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Aug 15, 2018, 4:47 PM

The burka and us

A Woman wearing a full-face veil. (Credit: Jewish News)

The Burka is under attack! Its assailants also. With whom should we side? Is it really offensive to compare it to a letter-box on legs? Or to joke of its being an aid to the bank-robber or the terrorist? Or is it only offensive when its critic is...

Sep 10, 2015, 11:35 PM

“Refugees are our Brothers” – Chief Rabbi

On Sunday, Consistoire President Dr Joel Mergui and France’s Chief Rabbi Haim Korsia addressed Paris’ Grande Synagogue, La Victoire, at a ceremony commemorating Jews deported to the Nazi’s death camps. Dr Mergui, after quoting the Talmud’s “He who saves a life saves all of humanity,”...

May 9, 2015, 9:57 AM

Cameron & Churchill

On David Cameron’s 2nd mandate – Advice by our national Saviour from his “The Good European” Speech, May 1948, Amsterdam. I am writing these words at Napoleon’s Grave aux Invalides in Paris, where an exhibition on Churchill and De Gaulle has much to teach us today. So much, that Najat Belkacem, France’s...

Dec 18, 2014, 3:58 PM

French PM Manuel Valls – Let’s Wage War on anti-Semitism

“France, without the Jews of France, would not be France.” President Hollande, a Socialist, and former President Sarkozy, of the right-wing UMP, both leaders of the two main political parties here, are avowedly pro-Jewish. However President Hollande’s youthful and charismatic Premier, Manuel Valls, married to...

Dec 17, 2014, 2:33 PM

Pure Prayer – Rachmaninov’s Vespers, sung by Chœur de Radio France, Paris

Rachmaninov loved the Orthodox liturgy. His Vespers was one of his favourite compositions. Critics have described it as his “deepest composition” and “one of the greatest works of Orthodoxy.” He wrote and performed it in early 1915, as the Russian People bled to death in the...

Dec 5, 2014, 2:41 PM

Francis, Benedict, John Paul and Jews

Francis, Pope to 1,200,000 Catholics, despite his very hectic schedule in Istanbul, made time on Sunday to meet the Chief Rabbi of Turkey, though his dwindling community numbers fewer than 17,000. Why would the Holy Father of so many, find time for a Rabbi of so...

Oct 8, 2014, 7:22 PM

Hallé Orchestra opens new year with Finnish Finesse; Znaider shines

One Nation at the Hallé Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, England “If you go down in the woods today you better not go alone…” When Sibelius wrote his violin concerto, his native Finland, though part of the Russia’s realm, would soon break free. On 18 September, a...

Oct 8, 2014, 7:18 PM

Netanyahu: Iran threatens US

New York Benyamin Netanyahu warned the American people of Iran’s nuclear threat to the entire world on Sunday. He said: “The greatest danger to the entire world is violent Islamist fanatics. They will marry their mad ideology to weapons of mass-destruction, if they get their...

Jun 30, 2014, 3:22 PM

Throughout the 1930s some very misguided rabbis worldwide told their flocks to keep their heads down and not oppose Hitler. In Britain, my country, some Englishmen even sought to have Hitler as an ally. Today Jews and Britons everywhere face a host of shared enemies, many...

Jun 6, 2014, 11:02 AM

Obama: ¨God give us Guts¨ – D-Day Today

France June 6, 2014 France is buzzing. Totalkoverage of totalkrieg! For France today is saturated with images and memories of the D-Day landings. Last night, la Republique Francaise lit up the skies of Normandy with fireworks, bringing a rare glow and unity to all of...

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About Me

Andrew M Rosemarine runs an international law office, has 3 law degrees (Oxford), is a former fellow of the Harry S. Truman Institute for Peace, is multi-lingual, and writes on the Middle East and Europe for various newspapers worldwide. His main hobbies are conflict resolution and solving problems for clients, colleagues and friends.