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Volume 3 No. 12
6 February 2009

YIISA NOW ACCEPTING POST-DOCTORATE & GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP APPLICATIONS
YIISA invites applications for available post-doctorate research fellowships and graduate fellows in the final stages of their PhDs commencing in September 2009, tenable for one year, with possible renewal for one further academic year. Applications are welcome from candidates from all academic disciplines, with a strong background in the study of antisemitism and related fields. The goal of the fellowship is to support the work of emerging leading scholars whose research is focused on the study of antisemitism and to devote their efforts to further their research agenda and professional development generally.
DEADLINE: Monday, February 16, 2009
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YIISA LECTURE
Thursday, February 12th @ 4:15pm
“From Durban to Durban:  Identity Theft and Generic Hatred”
Location:        Linsly Chittenden Hall, 63 High Street, Room 211 (Second Floor)
Speaker:         Dr. Shimon Samuels, Director for International Relations, Paris, Simon Wiesenthal Center

LECTURES OF INTEREST
Tuesday, February 10th @ Noon
“Jihad, Apocalypse, and the Empire of Modernity”
8 Prospect Place, Room 119
Speaker:         John R. Hall, Department of Sociology, University of California at Davis
Sponsor:         The MacMillan Center Initiative on Religion, Politics and Society
Contact:         Nancy Phillips – nancy.phillips@yale.edu
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Wednesday, February 11th @ noon
“Has Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ended”
ISPS, 77 Prospect Street, Room A001
Speaker:         Said Arjomand, SUNY-Stony Brook
Sponsor:         Council on Middle East Studies
Contact:         Felisa Baynes – felisa.baynes@yale.edu
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Wednesday, February 11 @ 4:00pm
“The Power of the Passion Narrative in Jewish-Christian Interaction”
Slifka Center, 80 Wall Street
Speaker:         Jeremy Cohen
Sponsor:         Judaic Studies, Religious Studies and the Slifka Center
Contact:         Renee Reed – renee.reed@yale.edu
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ARTICLE OF INTEREST

How Europe's Companies Are Feeding Iran's Bomb: Benjamin Weinthal, Berlin
(Wall Street Journal) While U.S. has ratcheted up its efforts to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear arms, the Islamic Republic is reaping a windfall from European companies. These firms' deals aid a regime that is bent on developing nuclear weapons and which financially supports the terror organizations Hamas and Hezbollah.
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Save Gaza by Destroying the Heart of Terror: Natan Sharansky
(Bloomberg) “Israel’s war in Gaza has been met with cries of protest around the world. First, there are those who oppose any Israeli effort to defend itself, mainly because they don’t believe a Jewish state should exist at all. Second, there are those who support Israel’s existence, but believe it is wrong to wage so harsh an assault on the Gaza Strip.”
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IRAN

Obama begins discreet talks with Iran, Syria
(AFP) President Barack Obama has already used experts within the last few months to hold high-level but discreet talks with both Iran and Syria.
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Obama's presidency will not change ties says senior Iranian
(Reuters) A representative of Iran's supreme leader said Barack Obama taking office as U.S. president did not mean Tehran's ties with Washington would change.
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Iran marks revolution anniversary, wishes death to Israel
(YNet) 'Revolution alive after 30 years,' Ahmadinejad said at Islamic Revolution anniversary celebration at Khomeini's grave.
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MIDDLE EAST

