Vandals stage attack on Siberian synagogue
MOSCOW (JTA) — Vandals went on a rampage at a synagogue in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk.
The entire synagogue and its contents, except for the Torah scrolls, were damaged in the attack. The incident took place amid a recent increase in Russian anti-Semitism, sparked in part by the nation’s ongoing economic troubles.
Far-right party wins in Austrian province
BERLIN (JTA) — A far-right Austrian party won 42 percent of the vote in an election in the nation’s southern province of Carinthia.
But because the xenophobic Freedom Party won less than a majority, it remains unclear whether its leader, Jorg Haider, would get enough support from other parties to become provincial governor.
Haider was voted out of that office in 1991 after he praised Hitler’s “decent employment policies.”