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UPDATES FROM OUR COMMUNITIES |
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BELGIUM |
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Suspect in Brussels Jewish museum shooting faces extradition to France
Mehdi Nemmouche, the chief suspect in the deadly 2014 shooting at the Jewish Museum of Belgium, can be extradited to France to face terrorism charges, Belgium’s federal prosecutors ruled on Thursday.
Friday, November 04, 2016
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LITHUANIA |
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Monument unveiled to Lithuanian Jewish Holocaust victims
Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Mantvydas Bekešius took part in an event on Wednesday to commemorate the memory of Jews killed during the Holocaust at the Seventh Fort in Kaunas.
Friday, November 04, 2016
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SWITZERLAND |
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Swiss Jews launch police complaint against far-right group
The Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities (FSCI/SIG), the country’s umbrella Jewish organisation and EJC affiliate, has launched a police complaint against a neo-Nazi group for song lyrics calling for the death of Swiss Jews.
Friday, November 04, 2016
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GERMANY |
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Volkswagen denies it sacked historian who highlighted company’s Nazi past
German car manufacturer Volkswagen said in a statement it had commissioned Professor Christopher Kopper of Bielefeld University in Germany «to clarify the group’s role during the military dictatorship in Brazil.»
Friday, November 04, 2016
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Art exhibit in Germany shows Star of David turning into swastika
An exhibition at the ART.FAIR in Cologne recently shows a swastika turning into a blue and white Star of David when viewed from a different angle.
Wednesday, November 02, 2016
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UKRAINE |
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250 Ukrainian immigrants arrive in Israel
On Wednesday, about 250 immigrants from Ukraine landed in Ben-Gurion airport in Israel.
Thursday, November 03, 2016
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POLAND |
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Israeli religious leaders visit Poland
The leaders of several religious groups in Israel visited Poland this week to learn about Jewish life there now and in the past.
Thursday, November 03, 2016
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NEWS |
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NEWS AND VIEWS |
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Israel cautious about new Lebanese president
Lebanon finally has a new president: Hezbollah-friendly Michel Aoun.
Thursday, November 03, 2016
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Evangelical supporters of Israel plan to flood UNESCO with bibles
A group of evangelical Christians has called upon members of the faith to send bibles to the UNESCO leadership in Paris in response to the body’s recent resolutions which ignore Jewish and Christian ties to the Temple Mount.
Thursday, November 03, 2016
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EJC ISRAELI PRESS REVIEW |
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– Supreme Court chief clashes with Justice Minister over judicial appointments
– Terrorist attempts stabbing in West Bank
– French presidential plane equipped with Israeli defence system
Friday, November 04, 2016
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– Violent fracas breaks out at Western Wall
– Knesset passes first reading of 2017-18 budget
– Israeli research successful in finding possible cure for HIV and AIDS
Thursday, November 03, 2016
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– First rains of winter wash over Israel
– State asks Supreme Court to defer evacuation of Amona
– Israeli invention aims to take smartphones out of family time
Wednesday, November 02, 2016
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