EUROPEAN JEWISH CONGRESS- Newsletter 8 July 2021
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Comunidad Judía
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29 Tammuz 5781 – 9 July, 2021
| THE NETHERLANDS WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN DURBAN IV CONFERENCE
The Netherlands will join the US, UK, Canada, Hungary and Australia in boycotting the UN event marking the 20th anniversary of the World Conference on Racism in Durban, which featured antisemitic messages, Foreign Minister said.
Thursday, July 8, 2021 |
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| BULGARIAN FAR-RIGHT CANDIDATE DENIES HOLOCAUST, PRAISES HITLER, NAZIS
Ultra-nationalist Bulgarian politician Miroslav Ivanov was condemned by Shalom, the Jewish umbrella organisation in Bulgaria and EJC affiliate, for a television interview denying the Holocaust and praising Adolf Hitler.
Tuesday, July 6, 2021 |
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| UK GOVERNMENT PLEDGES TO HELP SAFEGUARD NORTHERN IRELAND KOSHER MEAT SUPPLY
The government has pledged to help safeguard kosher meat supplies to Northern Ireland’s small Jewish community amid post-Brexit shortage fears.
Wednesday, July 7, 2021 |
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| JEWS ON WAY TO SHUL TARGETED BY ASSAILANT SHOUTING ABOUT “HITLER AND NAZIS”
Two Orthodox Jewish men were targeted in Stamford Hill by a man shouting about Nazis and Hitler.
Wednesday, July 7, 2021 |
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| FRENCH COURT ORDERS TWITTER TO REVEAL EFFORTS TO STOP HATE SPEECH
A French court ordered Twitter to give activists full access to all of its documents relating to its efforts to fight racism, sexism and other forms of hate speech on the social network.
Thursday, July 8, 2021 |
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| SWASTIKAS WERE SPRAYED WITH A BLOWTORCH ON AN AUSCHWITZ MEMORIAL IN GRENOBLE
Swastikas, probably sprayed with a blowtorch, were found on a memorial to Auschwitz victims in Grenoble (Isère).
Thursday, July 8, 2021 |
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| ANTISEMITIC GRAFFITI ON A HOUSE IN WESTERN GERMANY
Three large Stars of David and the German word for “Jew” were spray-painted on a home in Wemmetsweiler.
Monday, July 5, 2021 |
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| MOTHER AND DAUGHTER RUN RADIO SHOW ON SEPHARDIC CULTURE FROM MADRID
“Emisión Sefarad” is a weekly radio show in Spain broadcast in Ladino, produced by mother-daughter duo Matilde Gini de Barnatán and Viviana Rajel Barnatán, and showcases Ladino’s rich history.
Tuesday, July 6, 2021 |
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| JEWISH GENOCIDE MEMORIAL DAY MARKED IN LATVIA
State President Egils Levits attended a remembrance event at the site of the former Rīga Great Choral Synagogue, which was burned to the ground with people inside it in one of the most horrific episodes of the WWII in Latvia.
Tuesday, July 6, 2021 |
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| ISAAC HERZOG OFFICIALLY SWORN IN AS ISRAEL’S 11TH PRESIDENT
Isaac Herzog has been sworn in as Israel’s eleventh president. A shofar was blown amid a traditional call of “long live the president.”
Wednesday, July 7, 2021 |
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