EUROPEAN JEWISH CONGRESS – Newsletter 20 November 2020
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Comunidad Judía
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7 Kislev 5781 – 23 November, 2020
| EJC EXECUTIVE VP AND CEO RAYA KALENOVA ADDRESSES EUROPEAN COUNCIL CONFERENCE ON ONLINE ANTISEMITISM
EJC Executive Vice-President and CEO Raya Kalenova addressed the conference “Antisemitism online –The role of prevention and education in tackling antisemitic hate speech”, organised by the German Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 |
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| FERENCVÁROS ADOPTS IHRA DEFINITION OF ANTISEMITISM
Hungarian football club Ferencváros TC (FTC) has joined the likes of Borussia Dortmund and Chelsea FC in adopting the IHRA working definition of antisemitism.
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 |
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| UK LABOUR READMITS CORBYN AFTER 19-DAY SUSPENSION, REVIVING ANTISEMITISM ROW
The British Labour party’s ruling body reinstated the party’s former leader Jeremy Corbyn following a brief suspension over antisemitism, UK media reported.
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 |
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| APPEAL BY ACCUSED KILLERS OF MIREILLE KNOLL TO DROP ANTISEMITISM CHARGE REJECTED BY FRENCH COURT
Two men accused of robbing and murdering an 85-year-old Holocaust survivor in Paris in 2018 have failed in their court bid to have the aggravating circumstance of antisemitism removed from the charge sheet.
Friday, November 20, 2020 |
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| GERMAN PROSECUTORS SEEK LIFE SENTENCE FOR HALLE SYNAGOGUE SHOOTER
Prosecutors demanded life behind bars for the man accused of killing two people in an antisemitic attack in the German city of Halle.
Thursday, November 19, 2020 |
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| SWASTIKAS CARVED INTO JEWISH HEADSTONES, MEMORIALS DAUBED WITH PAINT IN GERMANY
Amid a recent spate of incidents against Jewish targets in Germany, swastikas were etched into headstones at a cemetery.
Thursday, November 19, 2020 |
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| HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR PAUL SOBOL PASSED AWAY
Paul Sobol, one of the last Belgian survivors of the Auschwitz camps died, announces his son. May his memory be a blessing.
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 |
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| DANISH AGENCY ISSUES NEW GUIDELINES ON CIRCUMCISION, PRIME MINISTER REJECTS RESTRICTIONS
The Danish Patient Safety Authority has issued new guidelines on the circumcision of infant boys, stating that it should take place under local anesthesia.
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 |
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| THE NUREMBERG TRIALS – 75 YEARS ON
Friday, November 20 marks 75 years since the beginning of the Nuremberg Trials, when the political, military, judicial, and economic leaders of Nazi Germany were put on trial for war crimes at the end of WWII.
Friday, November 20, 2020 |
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| BDS CALLS TO BOYCOTT THOSE INVOLVED IN NORMALIZATION
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel has updated its boycott criteria, now calling for boycotts against anyone involved in normalized ties with Israel.
Thursday, November 19, 2020 |
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