European Jewish Congress- Newsletter 9 April 2021
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Comunidad Judía
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1 Iyyar 5781 – 13 April, 2021
| EURONEWS: COVID-19 HAS FORCED ANTISEMITIC HATRED ONLINE, RESEARCHERS SAY
Coronavirus lockdowns shifted some antisemitic hatred online, where conspiracy theories blaming Jews for the pandemic’s medical and economic devastation abounded, researchers said at the release of the report on Antisemitism Worldwide 2020 by the Tel Aviv University’s Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry.
Wednesday, April 7, 2021 |
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| AP: REPORT: PANDEMIC AMPED UP ANTISEMITISM, FORCED IT ONLINE
“Anti-Jewish hatred online never stays online,” said Moshe Kantor, President of the European Jewish Congress. “We have to be prepared that antisemitic conspiracy theories could lead to physical attacks on Jews when lockdowns end.”
Wednesday, April 7, 2021 |
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| CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN FAILS TO DISCIPLINE PROFESSOR OVER RITUAL MURDER CLAIM
The Catholic University of Lublin (KUL) failed to take disciplinary action against a priest-professor who claimed that Jews have carried out ritual murder against Christians, on the grounds that this is “part of a still unsettled academic discussion.”
Friday, April 9, 2021 |
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| THOUSANDS TUNE IN TO UK YOM HASHOAH COMMEMORATION
The UK’s annual Yom HaShoah commemorations moved online for a second consecutive year, with thousands tuning in to honour the memory and pledging never to forget.
Thursday, April 8, 2021 |
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| PEARS FOUNDATION REMOVES NAME FROM BIRKBECK ANTISEMITISM INSTITUTE
A statement from the charitable trust confirmed that the Pears Institute for the Study of Antisemitism will no longer bear the Foundation’s name – although it will continue to be one of its funders.
Thursday, April 8, 2021 |
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| SYMBOLIC COMMEMORATION OF HOLOCAUST VICTIMS AT PONAR ON YOM HASHOAH
A symbolic ceremony to honour victims of the Holocaust will take place at noon on Yom HaShoah at the Ponar Memorial Complex outside Vilnius.
Wednesday, April 7, 2021 |
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| SECOND ATTACK ON JEWISH RESIDENT OF DJERBA IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS
A Jewish woman in her twenties was strangled and assaulted by two men, near her home on the island of Djerba in Tunisia.
Thursday, April 8, 2021 |
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| TURKISH JEWISH YOUTH CREATE AN ONLINE MUSEUM TO COMMEMORATE HOLOCAUST VICTIMS
“Alef Youth”, one of the youth clubs of the Turkish Jewish community, created, ahead of Yom HaShoah, an online museum to increase awareness on the Holocaust.
Friday, April 9, 2021 |
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| HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO SPREAD KNOWLEDGE
Holocaust survivors took to social media to share their experience of how hate speech paved the way for mass murder, as part of the #ItStartedWithWords campaign by the Claims Conference.
Thursday, April 8, 2021 |
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| OVER 350 ACADEMICS SIGN LETTER SUPPORTING THE IHRA DEFINITION
Over 350 leading academics and intellectuals from around the world have signed an open letter, supporting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism.
Thursday, April 8, 2021 |
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