European Jewish Congress- International Holocaust Remembrance Day
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Comunidad Judía
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13 Shevat 5781 – 26 January, 2021
| EJC TO HOST JOINT INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY EVENT WITH THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
The European Jewish Congress, will host an online event marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Monday 25 January 2021 at 16:00 CET in cooperation with the European Commission. The event will feature EJC President Dr. Moshe Kantor, Vice-President of the European Commission Margaritis Schinas, and Holocaust survivor Tomi Reichental.
Friday, January 22, 2021 |
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| AUSTRIAN JEWS WELCOME NATIONAL STRATEGY AGAINST ANTISEMITISM
The president of the Jewish community of Vienna, Oskar Deutsch, welcomed the publication of a national strategy against antisemitism published by the country’s Federal Chancellery.
Thursday, January 21, 2021 |
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| HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS IN AUSTRIA TO RECEIVE COVID-19 VACCINE
Jewish Holocaust survivors in Austria will be able to receive a vaccine against COVID-19 within the next week, the Jewish community of Vienna and the Austrian Ministry of Health declared.
Thursday, January 21, 2021 |
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| SPANISH JEWS LAUNCH SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN HONOURING HOLOCAUST VICTIMS
For International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Federation of Jewish Communities of Spain (FCJE) has launched a Spanish-language social media campaign.
Wednesday, January 20, 2021 |
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| AUTHOR ACCUSED OF ANTISEMITISM PICKED AS KEYNOTE SPEAKER FOR HOLOCAUST COMMEMORATION
The national commemoration committee of the Netherlands named an author who has called Gaza a “ghetto” and is accused of making antisemitic statements about Dutch Jews as its keynote speaker.
Wednesday, January 20, 2021 |
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| ITALIAN SYNAGOGUES, A JOURNEY THROUGH IDENTITY, WORDS AND COLOURS
A new volume on Italian synagogues, published in the national press, is a lively journey through words and colours that takes the reader along the arc of Italian Jewish history.
Tuesday, January 19, 2021 |
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| 15 YEARS AFTER KIDNAPPING, REMEMBRANCES POUR IN FOR MURDERED FRENCH JEW ILAN HALIMI
Words of remembrance circulated on social media to mark the 15th anniversary of the kidnapping of Ilan Halimi, a 23-year-old French Jew who was murdered by an antisemitic gang in 2006.
Thursday, January 21, 2021 |
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| NAZI COLLABORATORS INCLUDED IN UKRAINIAN MEMORIAL PROJECT
A project of the Ukrainian Institute for National Memory memorialising Ukrainian national figures includes Nazi collaborators that carried out atrocities during the Holocaust.
Friday, January 22, 2021 |
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| YAD VASHEM LAUNCHES IREMEMBER WALL AHEAD OF INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY
To mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2021, Yad Vashem will once again launch the IRemember Wall, which is now available in six languages.
Friday, January 22, 2021 |
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| BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO KEEP U.S. EMBASSY IN JERUSALEM
U.S. President Joe Biden will not reverse the landmark decision by the Trump administration to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
Wednesday, January 20, 2021 |
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