalman Abraham, who is in the Bend area with rabbinic student Sadya Engel through Aug. 24. “We are not here as salesmen to enroll them in any specific program or branch of Judaism. We are sincerely interested in their good. … It is our privilege to answer any questions they have on any aspect of Judaism.”

Abraham, who was born in New York, moved to Johannesburg, South Africa, when his parents were sent there as Chabad emissaries when he was 9 months old. For the past year he learned with Engel at the Central Chabad yeshiva in Brooklyn. Engel is from Montreal, Canada. Engel has also finished his rabbinic studies, and expects to be ordained soon.

Morality and Ethics at Boy Scouts Jamboree

RICHMOND, VA — More than 1,000 Jewish Boy Scouts attended the National Boy Scout Jamboree held July 25 to August 3, 2005 at Fort A.P. Hill near Bowling Green, Virginia. Every four years, the Jamboree brings together more than 42,000 Scouts from across the United States for a week of adventure and fellowship.

Chabad Lubavitch has been actively working with the Jamboree for many years says Rabbi Yossel Kranz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of the Virginias in Richmond. He credits Chabad’s international children’s organization, Tzivos Hashem, for their “incredible efforts on behalf of the Jewish scouts before, after and during the Jamboree.”

At this year’s event, three Scout rabbis from Tzivos Hashem arrived a week in advance to conduct a massive outreach to the Jewish Scouts arriving from every corner of the country. A synagogue tent was constructed on-site, kosher food was bussed in, and over 500 young Jewish Scouts gathered together for Friday night services.

“It was incredible to see” said Rabbi Shmuly Gutnick, one of the Chabad rabbis assigned to the Jamboree. “We sang, we prayed and we ate together. Some of the scouts had never had a Shabbat experience before. We even did four Bar Mitzvahs for boys who had never had one.” A local Virginia newspaper, the Free Lance-Star, featured a full page of pictures from the mini bar mitzvah ceremonies in its July 29th edition.

Man shot on the way to shul in hold-up

An Orthodox Jewish man walking to synagogue with his young son Saturday was held up by a man who demanded money and then shot him in the chest, police said.

Eliahu Frishman, 33, of Far Rockaway, was cutting through a schoolyard on Hicksville Road with his 7-year-old son when he was approached by a 20-year-old man wearing a bandanna over his face who tried to rob him, police said.