European Jewish Congress- Newsletter 06-10 July 2020
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NEWS FROM COMMUNITIES
AUSTRIA 
AUSTRIAN PARLIAMENT LAUNCHES SIMON WIESENTHAL PRIZE AGAINST ANTISEMITISM The Austrian National Council, the country’s lower house, has cleared the way for the new Simon Wiesenthal Prize honouring civil society initiatives against antisemitism.
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
Read moreBELGIUM EU COURT TO HEAR CASE AGAINST BELGIAN SHECHITA BAN The European Court of Justice will hear a case against Belgium’s ban on kosher slaughter of animals this week.
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Read moreFRANCE YOUTUBE REMOVES BOTH OF ALAIN SORAL’S CHANNELS YouTube deleted Alain Soral’s two channels, followed by several thousand subscribers. The sanction is final and Soral will no longer be able to create a channel on the platform.
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Read moreGERMANY GERMANY SEES RISE IN NUMBER OF RIGHT-WING EXTREMISTS An annual report on extremism in Germany released estimates the number of right-wing extremists in the country at 32,080 in 2019. This is an increase of almost 8,000 compared to the figure of 24,100 recorded in 2018.
Friday, July 10, 2020
Read moreGREECE THESSALONIKI HOLOCAUST MUSEUM “AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT INITIATIVE FOR GREECE”, SAYS U.S. AMBASSADOR US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt described a plan to build a Holocaust Museum in Thessaloniki as an “extremely important initiative for Greece”, considering the key role that the Jewish community has played in the city’s history.
Friday, July 10, 2020
Read moreMOROCCO NGO OFFERS ONLINE HEBREW COURSES IN MOROCCAN ARABIC DIALECT The Mimouna Association, which works for the promotion of the Moroccan Jewish cultural heritage, offers free Hebrew online lessons in the Moroccan Arab dialect of Darija.
Monday, July 6, 2020
Read morePOLAND POLISH PRESIDENT REJECTS JEWISH RESTITUTION CLAIMS BEFORE ELECTION Polish President Andrzej Duda said he’ll never allow for restitution of Jewish property as the topic resurfaced just three days before the country’s presidential election.
Friday, July 10, 2020
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TIKTOK ALGORITHM PROMOTED ANTISEMITIC VIDEOS TikTok has deleted a collection of videos found by the BBC to be using a sickening antisemitic song that gained more than 6.5 million views.
Friday, July 10, 2020
Read moreALBANIA, ONLY COUNTRY WITH MORE JEWS AFTER THE HOLOCAUST, INAUGURATES MEMORIAL A Holocaust memorial was unveiled in the Albanian capital of Tirana to honour the dead and the Albanians who protected Jews from the Nazis.
Friday, July 10, 2020
Read moreIHRA CONDEMNS REHABILITATION OF PERSONS COMPLICIT IN THE HOLOCAUST AND THE GENOCIDE OF THE ROMA The IHRA has condemned all attempts to rehabilitate the reputations of persons who were complicit in the crimes of the Holocaust and the genocide of the Roma in a statement following its 2020 Berlin Plenary.
Thursday, July 9, 2020
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