European Jewish Congress-Newsletter 5 February 2021
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Comunidad Judía
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4 Adar 5781 – 16 February, 2021
| RADIO SHOW EP. 1 – NUSACH ITALKI
The EJC has launched a new French-language radio show highlighting Europe’s Jewish Communities, in cooperation with Brussels-based Radio Judaïca. For its first edition, we showcase the journey of the Jewish community in Italy from Roman times until today.
Thursday, January 21, 2021 |
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| RADIO SHOW EP. 2 – APFELSTRUDEL
In the second episode of the EJC’s French-language radio show highlighting Europe’s Jewish communities, we showcase the journey of the Jewish community of Austria.
Thursday, February 4, 2021 |
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| GERMANY REPORTS NEW JUMP IN FAR-RIGHT CRIME, NEARING 20-YEAR RECORD
The number of crimes committed by right-wing extremists in Germany jumped to its highest level in at least four years in 2020, according to provisional police figures.
Friday, February 5, 2021 |
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| FC BAYERN MUNICH CONTRIBUTES TO SYNAGOGUE RESTORATION
Leading football club FC Bayern Munich is contributing 100,000 euros to the restoration of the Munich synagogue on the Reichenbachstrasse.
Thursday, February 4, 2021 |
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| GERMANY UPGRADES IHRA’S LEGAL STATUS
Germany recognised the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) as an international institution, strengthening in law its commitment to fighting antisemitism.
Thursday, February 4, 2021 |
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| CITY OF PARIS ADOPTS THE IHRA DEFINITION OF ANTISEMITISM
The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) definition was adopted by the Paris Council.
Friday, February 5, 2021 |
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| NORWEGIAN STATE RADIO HOST WISHES “VACCINE DIDN’T WORK” IN ISRAEL
A host at Norwegian state-owned radio station NRK P13 went on a live antisemitic rant where he expressed his wish that the COVID-19 vaccine would not work in Israel because it is a “shitty country.”
Wednesday, February 3, 2021 |
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| ONE IN FIVE POLES “GLAD WWII LED TO FEWER JEWS IN POLAND”, ACCORDING TO SURVEY
One in five Poles say that it is a “good thing that the Second World War led to fewer Jews living in Poland”, according to a new survey by CBOS, a state-linked pollster.
Thursday, February 4, 2021 |
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| FIRST PERSON CONVICTED UNDER ROMANIA’S HOLOCAUST DENIAL LAW
A former Romanian intelligence officer was sentenced to one year and one month in prison for Holocaust denial in the first conviction under a 2002 law, a court in Bucharest confirmed.
Friday, February 5, 2021 |
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| GERMANY NAMES DUTCH SS VETERANS STILL RECEIVING PENSIONS FOR SERVING HITLER
Germany has handed over to the Netherlands a list of 34 Dutch citizens who are receiving army stipends from Berlin for serving in the military under the Nazis, including some suspected war criminals and possibly former guards at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp.
Thursday, February 4, 2021 |
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| UK ARRESTS TWO OVER LEAFLETS COMPARING COVID VACCINATIONS TO HOLOCAUST
British police said that they had arrested two men on suspicion of distributing a leaflet with material that appeared to compare the COVID-19 vaccination to the Holocaust.
Friday, February 5, 2021 |
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