EJC Bi-Weekly Newsletter from 29.08.16 to 30.08.16

por Comunidad Judía · 11 Tishri 5777 – 13 octubre, 2016

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	UPDATES FROM OUR COMMUNITIES




	POLAND
			Polish football fans set fire to Jewish effigies, unfurl antisemitic banners A group of Polish football supporters put on a horrifying display of antisemitism earlier this month, setting fire to Jewish effigies and parading a banner calling for the burning of Jews. Monday, August 29, 2016 Read More

	UNITED KINGDOM
			Jewish graves at Belfast cemetery damaged by vandals Graves at the Jewish plot in Belfast City Cemetery have been destroyed in a «systematic» attack. Monday, August 29, 2016 Read More

	RUSSIAN FEDERATION
			Vandals desecrate Holocaust memorial in western Russia A memorial to some 2,000 Jews killed by the Nazis during WWII as well as a number of gravestones at the adjoining cemetery were desecrated in western Russia. Tuesday, August 30, 2016 Read More

	FRANCE
			French Jewish leader slams politician’s comparison of burkini ban to Holocaust In his first public statement about France’s debate over the burkini, the leader of the country’s Jewish communities condemned a politician’s likening of the ban on the Muslim garb to persecutions against French Jews. Monday, August 29, 2016 Read More

	LITHUANIA
			Lithuanian town marks 75th anniversary of massacre of Jews Lithuania’s president has joined hundreds of people marking the 75th anniversary of the massacre of about 2,000 Jews by Nazi occupiers and their Lithuanian collaborators in the town of Moletai. Tuesday, August 30, 2016 Read More

	BELGIUM
			Brussels Airlines reinstates Israeli snack Belgium’s biggest airline said it would resume serving a West Bank-produced halva snack, one week after pulling the sesame treat from its flights following complaints by a group that supports the boycott movement against Israel. Tuesday, August 30, 2016 Read More


	NEWS




	NEWS AND VIEWS
			Argentinian pupils in Nazi uniforms attack Jews Children from a German school in Buenos Aires wearing swastika armbands and fake Hitler moustaches attacked pupils from a Jewish school in a resort where several Nazi war criminals lived for decades after the Second World War Monday, August 29, 2016 Read More

	EJC IN THE MEDIA
			Polish soccer fans torch ‘Jewish’ effigies, fly banner calling for burning of Jews Ahead of town rivalry game in Polish city of Łódź, ruffians reportedly held rally against team that is often derided as «Jewish.» Tuesday, August 30, 2016 Read More


	EJC ISRAELI PRESS REVIEW





			– Liberman accuses Israeli media of preventing army from fighting terror – Knesset may punish MKs who call to boycott Israel – Netanyahu to meet with religious party leaders in bid to avert coalition crisis Tuesday, August 30, 2016 Read More


			– Army investigating shooting of unarmed Palestinian who rushed soldiers – Palestinians carrying knives arrested at West Bank checkpoints – Transport Minister defends «unequivocal» need for train works on Shabbat – Former defence minister Ben-Eliezer dies at 80 – Israeli singer kicked off beachside stage for wearing bikini top Monday, August 29, 2016 Read More