Eruopean Jewish Congress- Newsletter 19-21 April 2020
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Comunidad Judía
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28 Nisan 5780 – 22 April, 2020
| KANTOR CENTER ANTISEMITISM WORLDWIDE REPORT 2019 – THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS IS REVIVING ‘BLOOD LIBELS’ AGAINST JEWS
EJC President Dr. Moshe Kantor said that already in the first few months since the global breakout of the coronavirus, there has been a rise in antisemitic manifestations relating to the spread of the disease and the economic recession triggered by the pandemic at the release of the Antisemitism Worldwide Report 2019. The total number of major violent incidents monitored in 2019 was 456, an 18% rise from 2018.
Monday, April 20, 2020 |
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| THE NEW YORK TIMES : CORONVIRUS BRINGS SPIKE IN ANTISEMITIC SENTIMENTS
“Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a significant rise in accusations that Jews, as individuals and as a collective, are behind the spread of the virus or are directly profiting from it,” said Moshe Kantor, president of the European Jewish Congress.
Monday, April 20, 2020 |
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| PROSECUTOR BRINGS CHARGES AGAINST HALLE ATTACKER
The German federal prosecutor has brought charges against the alleged suspect of the terrorist attack on the synagogue of Halle on Yom Kippur.
Monday, April 20, 2020 |
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| FOR THE ITALIAN JEWISH COMMUNITY, CORONAVIRUS CARE STARTS WITH THE ELDERLY
During this medical emergency, prevention is of the essence, especially for the elderly, who are the most in danger. Italian Jewish communities have taken immediate action to protect them.
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 |
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| WARSAW REMEMBERS WORLD WAR II GHETTO UPRISING WITH LOW-KEY EVENTS
Poland commemorated the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto uprising, replacing its annual official ceremonies with low-key gatherings on site or online as the coronavirus pandemic prevented any big events.
Monday, April 20, 2020 |
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| THE IRISH DOCTOR WHO SAVED CHILDREN FROM BELSEN
Dr Bob Collis, who was in charge of two blocks that housed a number of orphaned children after the liberation of Belsen, brought five children to Dublin to take care of them, going on to adopt two of them.
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 |
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| NUMBER OF JEWS WORLDWIDE NEARS 1925 LEVEL, BUT STILL FAR SHORT OF PRE-WWII
Central Bureau of Statistics says there were 14.7 million Jews in the world at end of 2018, in figures released ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day. In 1939, there were 16.6 million Jews.
Monday, April 20, 2020 |
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| UN RAPPORTEUR ‘EXTREMELY CONCERNED’ ABOUT RISING ANTISEMITISM DURING CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Ahmed Shaheed, issued a statement saying that he was concerned about the rise of antisemitism during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sunday, April 19, 2020 |
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| ANNUAL YOM HASHOAH CEREMONY AT YAD VASHEM HELD WITHOUT AUDIENCE
The state ceremony marking the start of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah) in Israel will be broadcast on Monday night, 20 April 2020.
Monday, April 20, 2020 |
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| EUROPEAN AMBASSADORS IN ISRAEL ISSUE JOINT STATEMENT ON YOM HASHOAH
The European Union Delegation issued a statement in agreement with the EU Heads of Mission in Israel on the occasion of Yom HaShoah.
Monday, April 20, 2020 |
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