European Jewish Congress- Newsletter 27 November 2020
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Comunidad Judía
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14 Kislev 5781 – 30 November, 2020
| EUROPEAN JEWISH CONGRESS PRESIDENT SLAMS DECISION BY AUSTRIAN FREEDOM PARTY TO APPOINT ANTISEMITE TO UPPER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT
Dr. Moshe Kantor has expressed outrage after the Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) appointed former foreign-affairs spokesman Johannes Hübner to the Bundesrat, which is the equivalent of Austria’s Senate.
Wednesday, November 25, 2020 |
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| RABBI ATTACKED AT KNIFEPOINT BY WOMAN ASSAILANT IN VIENNA
A rabbi was attacked at knifepoint in Vienna by a woman who ripped a kippah from his head and yelled an antisemitic threat before fleeing, police in the Austrian capital said.
Friday, November 27, 2020 |
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| MORE ANTISEMITIC GRAFFITI FOUND IN MULHOUSE
More antisemitic graffiti was discovered in downtown Mulhouse, in France’s eastern Alsace region.
Thursday, November 26, 2020 |
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| GERMANY WARNS OF ANTISEMITISM AMONG LOCKDOWN PROTESTS
Dr. Felix Klein warned that antisemitism is emerging as a common position among people protesting pandemic lockdown measures who otherwise come from widely differing political backgrounds.
Wednesday, November 25, 2020 |
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| ROUNDUP OF TUNISIAN JEWS REMEMBERED IN ONLINE CEREMONY
The Society for the history of Tunisian Jews will organise an online commemoration of the 78th anniversary of the round-up of the Jews of Tunis by the SS and the establishment of forced labor camps in Tunisia.
Friday, November 27, 2020 |
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| AMAZON’S ALEXA SHARES ANTISEMITIC RESPONSES, UK MPS DEMAND INVESTIGATION
Amazon’s Alexa could be used as a means to spread antisemitic views and conspiracies, causing concern among some British lawmakers.
Thursday, November 26, 2020 |
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| LABOUR CHIEF WHIP ASKS CORBYN TO APOLOGISE UNEQUIVOCALLY FOR ANTISEMITISM COMMENTS
Labour’s chief whip has asked to “unequivocally, unambiguously and without reservation” apologise for claiming that the scale of antisemitism in the party was “dramatically overstated for political reasons”.
Wednesday, November 25, 2020 |
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| NEARLY 1/4 OF HATE CRIMES IN EUROPE IN 2019 TARGETED JEWS, REPORT SAYS
Antisemitic incidents accounted for 22% of hate crimes recorded in 2019 in the pan-European region, though Jews comprise less than 1% of the population there, according to the latest data by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODHIR).
Thursday, November 26, 2020 |
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| ORGANISATIONS TO RECITE MASS PRAYERS FOR JEWS BURIED IN ARAB COUNTRIES
Diaspora and Israeli organizations and communities representing millions of Jews around the world will participate in a mass Kaddish and recite a specially designed Azkara this Shabbat for Jews buried in inaccessible Arab countries across the Middle East and North Africa.
Wednesday, November 25, 2020 |
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| EU LEADERS TO ADOPT A DECLARATION AGAINST ANTISEMITISM AT THEIR DECEMBER SUMMIT MEETING
EU leaders are expected to adopt a declaration on the fight against antisemitism at their December summit meeting in Brussels.
Wednesday, November 25, 2020 |
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