European Jewish Congress- Newsletter 19-21 August 2020
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Comunidad Judía
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12 Elul 5780 – 1 September, 2020
| GERMAN AND ISRAELI JETS MARK FIRST JOINT FLYOVER, HONOUR HOLOCAUST VICTIMS
Israeli Air Force pilots and their German counterparts honoured Holocaust victims with a flyover of Dachau concentration camp. This is the first time ever that Israeli airforces have trained in Germany.
Wednesday, August 19, 2020 |
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| POLICE INVESTIGATING ARSON ATTACK ON ISRAELI-OWNED BAR IN BERLIN
Police are investigating an arson attack at an Israeli-owned Berlin bar that has been the repeated target of antisemitic harassment.
Thursday, August 20, 2020 |
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| BDS TARGETS ISRAEL START-UP NATION TEAM AHEAD OF 2020 TOUR DE FRANCE
Ahead of the 2020 Tour de France, a pro-BDS organization launched a campaign targetting the French riders of the Israel Start-Up Nation (ISN) team.
Friday, August 21, 2020 |
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| PARIS SYNAGOGUE NEIGHBOUR SMASHES MEZUZAH TO “RESTORE RELIGIOUS NEUTRALITY”
A mezuzah was torn off the doorframe of a Paris synagogue by a neighbour who said he had done it to “restore religious neutrality” to the building.
Friday, August 21, 2020 |
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| “HEIL HITLER” AND “JUDEN” TAGGED ON A JEWISH-OWNED HOUSE IN LYON, FRANCE
“Heil Hitler” and “Juden” were discovered sprayed on the house of a Jewish family in Lyon.
Wednesday, August 19, 2020 |
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| IN THE NETHERLANDS, JUDGES CAN LOCK UP JEWISH MEN WHO REFUSE DIVORCE
The Dutch judicial system is the only one in the world outside of Israel that punishes husbands who refuse to give their wives a get — with significant fines.
Thursday, August 20, 2020 |
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| GRAZ SYNAGOGUE VANDALISED WITH PRO-PALESTINIAN SLOGANS
The synagogue and a communal building of the Jewish community of Graz were vandalised with graffiti.
Thursday, August 20, 2020 |
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| EXCAVATIONS AT HISTORIC CORDOBA SYNAGOGUE NEAR COMPLETION
After 11 years, archaeological excavations at a site directly adjacent to the historic medieval synagogue in Cordoba, Spain should be completed next month.
Wednesday, August 19, 2020 |
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| BREAD SOLD IN JAPAN TO MARK 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF VISAS THAT SAVED LITHUANIAN JEWS
Bread and cakes commemorating the 80th anniversary of the ‘visas for life’ issued by diplomat Chiune Sugihara to help Lithuanian Jews escape persecution during World War II, have recently gone on sale in his hometown in central Japan.
Friday, August 21, 2020 |
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| EU PALESTINIAN TEXTBOOK STUDY RIDDLED WITH ERRORS, SAYS NGO
A preliminary report of the EU-funded Palestinian textbook study has proven to be riddled with errors, casting serious doubt over the validity of its findings, said Jerusalem-based NGO IMPACT-se.
Thursday, August 20, 2020 |
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