European Jewish Congress- Newsletter 29-31 July 2020
by Comunidad Judía · 14 Av 5780 – 4 August, 2020
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EVENTS & MEETINGS
DR. MOSHE KANTOR OPENS INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CONFERENCE ON COVID-19 LESSONS EJC President Dr. Moshe Kantor gave opening remarks at the online conference: “COVID-19: Sharing the international lessons learned”, organised by the UK’s Royal Society of Medicine, in partnership with the Kantor Charitable Foundation.
Tuesday, July 28, 2020
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NEWS FROM COMMUNITIES
UNITED KINGDOM LOCKDOWN RESULTS IN SLIGHT DECREASE IN ANTISEMITIC INCIDENTS IN THE UK Antisemitic incidents in the UK have dropped by 13 percent in 2020 compared to the year before, likely due to COVID-19 lockdown regulations, according to the latest CST report.
Thursday, July 30, 2020
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FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM SUSPEND UK RAPPER WILEY AS HE CONTINUES ANTISEMITIC RANTS British rapper Wiley has continued his online antisemitic rants and threatened to come to a largely Jewish-populated neighborhood of London.
Thursday, July 30, 2020
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GREECE INSTITUTO CERVANTES TO OPEN NEW CENTRE IN THESSALONIKI TO PROMOTE SEPHARDIC CULTURE Thessaloniki’s Jewish community signed a deal with the Spanish government’s Instituto Cervantes to create a small centre where people will be taught modern Spanish while also learning about Sephardic culture and Ladino.
Thursday, July 30, 2020
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FRANCE SIMONE VEIL PORTRAIT DEFACED AGAIN IN PARIS A street painting of Simone Veil in the 5th arrondissement of Paris has been defaced again. The author of the work and several political figures have expressed their indignation on social networks.
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
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RUSSIA DOZENS OF HEADSTONES SMASHED AT JEWISH CEMETERY IN RUSSIA Dozens of headstones at a Jewish cemetery in the Russian city of St. Petersburg were smashed.
Friday, July 31, 2020
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NEWS & VIEWS
EUROPEAN COMMISSION STATEMENT ON EUROPEAN ROMA HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, Věra Jourová, Vice-President for Values and Transparency, and Helena Dalli, Commissioner for Equality published a statement ahead of the Roma Holocaust Memorial Day, on 2 August.
Thursday, July 30, 2020
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SURVIVORS APPEAL TO FACEBOOK TO REMOVE HOLOCAUST DENIAL POSTS Well-known survivors of the Holocaust from around the world began a new online campaign to urge Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to remove Holocaust denial posts from the social media platform.
Thursday, July 30, 2020
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US HITS POLAND, OTHERS IN EUROPE OVER HOLOCAUST CLAIMS The United States is criticising a number of eastern and central European nations, including Poland, for failing to compensate Holocaust victims and their families and communities for property seized during Nazi occupation in World War II.
Thursday, July 30, 2020
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DESPITE ADL-LED AD BOYCOTT CAMPAIGN, FACEBOOK REPORTED INCREASE IN PROFITS AND USERS Facebook reported that its quarterly profits nearly doubled and users grew despite a boycott by advertisers and the pandemic-induced economic turmoil.
Thursday, July 30, 2020
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