European Jewish Congress- Newsletter 22 December 2020
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Comunidad Judía
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15 Tevet 5781 – 30 December, 2020
| MISS FRANCE RUNNER-UP ATTACKED ONLINE FOR SAYING HER FATHER IS ISRAELI
A flood of antisemitic insults, threats, and violent comments were spread on social media targeting Miss Provence, April Benayoum, first runner-up in the Miss France 2021 pageant, after it was revealed in the competition that she has an Israeli father.
Monday, December 21, 2020 |
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| FRENCH FAMILY ATTACKED AFTER PLAYING HEBREW SONGS IN CAR
French police have arrested two adults and two minors suspected of an antisemitic hate crime in which they allegedly verbally assaulted a Jewish family near Paris in their car.
Monday, December 21, 2020 |
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| HALLE SYNAGOGUE ATTACKER SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON
A German court has sentenced the perpetrator of the deadly 2019 attack on the synagogue of Halle to life in prison.
Monday, December 21, 2020 |
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| ITALY MOURNS NEDO FIANO, ONE OF THE LAST WITNESSES OF THE SHOAH
Nedo Fiano, one of the last living Italian witnesses of the Shoah, passed away in Milan aged 95.
Tuesday, December 22, 2020 |
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| BELGIAN JEWISH STUDENTS TAKE ACTION FOLLOWING ANTISEMITIC TRAIN ANNOUNCEMENT
In response, to an incident where four men took over a train interphone system and threatened to bomb a train, unless the “cancer Jews get off the train”, the Union of Belgian Jewish Students (UEJB) broadcasted a message against antisemitism and discrimination on several national trains.
Monday, December 21, 2020 |
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| COURT DECLARES FINNISH NEO-NAZI GROUP BANKRUPT
The Finnish neo-Nazi organisation Nordic Tradition, an associate of the Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM), has been declared bankrupt.
Tuesday, December 22, 2020 |
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| EL AL AIRLINES TO OPERATE FIRST ISRAEL-MOROCCO FLIGHT ON DECEMBER 22
Israeli flag carrier El Al Airlines said it would operate the first flight from Israel to Rabat, Morocco on Dec. 22 and that the plane would carry a joint U.S.-Israeli delegation.
Monday, December 21, 2020 |
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| HUNDREDS OF BNEI MENASHE INDIAN JEWS MAKE ALIYAH
Hundreds of Indian Jews flew into Ben-Gurion Airport to make aliyah, as Israeli ministers promised to help the rest of the Bnei Menashe community emigrate shortly.
Sunday, December 20, 2020 |
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| GROUNDBREAKING SIDDUR FOR PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND AUTISM LAUNCHED
A groundbreaking new siddur for people with learning disabilities and autism has been published for the first time.
Tuesday, December 22, 2020 |
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| BEIJING PHOTO EXHIBITION SHOWCASES JEWISH HERITAGE OF THREE VISEGRAD COUNTRIES
A joint photo exhibition showing the Jewish cultural heritage of three of Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic opened under a Council of Europe scheme in Beijing.
Tuesday, December 22, 2020 |
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