European Jewish Congress- Newsletter 21-22 September 2020
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Comunidad Judía
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6 Tishri 5781 – 24 September, 2020
| GERMANY PLEDGES EXTRA €22M FOR JEWISH SECURITY
The German Federal government has pledged an additional 22 million Euros to the Central Council of Jews in Germany this year to cover security costs.
Tuesday, September 22, 2020 |
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| FINNISH NEO-NAZI GROUP’S APPEAL REJECTED, THE BAN ON ORGANISATION IS CONFIRMED
The Finnish Supreme Court has upheld on appeal a decision to ban the Nordic Resistance Movement (PVL) in Finland.
Tuesday, September 22, 2020 |
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| SWEDISH GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATES €1 MILLION FOR UPCOMING HOLOCAUST MUSEUM
The government of Prime Minister Stefan Löfven has appropriated an additional 10 million SEK (approx. €1 million) for preparations for a museum on the Holocaust in Sweden.
Monday, September 21, 2020 |
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| COURT HANDS TWO LIFE SENTENCES OVER HEZBOLLAH BOMBING TARGETING ISRAELI TOURISTS
A Bulgarian court handed two no-parole life sentences in a trial over a deadly 2012 bus bomb attack on Israeli tourists at the country’s Burgas airport.
Monday, September 21, 2020 |
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| 3 HOLOCAUST MONUMENTS VANDALIZED WITH SWASTIKAS IN UKRAINE AND RUSSIA
In three separate incidents, swastikas were painted on two monuments for Holocaust victims in Ukraine, and another one in Russia.
Monday, September 21, 2020 |
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| HYPERCACHER TRIAL: CASHIER RECALLS “WORST 4 HOURS” OF HER LIFE
Zarie Sibony, who now lives in Israel, flew back to France to testify at the trial of the 14 who stand accused of aiding the 3 terrorists who carried out massacres Charlie Hebdo and Hyper Cacher between Jan. 7-9, 2015.
Tuesday, September 22, 2020 |
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| GRONINGEN SYNAGOGUE TO REVAMP EXHIBITION TO SHOWCASE DIGITAL STORYTELLING
Work is under way to revamp the permanent exhibition in the synagogue in Groningen and also to renovate some of the building’s infrastructure.
Tuesday, September 22, 2020 |
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| SCIENTISTS COMBAT ANTISEMITISM WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
An international team of scientists said it had joined forces to combat the spread of antisemitism online with the help of artificial intelligence.
Tuesday, September 22, 2020 |
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| UAE’S FIRST-EVER KOSHER RESTAURANT LAUNCHES IN WORLD’S TALLEST BUILDING
Following the United Arab Emirates’ signing of a normalization accord with Israel, the UAE’s first-ever certified kosher restaurant launched on the ground floor of the luxury Armani Hotel, situated in Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building.
Tuesday, September 22, 2020 |
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| US SUPREME COURT JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG DIES, AGED 87
United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has passed away at age 87.
Monday, September 21, 2020 |
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