Holocaust survivor’s search for lost twin goes viral

Armed only with the number of a tattoo inked onto a four-year-old by the Nazis, Facebook users are hoping to help a Holocaust survivor track down his long-lost twin brother.

Menachem Bodner was four years old when he escaped Auschwitz, where he was in the clutches of the Nazi doctor known as the Angel of Death, Joseph Mengele, who remains infamous for his brutal experiments on twins.

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Ukrainian community: boycott us

Leaders of the Ukrainian Jewish community have asked the Jewish Agency (Jafi) to boycott the Ukraine by cancelling its board of governors meeting due to be held in Kiev this June.

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Website provides Torah help for porn addicts

A website has been created to help Orthodox Jews struggling with addictions to porn, sex or masturbation find support in the Torah.

Guard Your Eyes — which bears the slogan ‘Maintaining Moral Purity In Today’s World’ — offers Torah-inspired assistance for those they term “caught in the shmutz”.

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French students to sue Twitter over antisemitic posts

Social networking site Twitter is facing a £33 million lawsuit for refusing to divulge the identities of antisemitic users.

The site, which turns seven today, is being sued by the Union of French Jewish Students for ignoring a court ruling to turn over details of the users.

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Top award for Hungarian ‘hate’ journalist

Israel’s ambassador to Hungary has called on the government to revoke an award given to an allegedly antisemitic TV presenter last Friday.

Ferenc Szaniszlo, who works for the privately-owned Echo TV, was presented with Hungary’s top journalism prize, the Tancsics Award.

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Theatre plan to counter Malmo hate

After witnessing growing segregation and tensions among young people in Malmo, Sweden’s third city, entrepreneur Daniel Sachs and Social Democrat politician Luciano Astudillo decided to intervene.

Through their newly-launched initiative, ‘The Future Generation’, the two partners hope to encourage youths to build a common future, Mr Sachs said.

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