European Jewish Congress- Newsletter 16 December 2020
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Comunidad Judía
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2 Tevet 5781 – 17 December, 2020
| EJC HOLDS ONLINE DIRECTORS’ MEETING
The European Jewish Congress held its annual meeting of Directors of Jewish communities online. Over thirty directors, professionals and experts from Jewish communities came together to discuss recent developments and exchange best practices.
Wednesday, December 16, 2020 |
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| VERDICT EXPECTED IN FRENCH TRIAL OVER 2015 CHARLIE HEBDO ATTACK
Judges will issue their verdict on 14 suspected accomplices of the Islamist gunmen who murdered some of France’s most famous cartoonists at the weekly Charlie Hebdo in 2015.
Wednesday, December 16, 2020 |
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| THE NETHERLANDS TO ESTABLISH NATIONAL COORDINATOR ON COMBATTING ANTISEMITISM
A National Coordinator on combatting antisemitism will be established in the Netherlands in 2021, Dutch Minister of Justice and Security Ferdinand Grapperhaus announced.
Monday, December 14, 2020 |
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| MOROCCAN SCHOOLS TO TEACH JEWISH HISTORY AND CULTURE
Jewish history and culture in Morocco will soon be taught in Moroccan schools, as part of a revamp of an ongoing revamp of the country’s curriculum.
Monday, December 14, 2020 |
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| POLISH DIPLOMAT IN ISTANBUL RESCUED HUNDREDS OF JEWS IN HOLOCAUST
A Polish diplomat serving in Turkey during World War II helped save hundreds of Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazis by issuing them false certificates that identified them as Christians, an Israeli newspaper revealed in an expose.
Monday, December 14, 2020 |
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| PORTRAITS AND TESTIMONIES OF UK SURVIVORS OF NAZI ATROCITIES CAPTURED IN NEW BOOK
For more than two years, Writtle, alongside curator Jan Marsh and project manager Jacki Reason traveled across the United Kingdom to photograph and record the personal testimonies of 101 survivors of Nazi atrocities.
Tuesday, December 15, 2020 |
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| “JEWS TO THE GRAVE”: MAN SHOUTS ANTISEMITIC SLOGAN AS HE TOPPLES KYIV MENORAH
A man was filmed shouting an antisemitic phrase as he toppled a giant communal menorah that was installed in the Ukrainian city of Kyiv ahead of the Jewish festival of Hanukkah.
Monday, December 14, 2020 |
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| JOINT AUSTRIAN-GERMAN POLICE OPERATION TARGETS NEO-NAZIS, SEIZES ARMS
Austrian police seized automatic weapons, explosives and narcotics during raids on neo-Nazi sympathizers, and arrested several of them, the government said.
Monday, December 14, 2020 |
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| THEODORE MANN, LAWYER AND INFLUENTIAL VOICE ON JEWISH AFFAIRS, DIES AT 92
Theodore R. Mann, a lawyer and activist who led Major American Jewish organizations and became an early and outspoken advocate for a two-state solution in the Middle East, died aged 92. May his memory be a blessing.
Tuesday, December 15, 2020 |
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| ISRAEL NORMALISES TIES WITH BHUTAN
Israel established full diplomatic relations with the Kingdom of Bhutan for the first time.
Monday, December 14, 2020 |
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