EUROPEAN JEWISH CONGRESS- Newsletter 19 January 2021
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Comunidad Judía
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7 Shevat 5781 – 20 January, 2021
| GERMAN PRESIDENT WANTS MORE JEWISH GERMANS TO GET INVOLVED IN POLITICS
German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier called for more Jewish Germans to be active in political life.
Tuesday, January 19, 2021 |
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| YOUNG JEWS IN GERMANY HAVE FUN WITH ‘REIMAGINED’ LEARNING AND DISCUSSIONS
More than 1,500 young Jews in Germany took part in a series of “reimagined” camps and seminars last week as the fun of learning and creating got under way at home.
Tuesday, January 19, 2021 |
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| EXHIBITION ON HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS AT UNESCO HEADQUARTERS LAUNCHED
Today marks the beginning of the photo exhibition “Lest We Forget” at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. More than 200 large-format portraits of Holocaust survivors are displayed in the public spaces of the UNESCO building, as well as on the gates surrounding the building.
Tuesday, January 19, 2021 |
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| MEIN KAMPF ACADEMIC EDITION PUBLISHED IN POLAND AS “HOMAGE TO VICTIMS”
An academic edition of Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” is being published in Poland for the first time, with its editor responding to critics by calling it “a homage to the victims.”
Tuesday, January 19, 2021 |
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| GREEK JEWS OUTRAGED BY CARTOON TRIVIALISING THE HOLOCAUST
The Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece has expressed outrage after a newspaper published a cartoon trivialising the Holocaust.
Monday, January 18, 2021 |
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| LIBERAL DEMOCRATS EXPEL FORMER CANDIDATE OVER ANTISEMITIC CAMPAIGN FOOTAGE
The Liberal Democrats have expelled a former candidate hoping to run for mayor of London, over footage of an antisemitic campaign against former Labour MP Jack Straw.
Tuesday, January 19, 2021 |
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| ITALIAN SYNAGOGUES, A JOURNEY THROUGH IDENTITY, WORDS AND COLOURS
A new volume on Italian synagogues, publshed in the national press, is a lively journey through words and colours that takes the reader along the arc of the itinerary of Italian Jewish history.
Tuesday, January 19, 2021 |
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| ZOOM BOMBERS SHOUT “JEWS IN THE OVENS” AT ONLINE HOLOCAUST BOOK LAUNCH IN ITALY
“Zoom bombers” in Italy crashed the online launch of a book about the Holocaust and shouted antisemitic abuse, including “Jews, we’ll burn you in ovens.”
Tuesday, January 19, 2021 |
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| JEWS IN MOROCCO “ALREADY PACKING THEIR SUITCASES” FOR DIRECT ISRAEL FLIGHTS
Tickets for commercial flights have yet to go on sale, but many in the community look forward to seeing family members with ease.
Sunday, January 17, 2021 |
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| GÜNTHER JIKELI: WHY IS THERE RESISTANCE TO A WORKING DEFINITION OF ANTISEMITISM?
In an op-ed, historian and sociologist Prof. Günther Jikeli discusses the objections being raised to the IHRA working definition of antisemitism and the origins behind these arguments.
Tuesday, January 19, 2021 |
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