EUROPEAN JEWISH CONGRESS- Newsletter 25 June 2021
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Comunidad Judía
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19 Tammuz 5781 – 29 June, 2021
| 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BEGINNING OF THE HOLOCAUST IN LITHUANIA
This week marks the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Holocaust in Lithuania. Over 90% of Lithuanian Jews were murdered in the Holocaust, a more complete destruction than befell any other country.
Friday, June 25, 2021 |
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| POLISH PARLIAMENT PASSES BILL TO LIMIT WW2 PROPERTY RESTITUTION CLAIMS
Poland’s parliament passed a draft bill that will make it harder for Jews to recover property seized by the Nazi occupiers and kept by postwar communist rulers.
Friday, June 25, 2021 |
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| POLISH CHILDREN DESTROY DOZENS OF JEWISH HEADSTONES WHILE TRYING TO BUILD A FORT
Several children in Poland toppled 63 headstones of Jewish graves because they wanted to use the slabs to build a fortress, they told police.
Wednesday, June 23, 2021 |
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| BELGIUM TO REMOVE MILITARY PROTECTING JEWS EVEN AMIDST RISING ANTISEMITISM
Belgian Jews are concerned after the announcement by the Belgian government to remove military security from Jewish institutions across the country.
Thursday, June 24, 2021 |
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| DANISH EXTREMIST GUILTY OF JEWISH CEMETERY VANDALISM
A Danish court sentenced Ragnar Spleth Loobrok of the neo-Nazi Nordic Resistance Movement to one year unconditional imprisonment for vandalizing the Jewish cemetery in Aalborg.
Thursday, June 24, 2021 |
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| AUSCHWITZ SURVIVOR EVA SCHLOSS TAKES AUSTRIAN CITIZENSHIP AGED 92
Auschwitz survivor Eva Schloss has become a citizen of Austria as well as receiving an award from the Austrian government.
Thursday, June 24, 2021 |
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| RUSSIAN ACTOR COMPARES UNVACCINATED PUBLIC TO JEWS DURING HOLOCAUST
A famous Russian actor sparked criticism after he took to the stage to slam Moscow’s restrictions for unvaccinated people while wearing a yellow Star of David badge at an awards ceremony.
Thursday, June 24, 2021 |
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| ALARMING RISE IN NUMBER OF SCHOOLCHILDREN WITH FAR-RIGHT VIEWS
There has been an alarming rise in the number of schoolchildren being referred for far-right extremism, new figures from the UK’s Home Office reveal.
Thursday, June 24, 2021 |
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| GERMANY AND THE US LAUNCH EFFORT TO COUNTER HOLOCAUST DENIAL AND ANTISEMITISM
Germany and the United States have launched a new initiative to stem an alarming rise in antisemitism and Holocaust denial around the world.
Friday, June 25, 2021 |
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| US SENATE PASSES BIPARTISAN RESOLUTION CONDEMNING RECENT GLOBAL SURGE OF ANTISEMITISM
In response to the surge in antisemitic incidents in recent months, the United States Senate passed a bipartisan resolution condemning this pernicious form of hatred.
Thursday, June 24, 2021 |
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