{"id":73876,"date":"2015-09-07T10:27:27","date_gmt":"2015-09-07T18:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=73876"},"modified":"2015-09-07T10:44:39","modified_gmt":"2015-09-07T18:44:39","slug":"where-are-the-voices-of-jews-opposed-to-letting-in-more-muslim-immigrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=73876","title":{"rendered":"Where Are The Voices Of Jewish Leaders Opposed To Letting In More Muslim Immigrants?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From reading Google News, all I see are Jews welcoming this influx of Islamic immigrants from Syria. Well, how would you like them living in your house? If you don&#8217;t want them on your block, why would you wish that burden on the goyim?<\/p>\n<p>Would you rather 500 Syrians drowned at sea or moved on to your block?<\/p>\n<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.jweekly.com\/article\/full\/75605\/jews-respond-to-europes-refugee-crisis-what-were-reading-labor-day-edition\/\">From JWeekly<\/a>: Europe continues to face a humanitarian crisis as refugees from the war in Syria flood the continent only to face inhumane policies and conditions.<\/p>\n<p> Some say refugees are being treated in ways reminiscent of the Holocaust &mdash;&nbsp;and Jewish communities across Europe are responding.<\/p>\n<p> There was outcry from Jewish and human rights groups this week after news that officials in the Czech Republic wrote numbers with felt-tipped markers on the skin of migrants &#8220;pulled off trains,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/09\/04\/world\/europe\/czech-republic-criticized-after-officers-mark-migrants-with-numbers.html?_r=1\" target=\"_BLANK\">reports The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> The president of the Rome Jewish community, Ruth Dureghello, said, &ldquo;It is an image we cannot bear, which recalls to mind the procedure at the entrance of Nazi extermination camps,&rdquo; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/2015\/09\/03\/news-opinion\/world\/marking-numbers-on-refugees-arms-recalls-holocaust-italian-jewish-leaders-say\" target=\"_BLANK\">according to JTA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2015\/sep\/04\/uk-kindertransport-refugee-crisis-lord-sacks\" target=\"_BLANK\">As quoted in The Guardian<\/a>, the  U.K.&#8217;s former chief rabbi, Lord Jonathan Sacks, said that &ldquo;Britain needs to make a bold gesture similar to Kindertransport to help address the humanitarian crisis engulfing Europe,&rdquo; referring to British efforts to smuggle Jewish children out of continental Europe during World War II.<\/p>\n<p> Aid agency World Jewish Relief described the situation as &#8220;the greatest refugee crisis [in Europe] since the Second World War,&#8221; London&rsquo;s <a href=\"\/jweekly_expengine\/www.thejc.com\/news\/uk-news\/143817\/we-must-act&rsquo;-wjr-launches-emergency-appeal-victims-refugee-crisis\" target=\"_BLANK\">Jewish Chronicle reports<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p> As quoted in the Chronicle, British legislator Luciana Berger, described as &#8220;Britain&rsquo;s youngest Jewish MP,&#8221; said that her nation&#8217;s response to the crisis &#8220;has failed to live up to Britain&rsquo;s historic role as a country that offers asylum to those fleeing persecution and death. <\/p>\n<p> At the other end of the spectrum is Hungary and Bulgaria, which <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/2015\/09\/04\/news-opinion\/world\/hungary-bulgaria-studying-israels-border-fence-with-egypt-to-keep-out-refugees\" target=\"_BLANK\">according to JTA<\/a> are &#8220;looking into Israeli-designed fences to keep refugees from crossing their borders.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p> <strong>Rabbi Lord Sacks, former U.K. chief rabbi, on BBC Newsnight about the European refugee crisis:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <iframe frameborder=\"0\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a1RZ5B12lRQ\" width=\"400\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From reading Google News, all I see are Jews welcoming this influx of Islamic immigrants from Syria. Well, how would you like them living in your house? 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