EUROPEAN JEWISH CONGRESS- Newsletter 16-18 August 2020
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Comunidad Judía
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13 Elul 5780 – 2 September, 2020
OP-ED BY MOSHE KANTOR : A NUCLEAR IRAN MEANS A REGIONAL HEGEMON AND A GLOBAL THREAT
“The Islamic Republic’s aggressive actions over the past five years and its efforts to destabilize the region are clear and it would use its position as a nuclear power to entice countries seemingly beyond its reach to create a new world order,” writes Dr. Moshe Kantor in an op-ed in Yedioth Ahronoth.
Tuesday, August 18, 2020 |
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ISRAEL, UAE REACH HISTORIC PEACE DEAL
Israel and the UAE agreed to full normalization of relations in a phone call with US President Donald Trump marking the first peace treaty between Israel and an Arab country in 25 years.
Thursday, August 13, 2020 |
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CENTRAL COUNCIL OF JEWS IN GERMANY: CORONAVIRUS IS A CATALYST FOR ANTISEMITISM
The President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Dr. Josef Schuster, has expressed concerns about “unspeakable” remarks by demonstrators against coronavirus measures in the country.
Monday, August 17, 2020 |
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JEWISH MAN CALLED “DIRTY JEW,” BEATEN UNCONSCIOUS IN PARIS ELEVATOR
A Jewish man told police he was beaten by two men in the elevator of a Paris building where his parents live and called a “dirty Jew.”
Tuesday, August 11, 2020 |
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EUROPEAN DAY OF JEWISH CULTURE, A TIME TO MEET AGAIN
Rome, the oldest Jewish community in the Diaspora, is going to be the leading city of the 21st edition of the European Day of Jewish Culture scheduled for Sunday 6 September.
Tuesday, August 18, 2020 |
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UKRAINE BANS PILGRIMAGE TO UMAN OVER COVID-19 FEARS
The Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs announced that the government had decided to prohibit the annual mass pilgrimage to the city of Uman.
Tuesday, August 18, 2020 |
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AUSTRIAN AIRLINES FIRES FLIGHT ATTENDANT WHO WAS FILMED CHANTING ANTISEMITIC SLOGANS
Austrian Airlines has fired an employee after she was filmed chanting antisemitic slogans at a rally.
Monday, August 17, 2020 |
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OVER 150 JEWISH TOMBSTONES USED FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION IN WWII UNEARTHED IN POLISH TOWN
Over 150 historic Jewish tombstones have been unearthed during construction in the market square of Leżajsk. It is the largest discovery of this kind in Poland for many years.
Saturday, August 8, 2020 |
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FACEBOOK ALGORITHM FOUND TO “ACTIVELY PROMOTE” HOLOCAUST DENIAL
An investigation by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) found that typing “holocaust” in the Facebook search function brought up suggestions for denial pages, which in turn recommended links to publishers which sell revisionist and denial literature.
Tuesday, August 18, 2020 |
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US ENVOY TO COMBAT ANTISEMITISM URGES HOUTHIS TO RELEASE YEMENI JEW
Elan Carr, America’s special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, urged the Iranian-backed Houthi movement to release an illegally imprisoned member of Yemen’s tiny Jewish community.
Tuesday, August 18, 2020 |
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