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News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 12 February 2016
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12 Feb 2016 Dwindling community hopes to get a boost from yearlong calendar of events that includes U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a production of Shakespeare’s ‘The Merchant of Venice.’ READ MORE »
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12 Feb 2016 Senator Tom Cotton has offered a bill to permit products made on the West Bank and Gaza to be labeled “Made in Israel.” READ MORE »
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12 Feb 2016 Israel’s military commanders are rethinking their concept of border security as they watch the reality of what is happening on the other side changing in front of their eyes. READ MORE »
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12 Feb 2016 Denmark’s police force has now been with us for a full year of Jewish festivals and events. The police presence was a very public show of force, demonstrating that Denmark’s Jewish community was protected READ MORE »
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12 Feb 2016 Actress plays no-nonsense neurosurgeon ‘pre-screening’ her schmendrick suitors in less-than-romantic ‘YidLife Crisis’ episode. READ MORE »
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12 Feb 2016 Civil society leaders, including from the Jewish community in Germany, have launched an appeal whose aim is to promote «openness, solidarity, democracy and the rule of law in Germany and Europe.» READ MORE »
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12 Feb 2016 A Barcelona-based satirical magazine portrayed hook-nosed Israeli soldiers urinating on Palestinians and physically abusing Jesus. READ MORE »
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12 Feb 2016 Five years ago, Porto’s Jewish community was so strapped for cash it couldn’t afford to fix the deep cracks in its synagogue’s moldy ceiling or to hire a full-time rabbi. But last month the community showcased its stunning turnaround. READ MORE »
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12 Feb 2016 Despite criticism of the anti-Semitism on Twitter, Barr has been an avid user of the site herself. A fervent Zionist, Barr uses the site to promote her pro-Israel views. READ MORE »
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12 Feb 2016 Perhaps we can’t see what a big deal Sanders’ candidacy truly is because we’ve forgotten how much prejudice Jews encountered for most of our political history. READ MORE »
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12 Feb 2016 Secure in their monotheism, Jews may scoff, but some of the earliest texts on vampires were written in Hebrew by their coreligionists. READ MORE »
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11 Feb 2016 During a cabinet meeting last month on a proposed expansion to the non-Orthodox section of the Western Wall, Levin called Reform Judaism a “dying world” that has succumbed to assimilation. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned Levin’s statement. READ MORE »
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