European Jewish Congress- Newsletter 14-16 October 2018
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Comunidad Judía
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8 Heshvan 5779 – 17 October, 2018
| FOUR JEWS ATTACKED IN NICE
Four Jewish youths were attacked in the French city of Nice by a group of five people after one of them was identified wearing a Star of David around his neck.
Monday, October 15, 2018 |
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| SWASTIKAS DAUBED IN CLASSROOM IN LEADING FRENCH BUSINESS SCHOOL
Swastikas and antisemitic comments were found daubed in a classroom of France’s prestigious HEC business school in a suburb in the west of Paris.
Monday, October 15, 2018 |
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| GREEK JEWISH CEMETERY VANDALISED
The Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece has strongly condemned an act of vandalism against the Jewish cemetery in Trikala.
Monday, October 15, 2018 |
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| DUTCH MUSEUMS IN POSSESSION OF 170 ARTWORKS POSSIBLY STOLEN FROM JEWS
Dutch museums are in possession of at least 170 artworks that may have been stolen from Jewish owners during the Holocaust, a commission of inquiry concluded following years of research.
Monday, October 15, 2018 |
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| BOMB TARGETS RUSSIAN JEWISH COMMUNITY LEADER
An explosive envelope sent to the president of the Jewish community of Tatarstan, Mikhail Abramovich Skoblionok, went off, wounding the president and his aide, who were evacuated to a local hospital.
Tuesday, October 16, 2018 |
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| UK GOVERNMENT HATE CRIME FIGURES TO DIFFERENTIATE RACISM FROM ANTISEMITISM
Jewish security chiefs have welcomed the British Government’s forthcoming release of hate crime figures which specifically differentiate between antisemitism and other forms of hate.
Tuesday, October 16, 2018 |
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| AUSTRALIA MAY FOLLOW US IN MOVING EMBASSY TO JERUSALEM
Australia is considering following the U.S. administration’s lead in moving the nation’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
Tuesday, October 16, 2018 |
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| GERMAN GROUP RENOVATES HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS HOMES IN ISRAEL FOR FREE
An organisation called the Saxon Friends brings volunteers from Germany to Israel to renovate Holocaust survivors’ apartments for free.
Monday, October 15, 2018 |
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