Report: Gaza Hamas heads furious with Meshal decision to end lull
(Haaretz) Hamas leadership in the Gaza Strip sought to extend the cease-fire that preceded Israel's military offensive and are furious with Hamas' political bureau chief Khaled Meshal's decision to end the truce.
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UN says Hamas seized Gaza food aid and blankets
(YNet) Spokesman for organization says Hamas police raided UN warehouse in Gaza City on Tuesday and snatched 3,500 blankets, hundreds of food parcels.
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Hamas deeply divided over Blair remarks
(Jerusalem Post) Hamas officials in the Gaza Strip said there were "indications" suggesting that the international community was on its way to ending its boycott of the Islamic movement.
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Mubarak rebukes Hamas over Gaza war
(YNet) Egyptian president slams Hamas for objecting to efforts to prolong Gaza ceasefire.
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Fatah publishes names of victims harmed by de facto government forces in Gaza
(Ma’an) A senior leader within Fatah slammed what he called “Hamas crimes against patriotic people” in the Gaza Strip.
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Elbaradei: Israel violated international law in Syria
(YNet) IAEA chief says that instead of using unilateral force, Jewish state should have provided nuclear watchdog with intelligence on alleged Syrian reactor.
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ElBaradei mum on Israel as Jewish state
(Jerusalem Post) The top UN nuclear proliferation official refused to take a position on whether Israel should exist as a Jewish state.
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Israeli Apartheid Week 2009 may be coming to a campus near you
(Jerusalemt Post) "This year, IAW occurs in the wake of Israel's barbaric assault against the people of Gaza. Lectures, films and actions will make the point that these latest massacres further confirm the true nature of Israeli Apartheid."
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Transcripts of Erdogan, Moussa, Peres at Davosa
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Official: Aliya from Turkey to double
(Jerusalem Post) The number of Jews expected to immigrate to Israel from Turkey this year s likely to double compared to last year.
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Turkish Jews deny reports that synagogue was vandalized
(Haaretz) "The reports published in foreign media organs saying that a synagogue in the northwestern part of Turkey was set ablaze are not correct," the Turkish Jewish community said.
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EUROPE

German investigators to look for wanted Nazi's body
(Jerusalem Post) German investigators want to search in Egypt for definitive proof that top Nazi war crimes fugitive Aribert Heim died there years ago after eluding capture.
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Antisemitic decision in Spain
(YNet) “Spanish judge's war crimes ruling undermines State of Israel's right to exist.”
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Ukrainian group seeks Terror Probe
(JTA) A Ukrainian Jewish group wants the government to investigate an explosive device placed inside a synagogue as a terrorist act.
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Using the Holocaust to Attack the Jews
(Washington Post) even as the Holocaust is becoming a fixture in the world's memory, it is also being increasingly used as a weapon against the Jews and the Jewish state.
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WJC head: Holocaust denial must be censured
(YNet) While welcoming pope's decision to call on Bishop Williamson to recant statements denying Shoah, Ronald S. Lauder also urges Benedict XVI to 'urgently address cases of blatant antisemitism in Catholic church.
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Jewish congress condemns European Parliament
(JTA)  The European Jewish Congress condemned the European Parliament's refusal to openly denounce a wave of anti-Semitic attacks in Europe.
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MISCELLANEOUS

Daniel Pearl and the Normalization of Evil
(Wall Street Journal) Judea Pearl writes, “This week marks the seventh anniversary of the murder of our son, former Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. My wife Ruth and I wonder: Would Danny have believed that today's world emerged after his tragedy?”
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What lurks behind Iran's close relationship with Venezuela?
(Haaretz) Venezuela and Iran have recently stepped up mutual cooperation in efforts to establish terror bases and infrastructure across Latin America.
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Chavez condemns attack on Caracas synagogue, blames opposition
(Haaretz) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez condemned an attack on a Caracas synagogue amid tense relations with Israel, suggesting it was plotted by opposition leaders to tarnish his self-styled socialist revolution.
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US politicians call on Chávez to protect Venezuela's Jews
(Guardian) Members of the US Congress have called on Venezuela's president, Hugo Chávez, to protect the country's Jews following an attack on a Caracas synagogue.
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Demonstrators fear antisemitism in Venezuela
(YNet) Dozens rally across from UN bureau in Caracas to protest recent attack on capital's synagogue.
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Interfaith rally in North Miami Beach to support Venezuelan Jews
(Miami Herald) Local religious and political leaders will participate in an interfaith rally supporting the Venezuelan Jewish community after an attack on a Caracas synagogue.
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An open letter to President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela
(Jersualem Post) Shimon Samuels writes a letter to Chavez.
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Jewish Board rejects Hajaig's apology
(IOL) The row over allegedly antisemitic remarks by Deputy Foreign Minister Fatima Hajaig refused to die despite her "unequivocal apology."
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Australian paper suspends columnist over slur
(JTA) A London-based columnist who blamed Israel for the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks was suspended by the Australian newspaper that published his article.
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Antisemitism rears head in Iceland, too
(Jerusalem Post) One of the populations most severely hit by the worldwide rise in antisemitism has been the minuscule Jewish community of Iceland.
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