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• Zionists plan emergency congress in Jerusalem | Zionist leaders from both the Jewish and Evangelical Christian communities are being invited to the capital in February, amid reports that an increasing number of key right-wing Israeli government officials are surrendering to the "inevitability" of Palestine. (Jerusalem Newswire)
  
  

Christianity and Judaism:

• Christianity's Jewish roots | A Mary for all (The Economist, UK)
  
  
• Christmas + Hanukkah = double the presents | Ashdod, Israel - With the West gearing up for Christmas, and the Jewish world poised to celebrate Hanukkah, some in the southern Israeli port town of Ashdod are preparing to enjoy both. (Independent Online, South Africa)
  
  
• Holidays can be double the fun when Jews, Christians intermarry | Tonight, Mary and Joseph Goldstein will light the Hanukkah menorah and recite traditional blessings with their two young sons. Next week, the interfaith Plantation family will gather around the Christmas tree. (Miami Herald)
  
  
• Jim Jones: Presbyterians take flak over messianic Jewish congregation | Move over, Southern Baptists. The stately and politically correct Presbyterian Church U.S.A. is under fire for helping fund a new "messianic" Jewish congregation in suburban Philadelphia. (Providence Journal, Rode Island)
  
  
• Addressing the December dilemma | Harrison Graduate's Lauded Film Shows The Difficulty Jews Have at Christmastime (The Ledger, Florida)
  
  

Judaism:

• The lost Jews of Mizoram | "I was born a Christian, but since 1976 I was more inclined to Judaism," Tlau said. In predominantly Christian Mizoram, where about 95 percent of the nearly 900,000 people are Christians, talking about Judaism is not taken very lightly. (New Kerala, India)
  
  
• Hanukkah's meaning shines | Judaism's spirit radiates through 8-day festival (Toledo Blade, Ohio)
  
  
• Light the way | Through the darkness of the winter nights, candles can be seen flickering in the windows of Jewish homes for the celebration of Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights. (Knight Ridder Newspapers)
  
  

Anti-Semitism:

• Churches condemn anti-Semitism | Jewish leaders have welcomed a groundbreaking statement by the leaders of Canada's largest Christian churches, who have joined to strenuously condemn anti-Semitism and to invite all Canadians to fight it. (Canadian Jewish News)
  
  
• Community rallies around woman whose Hanukkah flag was burned | At 71, Victoria Monina remembers a childhood spent hiding from Nazi soldiers bent on sending to their deaths all the Jews they could find. Before a small crowd in her driveway, Monina mounted a stepladder and hung a new Hanukkah banner. (Los Angles Times)
  
  
• Minneapolis man accused of vadalizing synagogues, charged with hate crime | A Minneapolis man is charged with a hate crime, accused of vandalizing two Twin Cities synagogues. Daniel Coleman told police God told him to do it. (KSTP, Minnesota)
  
  

Religious hate:

• Rise in racism in parts of county | The latest figures that showed there were 176 reports of racism across the county between April and October—one more on the same period last year. A total of 67 people said they had repeatedly been the victims of racial attacks, with Christians and Muslims the most targeted religions. (East Anglian Daily Times, UK)
  
  
• Red-green anti-semitism | The recent outburst of anti-Semitism in Europe has little to do with the sad history of European prejudice. Recent anti-Semitic acts have been proven to be of Muslim-Arab origin and have more to do with the Islamization of Europe. (Tech Central Station)
  
  

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December (Web-only) 2003, Vol. 47