European Jewish Congress-Newsletter 17-19 November 2019
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Comunidad Judía
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22 Heshvan 5780 – 20 November, 2019
| CRIF HOLDS 10TH ANNUAL CONVENTION IN PARIS
The Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions (CRIF), the country’s EJC affiliate, held its 10th Annual National Convention in Paris.
Monday, November 18, 2019 |
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| BOD LAUNCHES UPDATED JEWISH MANIFESTO AHEAD OF GENERAL ELECTION
The Board of Deputies of British Jews launched its Jewish Manifesto designed to ensure that all the political parties take the concerns of Britain’s 300,000-strong Jewish community into account when setting out their own proposals for government.
Tuesday, November 19, 2019 |
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| BRITISH CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE: JEWS WHO VISIT ISRAEL COME BACK AS “BRAINWASHED EXTREMISTS”
A candidate for the upcoming UK General Election representing the Conservative Party said that local Jews who go to Israel “have come back as extremists – as people that are brainwashed.”
Tuesday, November 19, 2019 |
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| STEEP RISE IN ANTISEMITIC INCIDENTS IN DENMARK OVER PAST YEAR
Denmark experienced a 50-percent increase in antisemitic attacks in 2018 over the previous year, a new report from the Danish Jewish community has revealed.
Tuesday, November 19, 2019 |
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| FENCE OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN HELSINKI ADORNED WITH FLOWERS
The fence of the Jewish Community Center in Helsinki was adorned with flowers by the young members of the Helsinki Orthodox Church.
Tuesday, November 19, 2019 |
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| JEWISH GRAVESTONES USED AS COBBLESTONES IN PRAGUE TO BE RETURNED TO JEWISH CEMETERY
Pieces of Jewish gravestones unearthed during excavation work in Prague will be returned to the Czech capital’s Old Jewish Cemetery.
Monday, November 18, 2019 |
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| MASS GRAVE FOUND AT FORCED LABOUR CAMP IN TREBLINKA
Poland’s Institute of National Remembrance and a team of experts have unearthed a mass grave in a camping ground adjacent to the Nazi forced-labor camp known as Treblinka I.
Monday, November 18, 2019 |
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| VENICE’S ANCIENT JEWISH GHETTO FLOODS AS NEW TIDES RISE
Venice’s historic Jewish neighbourhood was flooded, as a new high tide peaked at 154 cm, leaving 70% of the iconic Italian city inundated.
Monday, November 18, 2019 |
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| US SAYS IT NO LONGER CONSIDERS ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS ILLEGAL
The US has declared that Israeli settlements in the West Bank are not necessarily illegal, in a dramatic break with decades of international law, US policy and the established position of most US allies.
Tuesday, November 19, 2019 |
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| UN COMMITTEE CONDEMNS ISRAEL EIGHT TIMES, REST OF THE WORLD NOT AT ALL
A UN General Assembly committee adopted eight resolutions that single out or condemn Israel, and zero on the entire rest of the world.
Monday, November 18, 2019 |
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