Woman is 2nd in recent weeks to threaten to burn the holy book only to walk it back; Israel warned Stockholm that allowing demonstration would harm bilateral relations
Top diplomat says he's 'horrified' by approval of event in Stockholm; Billström reportedly replies he'll look into constitutional amendments to stop acts
Groups from Europe, US, Israel and elsewhere condemn plan to desecrate Bible at Saturday 'free speech' gathering, pointing to echoes of Nazi book-burnings
Chief rabbi calls on Stockholm to stop the burning: 'any desecration of sacred Jewish items is not freedom, but antisemitism'; Ambassador: 'an act of hate and disrespect'
Surrounded by family, the 93-year-old former US ambassador views the 1,200-year-old Bible, which he donated to the ANU Museum in Tel Aviv 'for the Jewish people'
1,000-year-old codice, likely to become most expensive book or historical document ever sold, touted as 'undeniably one of the most important and singular texts in human history'
Jared Polis lost his Hebrew Bible, but after a number of frantic calls, one was found at nearby annual national conference of Jewish day school network Prizmah
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