Jerusalem News (10 November, 2013, Kislev 7, 5774)
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1. 'Just doing my job,' says Irish hero who took on Nairobi mall terrorists
2. Tallest Mann in the World Gets Married
3. 1.2 Million American Non-Jews Feel 'Jew-ish' by Tia Ghose.
4. Steven Shamrak: Extracts from Latest Newsletter
5. Jews in Europe Feel Endangered
Survey: 29% of European Jews considered emigrating due to anti-Semitism
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1. 'Just doing my job,' says Irish hero who took on Nairobi mall terrorists
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/just-doing-my-job-says-irish-hero-who-took-on-nairobi-mall-terrorists-29720772.html
A FORMER Irish Army Ranger who rescued survivors during the terrorist attack on Nairobi's Westgate Mall has told how he was "just doing my job".
Extracts:
The Kenya-based security consultant (37) and a colleague were hailed as heroes for risking their lives saving trapped shoppers from gunmen who murdered at least 70 men, women and children.
The ex-soldier, who dodged bullets from al-Shabaab terrorists and returned fire, killing one of them, has described for the first time the horrific scenes of carnage he witnessed shortly after the massacre began on September 21.
In an exclusive interview with the Irish Independent, he revealed: "There were bodies littered everywhere. They (the terrorists) cut down everyone in front of them."
The soldier, who did not want to be identified, said he believed that the al-Qa'ida-aligned terror group showed a level of military training that had not seen before in such an incident.
He said: "The media spin coming from Kenya is that this was a small, poorly organised gang but from my first-hand experience that is not the case. They were well-trained, well-prepared and disciplined."
The security consultant also claimed that there was still confusion over the actual death toll during the four days that it took Kenyan forces to take back control of the shopping mall.
"Just counting the number of bodies I saw that day, I estimate that at least 100 and probably a lot more people were killed and are not accounted for. I believe there has been a lot of disinformation put out."
The former Ranger, who served on UN missions in Lebanon and East Timor, is the head of security for a major oil company employing 5,500 staff across East Africa.
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2. Tallest Mann in the World Gets Married
http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/worlds-tallest-man-gets-hitched-photo-205327045.html
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3. 1.2 Million American Non-Jews Feel 'Jew-ish'
http://www.livescience.com/40373-non-jews-feel-jewish-connection.html
by Tia Ghose, Staff Writer  |  October 11, 2013 07:00pm ET
They may not be Jewish, but they certainly feel Jew-ish.
Despite having no direct familial or religious ties to Judaism, about 1.2 million Americans feel they have a "Jewish affinity," with many reporting an attachment to Israel and a strong draw to Judaism's cultural practices, according to new research.
A survey of American Jews, conducted by the Pew Research Center, also analyzed the nearly 0.5 percent of the U.S. population that consider themselves to be Jewish in some way, even though they belong to a religion other than Judaism and most have no Jewish ancestors or family members.
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4. Steven Shamrak: Extracts from Latest Newsletter
From: Steven Shamrak <shamrakreport@gmail.com>
http://www.shamrak.com/
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(a) Observations
Jews Create - Bigots Hate and Kill
Six Jewish scientists won Nobel Prizes 2013
Use of Jewish/Zionist created products contradicts their 'religion' of global anti-Semitic bigotry. Therefore, anti-Semites must stop using mobile phones, Skype and vaccinating their children against Polio and other illnesses!
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(b) Israeli Research Prowess
Facebook: "Facebook was amazed by the amount of talent in a small country like Israel (5,000 tech companies). It was a momentous decision for Facebook to open its first R&D center outside the US in Israel. We chose Israel in the knowledge that the best talent is found here." - Nicola Mendolsohn, Vice President.
Intel: Intel's investment arm is expanding its portfolio of over 60 Israeli companies.
Israel is a global leader in the development of water technologies.  Export of water technologies was $2BN in 2012, a 170% increase in six years, and is expected to reach $2.2BN in 2013. 280 Israeli companies develop water technologies, 150 are export-oriented (Globes, Oct. 22).
Wall Street Journal: It is extremely hard not to be a bit star-struck by the Israeli technology scene...
'It is Silicon Valley for the rest of the world' said Saul Klein, a London-based venture capitalist...
"On a scale of one to 10, the innovation I see in Germany would be close to zero. In Israel , it is a 10," said Mark Tluszcz, co-founder of Mangrove Capital Partners, a Luxembourg-based venture firm...
What's the secret? Reasons include the role of the Israeli Defense Forces, and in particular the high-tech Unit 8200; the unique cultural values of a country forged from centuries of oppression; and Jewish mothers... (Jewish national cultural values should be named first!)
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5. Jews in Europe Feel Endangered
Survey: 29% of European Jews considered emigrating due to anti-Semitism
http://www.jpost.com/Jewish-World/Jewish-News/Survey-29-percent-of-European-Jews-considered-emigrating-due-to-anti-Semitism-331002
By JTA
11/08/2013 15:34
Extracts:
76% say anti-Semitism has increased over past 5 years; nearly 1/3 say they do 'not feel safe' living in their countries as Jews.
Nearly a third of respondents to a survey on anti-Semitism in Europe said they 'seriously considered emigrating' because of perceived anti-Semitism.
... according to Morten Kjaerum, the director of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights which conducted the research among Jews from Sweden, France, Belgium, Britain, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Romania and Latvia.
The figure for Jews contemplating emigration was particularly high in Hungary, France and Belgium with 48, 46 and 40 percent respectively, according to the report which Kjaerum presented Friday at a press conference in Vilnius.
One in five respondents said they had personally experienced at least one incident of anti-Semitic verbal or physical assault in the year before the survey.
Twenty percent of respondents said they avoided wearing, carrying or displaying things that might help people identify them as Jews in public. That figure was 34 percent in Sweden; 29 percent in France; 20 percent in Hungary and eight percent in Britain.
Overall, four percent of respondents said they had experienced physical attack or threats of violence in the year before the survey because they were Jewish.
Sixty-four percent of respondents who said they had experienced physical attacks also said that they did not report these incidents because they considered doing so ineffective.