European Jewish Congress- Newsletter 1 December 2020
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Comunidad Judía
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16 Kislev 5781 – 2 December, 2020
| FORMER EJC PRESIDENT ELDRED TABACHNIK DIES AT 77
Eldred Tabachnik, an eminent lawyer who was president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews in the 1990s and President of the European Jewish Congress from 1996 to 1998 died at the age of 77. May his memory be a blessing.
Monday, November 30, 2020 |
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| HUNGARIAN JEWS CONDEMN OFFICIAL WHO WROTE THAT “EUROPE IS THE GAS CHAMBER OF SOROS”
The Federation of Hungarian Jewish communities (MAZSIHISZ) condemned a government-appointed cultural commissioner for comparing George Soros to Hitler in an article about Hungary and Poland’s row with the EU over rule of law.
Tuesday, December 1, 2020 |
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| PLAQUE COMMEMORATING LAWYERS AND JUDGES EXPELLED BY ITALIAN RACIAL LAWS
A plaque was affixed in Rome’s Court of Appeals in memory of lawyers, magistrates, and court officers expelled after the promulgation in Italy of the racial laws.
Tuesday, December 1, 2020 |
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| SLOVENIA DECLARES ALL OF HEZBOLLAH A “CRIMINAL AND TERRORIST ORGANISATION”
Slovenia designated Hezbollah in its entirety a terrorist organisation, joining a growing number of European states who have taken similar steps in recent weeks to end differentiation between the group’s political and armed wings.
Tuesday, December 1, 2020 |
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| GERMAN GOVERNMENT BANS NEO-NAZI GROUP FOR SPREADING HATE
Germany has outlawed a far-right neo-Nazi group called “Sturmbrigade 44” for spreading hatred, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer declared.
Tuesday, December 1, 2020 |
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| GERMANY INVESTIGATES SOLDIERS OVER ANTISEMITIC, FAR-RIGHT GROUP CHAT
German authorities are investigating a group of soldiers suspected of organising a chat group where users shared antisemitic and far-right extremist material.
Monday, November 30, 2020 |
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| ANTISEMITIC ATTACKER GETS 6-MONTH SENTENCE FOR ASSAULT IN STRASBOURG
A French court sentenced a man accused of assaulting a Jewish graffiti artist in the northeastern city of Strasbourg to six months in prison.
Tuesday, December 1, 2020 |
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| POLISH ARCHITECT MAKES TRIBUTE TO JEWISH COMMUNITY IN OŚWIĘCIM
A Polish architect has finished two new projects in memory of the Jewish community in the city of Oświęcim, where the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz was located during the Second World War.
Sunday, November 29, 2020 |
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| LAW TO COMMEMORATE VICTIMS OF SPANISH INQUISITION SUBMITTED TO KNESSET
A law to commemorate the victims of the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 (and expulsion of Jews in 1492) was submitted to the Knesset for approval, proposing to establish November 1 as the date of commemoration.
Tuesday, December 1, 2020 |
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| NETANYAHU TO VISIT EGYPT ON OFFICIAL TRIP
Israeli and Egyptian officials are engaged in talks ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s official visit to Cairo in the coming weeks.
Monday, November 30, 2020 |
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