Jerusalem News (10 August, 2014, 14 Av, 5774)
Contents:
1. North Miami Beach Rabbi Shot and Killed on Shabbat
2. Lieberman Urges Germany to Lead Gaza Inspection Team. West European Involvement Considered
3. Poll: 73% of Israelis fast on Yom Kippur
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1. North Miami Beach Rabbi Shot and Killed on Shabbat
By: Jewish Press News Briefs
Published: August 9th, 2014
http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/miami-rabbi-shot-and-killed-on-shabbat/2014/08/09/
A rabbi, identified as Rabbi Joseph Raksin by NBC news, was shot and killed on his way to synagogue Saturday morning, in North Miami Beach.
He was shot by 2 youths at 9am, and airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center, where he died.
The two fled, one on foot, and one on a bike.
A reader updated us that today's murder took place two blocks away from a Miami synagogue, which was vandalized with swastikas and the word 'Hamas' last week.
The area has a large Orthodox-Jewish community, and a number of synagogues.
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Police says Florida rabbi's killing not a hate crime
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4556903,00.html
Authorities have not released a motive, but the Anti-Defamation League says it has been in close contact with lead investigators and the crime appears to be a robbery gone badly.
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2. Lieberman Urges Germany to Lead Gaza Inspection Team. West European Involvement Considered
Friday, August 8, 2014
http://hamodia.com/2014/08/08/lieberman-urges-germany-lead-gaza-inspection-team/
BERLIN (Reuters) - Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has urged Germany to help find a solution to the conflict in Gaza, and, notably, to send inspectors to Gaza's borders along with other European Union countries.
Lieberman told Thursday's mass-selling German daily Bild that Germany had a 'very significant' role to play in preventing an economic and humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, where Israel and Egypt maintain tight restrictions on the movement of goods and people to try to prevent arms reaching Islamist terrorists.
He said Germany should bring together EU leaders to help find a lasting settlement for Gaza, from where Hamas has launched thousands of rockets at Israel in the last month.
Lieberman said he was not suggesting the despatch of troops or police. 'But Germany and the EU need to send inspectors to Gaza to control the trade the Palestinians conduct with neighboring states.'
He said Israel did not want to govern Gaza again but that a solution was needed for the people who live there.
'And Germany should take responsibility as the leader of such a mission,' he said.
Germany, France and Britain have proposed reactivating a European Union mission on the Egypt-Gaza border to help stabilize the enclave after the month-long war, a German diplomatic source said on Wednesday.
Reinhold Robbe, President of the German-Israeli Association, told Germany's Deutschlandfunk radio he was in favor of such a mission but said it should have a U.N. mandate and would probably also need military back-up.
Lieberman said Israel's military action was 'not yet over' but had been successful in destroying the cross-border tunnels dug by Hamas from Gaza to Israel.
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3. Poll: 73% of Israelis fast on Yom Kippur
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4428978,00.html
Survey conducted by BINA organization shows most Israelis abstain from eating on Day of Atonement. In-depth analysis of findings reveals vast majority of seculars choose to fast 'for reasons which are not religious, but rather related to culture, tradition and solidarity with the Jewish people'
Kobi Nachshoni
Published: 09.13.13, 14:20 / Israel Jewish Scene
 Why do most Israeli Jews fast on Israel) who were asked, "Do you usually fast on Yom Kippur? If you do, please tell me which of the following sentences characterizes you the most."
Only 27% said they do not abstain from eating on the holy day. Among those who answered on the affirmative, 51.5% said they do so "for religious reasons," 22.5% "out of respect to tradition" and 14% "in solidarity with the Jewish people," while 3% do so "for health reasons or as a challenge." The remaining 9% answered "for all reasons equally" or "for none of these reasons."
A breakdown according to religious definitions reveals that 99% of the religious-haredi public and 95.5% of traditional Jews fast, while among seculars the number of those who abstain from eating on the Day of Atonement reaches 46.5%.
Forty-one percent of the seculars who fast explained that they do so out of respect to the Jewish tradition, 24.5% in solidarity with the Jewish people who fast, and only 19% said they do so to observe the religious mitzvah.
Educated people less likely to fast
A further analysis of the results reveals that the number of those who fast among younger Israelis (ages 18-24) is significantly higher than among older Israelis (35-54, and 55 and up) - 84%, 66% and 67.5%, respectively.
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The survey also found that educated people are less likely to fast - 78% of people with a high school or lower education, 76% of people with a post-high school education and 66% of academics.
As for financial income, the survey found that 78% of those with a lower than average income fast, as well as about 70% of those with an average and high income.Â