European Jewish Congress- Newsletter 28-30 July 2019
by Comunidad Judía · 28 Tammuz 5779 – 31 July, 2019
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NEWS FROM COMMUNITIES
HUNGARY EUROPEAN MACCABI GAMES TO HONOUR FIRST JEWISH OLYMPIC CHAMPION Athletes participating in the European Maccabi Games in Budapest are scheduled to unveil a new commemorative headstone at the grave of the first Jewish Olympic champion, Alfred Hajós.
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
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LITHUANIA GOOGLE HONOURS JAPANESE DIPLOMAT WHO SAVED JEWS IN LITHUANIA Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat who saved the lives of thousands of Jews during the WWII has been honoured with a Google Doodle.
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
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UNITED KINGDOM LIONEL KOPELOWITZ, FORMER EJC AND BOD PRESIDENT, DIES AGED 92 Tributes have been paid to former EJC and Board of Deputies (BoD) president Dr Lionel Kopelowitz, who has died aged 92.
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
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UK FORCED TO DISCLOSE AUDITS OF FUNDS USED BY PA TO FUND TERRORISTS The UK’s Information Commissioner has ordered the Department for International Development to disclose audit reports of accounts into which British grant money was transferred and allegedly used to pay salaries to convicted Palestinian terrorists.
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
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GERMANY SYRIAN CITIZEN ARRESTED AFTER ATTACK ON JEWISH MAN WEARING KIPPA IN GERMANY A Syrian citizen has been arrested in Germany for an antisemitic attack on a resident of Potsdam who was wearing a kippah with a Star of David on it.
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
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NEWS & VIEWS
STUNNING FINDS FROM NEW YORK MUSEUM’S EXHIBITION OF JEWISH CULTURE A few pieces of jewelry that testify to Jewish life in the town of Colmar, in France, are now on view at the Met Cloisters museum, part of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Monday, July 29, 2019
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LOS ANGELES JEWISH CENTRE SUED TO PREVENT KAPPAROT An animal rights group filed a lawsuit against a Jewish centre in Los Angeles to prevent it from holding kapparot.
Monday, July 29, 2019
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UN RESOLUTIONS NAME ISRAEL AS THE ONLY COUNTRY VIOLATING WOMEN’S RIGHTS According to UN Watch, two UN Economic and Social Council resolutions accused and singled out Israel as the only country violating women’s rights.
Monday, July 29, 2019
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