EUROPEAN JEWISH CONGRESS- Newsletter 29 June 2021
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Comunidad Judía
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20 Tammuz 5781 – 30 June, 2021
| EJC CALLS ON POLAND TO PULL BACK FROM UNFAIR, UNJUST AND DISCRIMINATORY RESTITUTION LAW
The European Jewish Congress calls on Polish authorities to reject a proposed bill which would make it considerably more difficult for Jews to claim restitution on properties appropriated and stolen during the Holocaust era.
Monday, June 28, 2021 |
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| DOZENS OF GRAVESTONES VANDALISED AT JEWISH CEMETERY IN POLISH CITY
Almost 70 gravestones have been vandalised at the Jewish cemetery in the Polish city of Bielsko-Biała.
Tuesday, June 29, 2021 |
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| “POLAND WILL NOT PAY”: POLISH PM HITS BACK AT LAPID CRITICISM OF RESTITUTION LAW
Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki hit back at Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid’s claim that new Polish legislation, which would bar Holocaust restitution claims in Poland, was “immoral.”
Monday, June 28, 2021 |
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| REPORT FINDS RISE IN ANTISEMITIC INCIDENTS IN GERMANY
There were more antisemitic incidents in Germany in 2020 than 2019, new report says.
Tuesday, June 29, 2021 |
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| GERMANY EASES CITIZENSHIP RULES FOR NAZI VICTIMS’ DESCENDANTS
Germany passed legislation to naturalize some Nazi victims’ descendants who had previously been denied citizenship in what it called a symbolic step toward redressing past injustice.
Monday, June 28, 2021 |
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| CHRISTIAN, MUSLIM, JEWISH LEADERS AT MEMORIAL FOR GERMANY KNIFE ATTACK VICTIMS
The German city of Wuerzburg on Sunday held a memorial service for the victims of a brutal knife attack that left three women dead.
Monday, June 28, 2021 |
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| HUNGARY FIRST EU COUNTRY TO BOYCOTT THE DURBAN CONFERENCE
Hungary has become the first EU country to announce it will not attend this year’s UN event marking the 20th anniversary of the World Conference on Racism in Durban, which featured antisemitic messages.
Monday, June 28, 2021 |
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| OPENING CEREMONY OF IZMIR JEWISH HERITAGE PROJECT
The opening ceremony of the Izmir Jewish Heritage Project run by the Izmir Jewish Community Foundation and the Kentimiz Izmir (Our City Izmir) Association, took place on June 22nd.
Monday, June 28, 2021 |
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| DUTCH TO PROBE 3,000 NAZI-LOOTED ARTWORKS, RETURN THEM TO JEWISH HEIRS AND GROUPS
The Netherlands is to verify the origin of works of art stolen by the Nazis and hand over to the Jewish community objects that cannot be traced, the government said.
Monday, June 28, 2021 |
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| ON ANNIVERSARY OF IASI POGROM, VANDALS SMASH WINDOWS OF ORĂȘTIE SYNAGOGUE
The windows of the historic Synagogue of Orăștie in Transylvania were smashed by unidentified vandals.
Tuesday, June 29, 2021 |
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