European Jewish Congress- Newsletter 29 July 2021
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Comunidad Judía
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21 Av 5781 – 30 July, 2021
| THE JERUSALEM POST : “POLISH LAW PREVENTING RESTITUTION OF JEWISH PROPERTY PASSES IN SENATE”
“This is not just another law, it is legalized theft, and the language is written in such a way that it implicitly seeks to single out Jews as undeserving of retrieving what was stolen from them,” said EJC President Moshe Kantor.
Monday, July 26, 2021 |
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| GERMANY WILL BOYCOTT THE DURBAN IV CONFERENCE
Berlin announced it will not attend the UN event known as the Durban conference, which has a history of antisemitism and Holocaust denial.
Thursday, July 29, 2021 |
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| UNESCO LISTS GERMAN JEWISH MEDIEVAL SITES AS WORLD HERITAGE
The German cities of Mainz, Speyer and Worms in Rhineland-Palatinate are considered to be the cradle of the Central European Jewish community since the Middle Ages.
Thursday, July 29, 2021 |
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| WESTMINSTER HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL IS APPROVED
Plans for a national Holocaust memorial to be built next to Parliament have been approved by Housing Minister Christopher Pincher.
Thursday, July 29, 2021 |
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| HISTORIC 19TH CENTURY SHUL IS HOME FOR NEW SCOTTISH JEWISH HERITAGE CENTRE
A historic 19th century listed shul is the home for a new Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre which opened this week.
Thursday, July 29, 2021 |
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| DUTCH SOCCER PLAYER STEVEN BERGHUIS TARGETED BY LURID ANTISEMITIC MURAL AFTER SIGNING FOR CLUB AJAX
A top Dutch soccer player who announced that he had signed for a top-flight team associated by some fans with the Jewish community has been targeted by a lurid, Nazi-style wall mural.
Thursday, July 29, 2021 |
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| LILIANA SEGRE BLASTS VACCINE-SHOAH COMPARISONS
Italian Holocaust survivor and Senator-for-life Liliana Segre has blasted people making comparisons between COVID-19 vaccinations to the persecution of Jews by the Nazis.
Tuesday, July 27, 2021 |
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| SWISS JEWS BAFFLED BY PRESS COUNCIL RULING ON BDS
The Swiss Federation of Jewish communities, the country’s EJC affiliate has criticised the stance of the Swiss Press Council towards the BDS movement.
Wednesday, July 28, 2021 |
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| IN BUDAPEST, VOLUNTEERS WORK TO RESTORE ONE OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST JEWISH CEMETERIES
Volunteers from Israel, the U.S., Canada, and Belarus are part of an international team that is cleaning up one of the world’s largest Jewish cemeteries.
Wednesday, July 28, 2021 |
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| AFTER SWASTIKA CARVED AT STATE DEPARTMENT, BIDEN VOWS NO PLACE FOR ANTISEMITISM
U.S. President Joe Biden said, following the discovery of a swastika carved in the U.S. State Department building, that there was no place for antisemitism in his administration.
Wednesday, July 28, 2021 |
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| ISRAELI AIRLINES START DIRECT FLIGHTS TO MOROCCO AFTER IMPROVED TIES
Two Israeli carriers launched nonstop commercial flights to Marrakesh from Tel Aviv following the upgrading of diplomatic relations between Morocco and Israel.
Monday, July 26, 2021 |
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