European Jewish Congress Newsletter 27-28 August 2018
by
Comunidad Judía
·
18 Elul 5778 – 29 August, 2018
| EVENING STANDARD: JEWISH FAMILIES ‘READY TO QUIT UK IF JEREMY CORBYN WINS NEXT ELECTION’
Dr Moshe Kantor, president of the European Jewish Congress, also claimed many Jews feel they have no future in Britain because the Labour leadership had failed to take a stronger line on anti-Semitism, but added that he thought the UK “remains a safe and welcoming place to be Jewish”.
Monday, August 27, 2018 |
|
|
|
|
|
| FRENCH PARLIAMENT BUILDING LOCKED DOWN AFTER DEATH THREATS TO JEWISH MP
French MP Meyer Habib received an envelope on Monday with white powder, leading a wing of the French National Assembly to be shut down. “Fat Zionist pig,” the letter began, “you are not French. You do not belong in the Assembly. You are only a f**g Israeli terrorist with blood on your hands.”
Tuesday, August 28, 2018 |
|
|
|
|
|
| EX-COMMUNIST EAST GERMANY A HOTBED FOR HATE CRIME
Extremist hooligans have vented their anger at foreigners, hunting some in the streets, since a German man was stabbed to death in the early hours of Sunday, allegedly by an Iraqi and a Syrian who were arrested on Monday.
Tuesday, August 28, 2018 |
|
|
|
|
|
| LITHUANIA ADMITS ITS CITIZENS MURDERED JEWS DURING THE HOLOCAUST
The government of Lithuania has officially accepted responsibility for the mass murders of Jews by Lithuanian citizens carried out during the Holocaust, according to a document obtained by Israel Hayom.
Monday, August 27, 2018 |
|
|
|
|
|
| JEWISH CULTURE FESTIVAL OPENS IN WARSAW
The 15th ‘Singer’s Warsaw’ Jewish Culture Festival started in the Polish capital on Saturday with events dedicated to the Warsaw Ghetto poet Władysław Szlengl. The festival will run until September 2.
Monday, August 27, 2018 |
|
|
|
|
|
| SUSPECT IDENTIFIED IN ANTISEMITIC GRAFFITI ATTACK ON JEWISH CENTRE IN RUSSIA
Russian authorities identified a suspect in the antisemitic graffiti attack on a Jewish centre in the Russian village of Lyubavichi, the cradle of the Chabad Hasidic movement.
Tuesday, August 28, 2018 |
|
|
|
|
|
| SWEDISH JEWISH LEADERS CALL FOR BAN ON NEO-NAZI PARTY
Leaders and prominent members of the Jewish community in Sweden have renewed calls to ban the neo-Nazi Nordic Resistance Movement, following the latest of several demonstrations by the party in recent months.
Monday, August 27, 2018 |
|
|
|
|
|
| JEWISH LEADERS MOURN US SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN
US Senator John McCain, who made human rights and Israel centrepieces of his advocacy for a robust US influence across the planet, has died.
Monday, August 27, 2018 |
|
|
|
|
|
Read more
