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Rioting German Christians confiscate and burn hundreds of Jewish holy books. Deputy Mayor leads the mob.

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BAVARIA – German Christians have burned hundreds of Talmuds in the latest act of violence against Jews in Europe.

Rolf Mueller, the deputy mayor of the southern German town of Josefsbad, says he got into a loudspeaker car last Thursday and urged people to turn over hundreds of Talmuds and Jewish religious tracts.

The books were dumped into a pile and seminarians set them afire in a lot near a church, he said.

The Munich newspaper reported Tuesday that hundreds of students and seminarians took part in the book-burning.

But Mueller told The AP on Tuesday that only a few students were present and he was not there when the books were torched. Hundreds of Talmuds were burned, he said.

Jewish religious literature is frowned upon in Germany but is not illegal in most cases.

So are you shocked and outraged? You should be..but, to be honest, I played with the facts a bit. Here’s what really happened:

JERUSALEM — Orthodox Jews have burned hundreds of New Testaments in the latest act of violence against Christian missionaries in Israel.

Uzi Aharon, the deputy mayor of the central Israeli town of Or Yehuda, says he got into a loudspeaker car last Thursday and urged people to turn over hundreds of New Testaments and missionary material recently distributed by missionaries.

The books were dumped into a pile and religious students set them afire in a lot near a synagogue, he said.

The Maariv newspaper reported Tuesday that hundreds of students took part in the book-burning.

But Aharon told The AP on Tuesday that only a few students were present and he was not there when the books were torched. Hundreds of New Testaments were burned, he said.

Proselytizing is frowned upon in Israel but is not illegal in most cases.

Source: Fox News

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UPDATE: The International Herald Tribune has a much more substantive article re: the above.