European Jewish Congress- Newsletter 25-27 August 2019
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Comunidad Judía
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28 Av 5779 – 29 August, 2019
| FRENCH FREEMASONS WITHDRAW TEXT ATTACKING CRIF
France’s principal masonic organisation has withdrawn a text which accused the CRIF, the country’s Jewish umbrella organisation and EJC affiliate, of causing antisemitism.
Tuesday, August 27, 2019 |
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| ALSACE AND LORRAINE MAYORS EXASPERATED BY RACIST AND ANTISEMITIC GRAFFITI
The mayors of two small towns in the Alsace and Lorraine regions of eastern France have filed police complaints following a wave of antisemitic and racist graffiti in their towns.
Monday, August 26, 2019 |
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| GERMAN FOOTBALL CLUB CONDEMNS FANS’ ANTISEMITIC ABUSE
German club Chemnitzer FC has criticised their fans for antisemitic and racist abuse during a third-division game against Bayern Munich’s second team.
Monday, August 26, 2019 |
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| MOROCCAN JEWS GATHER FOR PILGRIMAGE TO NEWLY-RENOVATED AL-JADIDA CEMETERY
Moroccan officials and Jewish community leaders celebrated the renovation of a Jewish cemetery in the coastal city of Al Jadida.
Monday, August 26, 2019 |
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| SPANISH CITY GATHERS DECENDANTS OF JEWS NAMED AFTER IT
In a bid to reconnect with its Jewish history, the city of Marchena in southern Spain organised an international reunion for foreigners named after it.
Monday, August 26, 2019 |
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| BRITISH CAMP WHICH SAVED THOUSANDS OF JEWS FROM THE HOLOCAUST TO BE COMMEMORATED
An operation that brought thousands of Jewish men from Germany and Austria to England in the final months before WWII will be commemorated by the unveiling of a plaque at the site of the camp they were first brought to.
Tuesday, August 27, 2019 |
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| MOLDOVA’S JEWISH COMMUNITY REOPENS SYNAGOGUE SEIZED BY SOVIETS
About 300 people attended to the re-opening of the Wooden Synagogue in its former home, a building seized by Soviet authorities nearly 80 years ago.
Tuesday, August 27, 2019 |
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| LAST JEWS OF SOUTH SUDAN ARRIVE IN ISRAEL
The last remaining Jews of South Sudan finally arrived in Israel after being separated from their relatives for more than 10 years.
Monday, August 26, 2019 |
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| ANTISEMITIC STATEMENTS BY CHECHNYAN LEADER PROVOKE ANGER AMONG RUSSIAN-ISRAELI JEWS
The head of the Russian Republic of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has caused anger among Israel’s Russian community, after making an antisemitic statement calling Jews “the enemies of Islam”.
Monday, August 26, 2019 |
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