European Jewish Congress- Newsletter 24 November 2020
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Comunidad Judía
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10 Kislev 5781 – 26 November, 2020
| FAR-RIGHT ACTIVISTS IN GERMANY PLANNING TO PROTEST “ZIONISM” IN FRONT OF SYNAGOGUE
Right-wing extremists in Germany are planning to demonstrate for “freedom for Palestine” and against “Zionism” in front of a synagogue.
Tuesday, November 24, 2020 |
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| ESSEN SYNAGOGUE WINDOW SHATTERED IN ALLEGED ANTISEMITIC ATTACK
A large concrete block shattered the windows of a synagogue in Essen, Germany, in what is being investigated as an antisemitic attack.
Monday, November 23, 2020 |
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| BOARD OF DEPUTIES CRITICISES UK FOREIGN OFFICE OVER JERUSALEM LISTING
The Board of Deputies of British Jews has criticised the Foreign Office for listing Jerusalem as separate to Israel in its updated travel corridors list.
Monday, November 23, 2020 |
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| MANCHESTER JEWISH MUSEUM TO REOPEN IN SPRING 2021
Manchester Jewish Museum, a former synagogue on Cheetham Hill Road, is preparing for a reopening in spring 2021 following renovations.
Monday, November 23, 2020 |
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| SWASTIKA, LETTER U SPRAYED ON HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL IN VARAZDIN
An unidentified perpetrator sprayed a swastika and the letter U on a monument to Holocaust victims in the northern Croatian city of Varazdin, local police said.
Tuesday, November 24, 2020 |
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| DUTCH RIGHT-WING POLITICIAN RESIGNS FOLLOWING PARTY’S ANTISEMITISM SCANDAL
The leader of the Dutch right-wing Forum for Democracy party resigned following reports that members of its youth movement had engaged in antisemitic behavior.
Tuesday, November 24, 2020 |
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| 150 YEARS OF THE CRÉMIEUX DECREE
2020 marks 150 years since the Crémieux Decree, a law that granted French citizenship to the majority of the Jewish population in French Algeria.
Monday, November 23, 2020 |
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| HEAD OF DAUGAVPILS’ JEWISH MUSEUM IS A STUDENT AT 72
Josifs Ročko, a teacher, local historian, and the founder of the museum “Jews in Daugavpils and Latgale” is still publishing new history books at the age of 72 and continues selflessly contributing to society in eastern Latvia.
Tuesday, November 24, 2020 |
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| FRANCE DEMANDS WITHDRAWAL OF “NAZI” COMMENTS BY PAKISTANI MINISTER
The French foreign ministry has demanded the withdrawal of comments made by Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari in which she accused President Emmanuel Macon of treating Muslims the way Nazis had treated Jews in World War II.
Tuesday, November 24, 2020 |
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| NETANYAHU TO FOLLOW SAUDI VISIT WITH BAHRAIN TRIP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced plans to travel to Bahrain in the aftermath of his unusual visit to Saudi Arabia, a country that has no ties with Israel.
Tuesday, November 24, 2020 |
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