European Jewish Congress-Newsletter 26 August 2021
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Comunidad Judía
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25 Elul 5781 – 2 September, 2021
| DR. MOSHE KANTOR CONGRATULATES DANI DAYAN ON HIS APPOINTMENT AS CHAIRMAN OF YAD VASHEM
EJC President Dr. Moshe Kantor congratulated Dani Dayan on his appointment as Chairman of Yad Vashem.
Tuesday, August 24, 2021 |
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| ARCHAEOLOGISTS FIND MAIN PART OF THE GREAT SYNAGOGUE OF VILNIUS
An international team of archaeologists has found the most important part of the former Great Synagogue of Vilnius in Lithuania.
Thursday, August 26, 2021 |
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| JONATHAN KREUTNER: “DEAR SWISS PRESS COUNCIL, WE NEED TO TALK”
In an open letter originally published in German, Jonathan Kreutner, secretary general of the Swiss Federation of Jewish communities (SIG/FCSI), is critical of recent rulings by the Swiss Press Council.
Thursday, August 26, 2021 |
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| NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN FOR NEW SIMON WIESENTHAL PRIZE
Nominations are open for the Simon Wiesenthal Prize, a new initiative by the The National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism to honour commitment from civil society to combatting antisemitism and promoting Holocaust education.
Tuesday, August 24, 2021 |
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| ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS BETH-EL SYNAGOGUE IN CASABLANCA
During his first visit in Morocco, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid visited the Beth-El synagogue in Casablanca.
Thursday, August 19, 2021 |
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| MAN WEARING KIPPAH ATTACKED BY A GROUP OF 10 IN COLOGNE
An 18-year-old Jewish man wearing a kippah in Cologne was beaten by a group of 10 attackers in a public green space and taken to the hospital with a broken nose and cheekbone.
Tuesday, August 24, 2021 |
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| SPANISH UNIVERSITY CANCELS COURSE COMPARING GAZA TO AUSCHWITZ
A literature course comparing the Gaza Strip to the Auschwitz extermination camp has been cancelled by the University of Santiago of de Compostela in Galicia, Spain.
Wednesday, August 25, 2021 |
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| LONDON POLICE LOOKING FOR MAN WHO ASSAULTED JEWISH MAN AND CHILD
Police in London are looking for a man who was filmed assaulting a Jewish man and a child on the street in separate incidents on the same day.
Tuesday, August 24, 2021 |
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| BELGIAN TOWN SQUARE TO REMOVE REFERENCES TO LATVIAN NAZI COLLABORATORS
A Belgian town is removing from a local square most of its references to a group of Latvian SS soldiers, following allegations that the square honoured them.
Thursday, August 26, 2021 |
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| ANTISEMITIC VIDEOS SPREADING UNDETECTED ON TIKTOK, NEW REPORT SAYS
a new report from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) found that extremists use creative ways to promote hate while evading platform moderators on TikTok.
Wednesday, August 25, 2021 |
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