European Jewish Congress- Newsletter 10-12 May 2020
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Comunidad Judía
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19 Iyyar 5780 – 13 May, 2020
| CORONAVIRUS: FRENCH JEWS SEE RISE IN ANTISEMITISM, INCREASED SOLIDARITY
As France gradually starts to ease the lockdown measures imposed to contain the coronavirus outbreak, Jewish institutions are working to prepare an exit strategy out of the crisis.
Monday, May 11, 2020 |
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| AT LEAST 1,300 FRENCH JEWS HAVE DIED FROM CORONAVIRUS
At least 1,300 members of the French Jewish community have died from the coronavirus, said the country’s Jewish funeral service.
Monday, May 11, 2020 |
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| BOSNIAN JEWISH LEADERS EXPRESS ‘DEEP HURT AND DISBELIEF’ AT FASCIST COMMEMORATION IN SARAJEVO
The head of the Bosnian Jewish Community, Jakob Finci, and the head of the Jewish Community of Sarajevo, Boris Kozemjakin, expressed their deep hurt and disbelief following an announcement by the Bosnian Catholic Church that a mass will be held in memory of facists killed at Bleiburg in 1945.
Monday, May 11, 2020 |
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| ISAAC BENZAQUÉN PINTO ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF FCJE
Isaac Benzaquén Pinto has been elected as President of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Spain (FCJE), the country’s EJC affiliate. He succeeds Isaac Querub Caro, who served as President of the Federation for nine years.
Monday, May 11, 2020 |
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| RIAS REPORT FINDS RISE IN ANTISEMITIC INCIDENTS AFTER HALLE SYNAGOGUE ATTACK
A new report from an antisemitism monitor in Germany found that reported antisemitic incidents rose following the attack on the synagogue of Halle last Yom Kippur.
Monday, May 11, 2020 |
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| LONDON CITY WORKER SECURES JEWISH FUNERAL FOR 95-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO DIED ALONE
Thanks to the insistence and alertness of a municipal worker in London, Herbert Max Fraenkel, a Jewish man who died alone was able to be buried in accordance with his faith.
Monday, May 11, 2020 |
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| LITHUANIAN JEWISH COMMUNITY REQUESTS INVESTIGATION ON ONLINE ANTISEMITIC HATE SPEECH
The Chairwoman of the Lithuanian Jewish community, Faina Kukliansky has issued a statement calling on the country’s prosecutor general to initiate an investigation on antisemitic comments on the website of the Lithuanian daily Lietuvos Rytas.
Tuesday, May 12, 2020 |
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| IDF SOLDIER KILLED DURING ARREST RAID IN WEST BANK
An IDF soldier was killed after a large rock was thrown at his head while troops were carrying out arrests in the Palestinian town of Ya’bad in the northern West Bank.
Tuesday, May 12, 2020 |
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| FRANCE PUSHING FOR TOUGH EU RESPONSE TO ANY WEST BANK ANNEXATION
France is urging its European Union partners to consider threatening Israel with a tough response if it goes ahead with a de facto annexation of parts of the West Bank, three EU diplomats said.
Tuesday, May 12, 2020 |
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| UN SECRETARY GENERAL: ANTISEMITIC CONSPIRACIES INCREASED DUE TO COVID-19
The amount of antisemitic conspiracy theories has increased due to the COVID-19 pandemic, said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as he issued a global call to combat the rising tide of hate speech.
Monday, May 11, 2020 |
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| NIS 500 FINE FOR BONFIRES DURING LAG BA’OMER
As part of the ban on all traditional bonfires for the holiday of Lag Ba’Omer, Israel Police announced that any person found violating the ban will be fined NIS 500.
Monday, May 11, 2020 |
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