Vienna school expels children of Iran Holocaust summit delegate

[Poll_Blind]

From Ha'aretz:

The children of an Austrian rabbi who attended an Iranian conference that questioned the Holocaust have been expelled from their school and told no other Jewish school in Austria will take them, their father said Tuesday.

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A letter shown by Friedman with the letterhead of the school said one of the reasons for the expulsions was his outrageous behavior in attending the Holocaust conference last month.

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Friedman is associated with, but not a member of Neturei Karta, a small, fiercely anti-Zionist sect that opposes the state of Israel, believing it can only be established by the Messiah.

Responding to criticism after the trip to Iran, Neturei Karta said it has never denied the Holocaust or its proportions. They believe Ahmadinejad has been unfairly vilified and that they should be praised for persuading him that his anger should be directed at Israel, not the Jewish people.

PB

[msmcghee]

1. "They believe Ahmadinejad has been unfairly vilified . .

. . and that they should be praised for persuading him that his anger should be directed at Israel, not the Jewish people."

Sounds like an SNL skit.

[BayCityProgressive]

2. from what I gather here

is that there were a small minority of Jews who were Zionists in that they wanted a homeland for Jews but not a Jewish state. Is this the group that opposes Israel...or are they very orthodox and believe Israel to be a fake jewish state?

[Lurking Dem]

3. They are anti-Zionist.

They believe that the Jewish people were exiled from Israel as punishment for their sins and that they can return only with the coming of the Messiah.

They are a fringe group and not really organized. There are only a couple of thousand who identify themselves as NK worldwide.

[BayCityProgressive]

4. thanks for the info!

personally, a religious state of any kind appalls me...Jewish, Hindu, Christian, or Muslim.

[Lurking Dem]

5. Agreed.

They are all cut from the same unwholesome cloth.

[ama]

6. ¨sins¨of the Father

What did the children do wrong?

[Jonathan50]

7. "the sins of the fathers will be visited upon the children even unto the seventh generation"..