EUROPEAN JEWISH CONGRES-Newsletter 12 January 2021
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Comunidad Judía
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29 Tevet 5781 – 13 January, 2021
| GOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSON RECEIVES LETTER FILLED WITH ANTISEMITIC AND HOMOPHOBIC THREATS
Gabriel Attal, the spokesperson for the French government received a letter filled with antisemitic and homophobic threats.
Monday, January 11, 2021 |
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| FOOD COURIER IN STRASBOURG REFUSES TO SERVE JEWS, TWO KOSHER RESTAURANT OWNERS SAY
Two kosher restaurants in Strasbourg said they were declined service by at least one delivery man, who allegedly said he does not want to serve Jews.
Monday, January 11, 2021 |
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| ITALIAN GOVERNMENT ACCEPTS UCEI REQUESTS REGARDING COMPENSATION FOR RACIAL PERSECUTION
Italy has revised its law regarding provisions in favor of politically or racially persecuted persons and of their survivor relatives, facilitating access to compensation to victims.
Tuesday, January 12, 2021 |
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| ÁGNES KELETI TURNS 100
Ágnes Keleti, the oldest living Olympic champion and a Holocaust survivor, celebrated her 100th birthday in her native Budapest.
Monday, January 11, 2021 |
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| BOD CHIEF EXECUTIVE GILLIAN MERRON ANNOUNCES HER DEPARTURE FOLLOWING LIFE PEERAGE
Board of Deputies Chief Executive Gillian Merron has announced that she will be leaving the organisation after six-and-a-half years in the role following the announcement that she is to be elevated to the House of Lords as a Life Peer.
Tuesday, January 12, 2021 |
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| IANCU ŢUCĂRMAN, ONE OF LAST REMAINING HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS IN ROMANIA PASSES AWAY AT 98
Iancu Ţucărman, one of the last remaining Holocaust survivors in Romania succumbed to COVID-19. He was 98. May his memory be a blessing.
Tuesday, January 12, 2021 |
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| BELGIAN DEPUTY PM MAKES FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT VACCINATION IN ISRAEL
Belgian Deputy Prime Minister Petra De Sutter, of the Flemish Green party, made false claims about the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in Israel.
Tuesday, January 12, 2021 |
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| EXTERIOR OF AUSCHWITZ JEWISH CEMETERY WALL VANDALISED
The Auschwitz Memorial’s official Twitter account reported that an exterior wall of the Auschwitz Jewish cemetery was vandalised with Nazi symbols.
Monday, January 11, 2021 |
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| CZECH JEWS CONDEMN USE OF YELLOW STAR OF DAVID AT PRAGUE ANTI-LOCKDOWN PROTEST
The Czech Jewish community strongly condemned the use of yellow stars by protesters during a march against the country’s coronavirus restrictions.
Monday, January 11, 2021 |
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| INITIATIVE AIMS TO VACCINATE EVERY HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR WORLDWIDE
Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs is launching an initiative aimed at helping every Holocaust survivor around the world get vaccinated against the coronavirus.
Tuesday, January 12, 2021 |
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