EUROPEAN JEWISH CONGRESS- Newsletter 16 February 2021
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Comunidad Judía
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6 Adar 5781 – 18 February, 2021
| DAN UZAN REMEMBERED ON SIXTH ANNIVERSARY OF COPENHAGEN ATTACK
Remembrances came in n the sixth anniversary of the attack on the synagogue of Copenhagen and the murder of Dan Uzan ז״ל.
Monday, February 15, 2021 |
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| FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY OF ILAN HALIMI MURDER SOLEMNLY REMEMBERED
A modest crowd of around 100 people gathered in Paris to commemorate the fifteenth anniversary of the kidnapping, torture and murder of Ilan Halimi ז״ל at the hands of an antisemitic criminal gang.
Tuesday, February 16, 2021 |
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| FRENCH JEWISH WRITER MAREK HALTER ASSAULTED AT HIS PARIS HOME
French Jewish writer Marek Halter was assaulted at his home in Paris by two hooded individuals.
Monday, February 15, 2021 |
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| “THE JEW IS THE CULPRIT”, SAY NEO-NAZIS AT MADRID MARCH
About 300 neo-Nazis marched through Madrid to pay tribute to the Blue Division, the Spanish volunteers who fought alongside the Nazis in World War II.
Monday, February 15, 2021 |
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| NEO-NAZI LUKOV MARCH THWARTED
Praise has come in for the banning by Sofia’s mayor of the “Lukov March”, an annual march held in tribute to a pro-Nazi general in the Bulgarian capital.
Tuesday, February 16, 2021 |
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| LABOUR ANNOUNCES NEW ANTISEMITISM ADVISORY BOARD
Leading officials from main Jewish communal organisations have been appointed onto Labour’s new Antisemitism Advisory Board, the party has confirmed.
Tuesday, February 16, 2021 |
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| HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR AND HER RABBI SON PUNCHED ON LONDON BUS
A woman on a London bus punched an 80-year-old Holocaust survivor and her son, a rabbi.
Monday, February 15, 2021 |
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| SERBIAN PRESIDENT ALEKSANDAR VUČIĆ PRESENTS MICHAEL FREUND WITH AWARD
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić decorated Shavei Israel chief Michael Freund at the suggestion of the Association of Jewish Communities of Serbia (SAVEZ) and the Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) for his work in building Israel-Serbia relations.
Tuesday, February 16, 2021 |
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| DUTCH-JEWISH RESISTANCE HERO SPEAKS OF TERRIFYING MOMENT THE NAZIS NEARLY CAUGHT HER
Selma van de Perre, a Jewish Holocaust survivor who fought in the Dutch resistance has spoken about the moment she came terrifying close to being caught by the Nazis while travelling under a false name.
Tuesday, February 16, 2021 |
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| ROMANIAN AND UKRAINIAN TOWNS SHARE EU GRANT TO PROMOTE CROSS-BORDER JEWISH HERITAGE TOURISM
The towns of Sighetul Marmatiei, Romania and Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine are sharing an EU grant to rehabilitate selected Jewish heritage sites and promote cross-border Jewish heritage-themed tourism.
Sunday, February 14, 2021 |
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