WJC – News Update
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Comunidad Judía
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24 Tammuz 5777 – 18 July, 2017
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News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 18 July 2017
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World Jewish Congress’ Latin American affiliate hosts parliamentarians from across the region for special meeting on terrorism ahead of commemoration marking 1994 bombing; Latin American Jewish Congress President Adrian Werthein: “We will not stop in our efforts to achieve justice.”
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Orban said that the security of the local Jewish community “will be fully guaranteed by the Hungarian state.” The prime minister’s remarks came on the heels of a wave of incidents that have left the Hungarian Jewish community feeling threatened by anti-Semitism.
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18 Jul 2017 UNESCO must adhere to its goals and encourage the shared and cooperative use of these sites and other such sites around the world, writes WJC Jewish Diplomat Jonathan Rabinovitch. READ MORE » |
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18 Jul 2017 “This shattering visit has reminded us of the horrendous murder of six million Jews, drawn from across the whole of Europe, who died in the abominable Holocaust,” the duke and duchess write in the guestbook at Stutthof. READ MORE »
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18 Jul 2017 In family’s first major interview, William Attal says he can ‘no longer stay silent’ over his sister’s brutal killing by a Muslim neighbor in April, fumes at police refusal to acknowledge it was an anti-Semitic crime. READ MORE » |
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18 Jul 2017 In the video translated by the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece (KIS), Father Kleomenis, an excommunicated Old Calendarist monk cursed Jews, denied the Holocaust and called on “patriotic organizations” to take a bulldozer to the monument, which he pelted with eggs. READ MORE »
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18 Jul 2017 Assyrian Christians from North America on trip to Israel discuss BDS, rebuilding after ISIS and shared history. READ MORE » |
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