European Jewish Congress- Newsletter 25-27 March 2020
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NEWS FROM COMMUNITIES
UNITED KINGDOM 
BOARD OF DEPUTIES PRESIDENT: «OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO ALL WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES» Board of Deputies President Marie van der Zyl has responded to the latest figures showing that at least 20 members of the Jewish community have died after contracting the COVID-19 virus.
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Read moreCORONAVIRUS: LONDON BETH DIN PERMITS NOT KOSHER FOR PASSOVER FOOD The Kashrut Division of the London Beth Din has developed a list, titled “Product guidelines in extremis,” from an array of basic goods to help quarantined families and those who are struggling financially due to the coronavirus.
Thursday, March 26, 2020
Read moreITALY ITALIAN JEWISH COMMUNITIES MOBILISE FUNDS TO COMBAT CORONAVIRUS CRISIS The Union of Italian Jewish Communities (UCEI) will allocate a part of its ‘Eight Per Thousand’ funds and will make all possible dedicated fundraising efforts to support the fight against the coronavirus.
Thursday, March 26, 2020
Read moreGERMANY ANTISEMITISM COMMISSIONER WARNS AGAINST CONSPIRACY THEORIES DURING CORONAVIRUS CRISIS The German Federal Commissioner for Jewish Life and the Fight against Antisemitism, Dr. Felix Klein, has warned against the mass circulation of antisemitic conspiracy theories in connection with the spreading of the coronavirus.
Thursday, March 26, 2020
Read morePORTUGAL PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT MOVES FORWARD WITH HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE PROGRAMME The Portuguese government has created a working group to create a programme for the promotion of the memory of the Holocaust.
Friday, March 27, 2020
Read moreNEWS & VIEWS
NATAN SHARANSKY GIVES TIPS FOR QUARANTINE Natan Sharansky, the former prisoner of conscience, member of the Knesset and head of the Jewish Agency who spent nine years in solitary confinement in the Soviet Union due to his Zionist activity, has five tips for quarantine in a new video published by the Jewish Agency.
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Read moreGANTZ VOTED IN AS KNESSET SPEAKER, PAVING WAY FOR ‘EMERGENCY’ UNITY GOVERNMENT Benny Gantz was voted in as Knesset speaker, paving the way for an “emergency” unity government with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as Israel’s government works to mitigate the coronavirus crisis.
Thursday, March 26, 2020
Read moreLIFE IN ISRAEL
HEARTENING PHOTO SHOWS JEWISH AND MUSLIM EMERGENCY RESPONDERS TAKING JOINT PRAYER BREAK A heartening photo emerged in Israel on social media of two emergency responders — a Jew and a Muslim — standing alongside their ambulance vehicle and praying in their respective traditions.
Thursday, March 26, 2020
Read morePASSOVER SEDER CAN BE HELD VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE, SAY SEPHARDIC ORTHODOX RABBIS In what may be one of the boldest rulings issued on technology in recent years, Sephardic Orthodox rabbis in Israel have declared that families may conduct their shared Seder over videoconference.
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
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