European Jewish Congress- Newsletter 28-30 June 2020
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NEWS FROM COMMUNITIES
BELGIUM 
CCOJB APPALLED AFTER CALLS FOR WAR AGAINST THE JEWS ON THE STREETS OF BRUSSELS The Coordinating Committee of Belgian Jewish Organisations (CCOJB) expressed shock after slogans calling for “war against the Jews” were chanted during a demonstration against the “annexation of occupied territory” in Brussels.
Monday, June 29, 2020
Read moreFRANCE FRENCH JEWS WELCOME REMOVAL OF DIEUDONNÉ’S YOUTUBE CHANNEL In a tweet, the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France (CRIF), the country’s EJC affiliate, welcomed the removal of YouTube channel of notorious antisemite Dieudonné.
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Read moreLITHUANIA NEW BOOK ON THE HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST IN LITHUANIA PRESENTED A new book by writer Rūta Vanagaitė and historian Christoph Dieckmann on the history of the Holocaust in Lithuania was presented at a launch event held at the Choral Synagogue in Vilnius.
Monday, June 29, 2020
Read moreLITHUANIAN LAWMAKERS HONOR AN ALLEGED PERPETRATOR OF HOLOCAUST POGROM Lithuanian lawmakers want to make 2021 the year of Juozas Luksa-Daumantas — a nationalist accused of participating in a Holocaust-era massacre of Jews.
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Read moreITALY ISRAEL’S NATIONAL LIBRARY TO HELP CATALOG 35,000 HEBREW BOOKS IN ITALY The National Library of Israel is taking part in a new initiative to create a unified listing of all Hebrew books in Italy.
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Read moreITALIAN CARABINIERI COMMIT TO WORK TO RETURN JEWISH BOOKS STOLEN BY THE NAZIS The Jewish Community of Rome and the Carabinieri have signed an agreement aimed at finding and returning over seven thousand books which were stolen from the community by the Nazis.
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Read moreTHE NETHERLANDS DUTCH NATIONAL RAILWAYS OFFER €5 MILLION FOR HOLOCAUST-ERA TRANSPORT OF JEWISH VICTIMS The Dutch national rail company said it would pay 5 million euros to Holocaust commemoration institutions, including the museums at three former concentration camps, Westerbork, Vught and Amersfoort.
Monday, June 29, 2020
Read moreTUNISIA NATIONAL LIBRARY OF TUNISIA PUBLISHES HOMAGE TO ALBERT MEMMI The National Library of Tunisia has published a booklet paying posthumous tribute to the Franco-Tunisian Jewish writer Albert Memmi, who passed away in Paris in May 2020, aged 99.
Monday, June 29, 2020
Read moreUNITED KINGDOM JEWISH GROUPS AND MPS CONDEMN NIGEL FARAGE OVER ANTISEMITIC ‘DOG WHISTLES’ Nigel Farage has been condemned by the UK’s main Jewish groups including the Board of Deputies and MPs for repeatedly using language and themes associated with far-right antisemitic conspiracy theories, something for which he has been previously criticised.
Monday, June 29, 2020
Read moreNEWS & VIEWS
FACEBOOK AD BOYCOTT CAMPAIGN TO GO GLOBAL The “Stop Hate for Profit” campaign calling on advertisers to stop buying ads on Facebook in the month of July will begin calling on major companies in Europe to join the boycott.
Monday, June 29, 2020
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