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 (I first wrote this as a comment but it's worth enough to be a full post.)

Starting tonight is Rosh HaShana, the Jewish new year!
Here's how to bless your fellow Jews:
- "Shana tova" is a classic. The literal meaning is "a good year".
- You can also go "shana tova u-mutzlachat" (the "ch" pronounced like Bach) for an upgrade. 
- Another one that's sure to impress because goyim usually don't know about it is "chatima tova" (again, "ch" like Bach). 
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 The normalisation of the extreme-right by the centre-right in Sweden went like this.

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when Meir Kahane, a Rabbi that can't be described any other way than the Jewish equivalent of a Nazi, was elected into Parliament in 1984, all other parties refused to even acknowledge him, his speeches was boycotted, and a special law was passed to bar him from running in the next election.

40 years later, one of his most prolific students is now the minister of national security who oversees the police.