European Jewish Congress – Newsletter 07 – 09 July 2019
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Comunidad Judía
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7 Tammuz 5779 – 10 July, 2019
ANTISEMITIC FRENCH COMEDIAN GIVEN TWO YEAR SENTENCE FOR TAX FRAUD
French comedian Dieudonné, a convicted antisemite whose shows the French government once tried to shut down, was sentenced to two years in jail for tax fraud and money laundering by a court in Paris.
Monday, July 8, 2019 |
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MARSEILLE HOSTS TRAINING FOR POLICE AND MAGISTRATES ON HOW TO COMBAT ANTISEMITISM
Police announced that its officers, gendarmes and magistrates will follow training in Marseille in order to know how to register complaints and investigate racist, antisemitic or anti-LGBT crimes.
Monday, July 8, 2019 |
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NEO-NAZI PARTY CRASHES OUT OF PARLIAMENT IN GREEK GENERAL ELECTION
Golden Dawn, the far-right, anti-immigrant party that evolved from a marginal violent neo-Nazi group into Greece’s third-largest party, was knocked out of Parliament in the last national election.
Monday, July 8, 2019 |
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UKRAINE SHUL WHERE MENACHEM BEGIN WAS MARRIED GETS FIRST TORAH SINCE THE HOLOCAUST
Leaders of Ukrainian Jewry gathered at the Choral Synagogue in the western city of Drohobych to celebrate the introduction of the scroll in a ceremony featuring songs, dances and speeches.
Monday, July 8, 2019 |
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ANTISEMITE HOSPITALISED INDEFINITELY FOR ATTACK ON BRITISH SYNAGOGUE
A London court ordered a man to be hospitalised indefinitely after he was caught on surveillance cameras attempting to burn down the 18th-century Exeter Synagogue.
Monday, July 8, 2019 |
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FORMER BRITISH PM CALLS ON LABOUR TO AUTOMATICALLY EXPEL ANTISEMITES
Gordon Brown pleaded with Jewish voters “not to give up” on Labour as the party was mired in another round of infighting over its response to antisemitism claims.
Monday, July 8, 2019 |
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EU CALLS ON IRAN TO STOP ANY STEPS AGAINST NUCLEAR DEAL
The EU is “extremely concerned” about Iran’s announcement on enriching uranium and calls on Tehran to “stop and reverse” any action that goes against the 2015 nuclear deal.
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 |
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YAZIDI WOMEN TRAINING IN ISRAEL TO HELP OVERCOME TRAUMA OF ISIS
Yazidi women who were taken captive by the ISIS came from Iraq to Israel where they were offered training in treating their trauma.
Monday, July 8, 2019 |
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EUROPEAN ACADEMIC ASSOCIATION CANCELS CONFERENCE IN ISRAEL
Over fears of a backlash from the international boycott movement, a European association of mental health researchers has cancelled plans to hold its next conference in Israel.
Monday, July 8, 2019 |
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