European Jewish Congress – Newsletter 12-14 September 2018
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Comunidad Judía
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9 Tishri 5779 – 18 September, 2018
CZECH LEADERS ENDORSE ISRAELI EMBASSY MOVE TO JERUSALEM
In a joint statement, the Czech president, prime minister, parliament speaker and the foreign and defence ministers said the opening of a “Czech House” there in November would be “the first step in the plan to move the Czech embassy to Jerusalem.”
Thursday, September 13, 2018 |
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MERKEL CONDEMNS FAR RIGHT ATTACK ON JEWISH RESTAURANT
Chancellor Angela Merkel assured parliament she takes seriously Germans’ concerns about crimes committed by migrants and pledged a strong response, but condemned recent demonstrations as “hateful,” saying there is “no excuse” for expressions of hate, Nazi sympathies or violence in response.
Wednesday, September 12, 2018 |
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JAPANESE DIPLOMAT’S SON FINDS FORGED “VISAS FOR LIFE” IN LITHUANIAN ARCHIVES
The youngest son of Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat who saved thousands of Jews from the Holocaust, has discovered in the Lithuanian Central State Archives that some of the “visas for life” issued by his father were forgeries.
Wednesday, September 12, 2018 |
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YAD VASHEM QUESTIONS HONOURS FOR THREE POLES AS RESCUERS OF JEWS FROM THE HOLOCAUST
Yad Vashem Holocaust has expressed concerns over a group honouring three people it did not recognise as having risked their lives to save Jews.
Friday, September 14, 2018 |
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SWEDISH COURT PREVENTS DEPORTATION OF PALESTINIAN WHO FIREBOMBED A SYNAGOGUE
A Swedish court of appeals overturned a deportation order against a Palestinian man who firebombed a synagogue, saying he would be “in danger from Israel” because of his crime if sent to the Palestinian Authority.
Thursday, September 13, 2018 |
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FAR-RIGHT SUCCESS IN SWEDEN SHOWS OLD TABOOS COLLAPSING
Sweden has become the latest European country to have its political order shaken by a backlash against large-scale immigration, with voters giving a boost to a far-right party and weakening the more established ones.
Wednesday, September 12, 2018 |
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MORE THAN 85 PER CENT OF BRITISH JEWS THINK JEREMY CORBYN IS ANTISEMITIC
More than 85 per cent of British Jews think Jeremy Corbyn is antisemitic, according to polling carried out for the Jewish Chronicle.
Friday, September 14, 2018 |
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IRANIAN ACTIVISTS INFILTRATED UK LABOUR MEETING AND VOTED AGAINST PRO-ISRAEL MP
Iran has “infiltrated” Labour, one of the party’s pro-Israel MPs has warned after journalists from its state broadcaster joined the party and then filmed a members-only meeting in her constituency.
Wednesday, September 12, 2018 |
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NEW FIGURES SHOW 14.7 MILLION JEWS WORLDWIDE
On the eve of the Jewish New Year 5779, there are some 14.7 million Jews in the world, according to figures released by Hebrew University demographer Sergio Della Pergola.
Wednesday, September 12, 2018 |
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EUROVISION 2019 TO BE HELD IN TEL AVIV
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced that the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Tel Aviv and not in Israel’s capital of Jerusalem as had been previously planned.
Thursday, September 13, 2018 |
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