European Jewish Congress- Newsletter 2-4 October 2019
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Comunidad Judía
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17 Tishri 5780 – 16 October, 2019
| YOHAN BENIZRI RE-ELECTED AS HEAD OF CCOJB
Yohan Benizri has been re-elected as Secretary General of the Coordinating Committee of Belgian Jewish Organisations (CCOJB).
Wednesday, October 2, 2019 |
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| JOSÉ OULMAN CARP ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF LISBON
José Oulman Carp has been elected as the new President of the Jewish Community of Lisbon (CIL).
Friday, October 4, 2019 |
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| JEWS FIGHT AGAINST SWEDISH PARTY’S CALL TO BAN CIRCUMCISION
Swedish Jews joined the country’s Muslim community in protesting the call by a major political party to ban all non-medical circumcisions.
Friday, October 4, 2019 |
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| ARABIC-SPEAKING MAN TOSSES STONE AT ISRAELI’S HEAD IN GERMANY
A 27 -year-old Israeli woman was the victim of a violent antisemitic attack in Bavaria after an Arabic-speaking man tossed a stone at her after she spoke Hebrew.
Friday, October 4, 2019 |
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| GERMAN CITY RETRACTS PRIZE AFTER ARTIST REFUSES TO DENOUNCE BDS MOVEMENT
The German city of Aachen cancelled an award to a Lebanon-born artist after discovering that he is a supporter of the boycott Israel movement.
Thursday, October 3, 2019 |
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| GERMANY SEES SURGE IN WEAPON SEIZURES FROM FAR-RIGHT
An expert on right-wing extremism has warned of “massive rearmament” by neo-Nazi groups after German police seized 61% more weapons during raids on the radical right in 2018 than the previous year.
Wednesday, October 2, 2019 |
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| MORE THAN 132,000 SEPHARDIC JEWS APPLY FOR SPANISH CITIZENSHIP
More than 132,000 Sephardic Jews have applied for Spanish nationality as the limited-term offer expired on October 1st.
Wednesday, October 2, 2019 |
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| SEVERAL HOLOCAUST COMMEMORATION EVENTS HELD THE GREEK CITY OF VERIA
Over 2.000 people attended a series of events commemorating the Holocaust in the city of Veria in Northern Greece.
Thursday, October 3, 2019 |
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| ANTISEMITIC POSTERS PUT UP IN WARSAW AHEAD OF ELECTIONS
Antisemitic posters have been put up all over the Polish capital, Warsaw, in recent days ahead of the country’s national elections.
Wednesday, October 2, 2019 |
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| ECHR RULES HOLOCAUST DENIAL NOT PROTECTED BY FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
The European Court of Human Rights ruled that denying that the Holocaust ever happened is not a protected form of freedom of expression, in a case that stretched back nearly a decade.
Friday, October 4, 2019 |
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