UNESCO chief Irina Bokova praises Israeli educational initiative in favor of hospitalized children News updates from the World Jewish Congress website - 14 April 2016 UNESCO chief Irina Bokova praises Israeli educational initiative in favor of hospitalized children Education Without Borders: World Jewish Congress, Israeli mission present photo exhibition at UNESCO in Paris In Ukraine, a Jewish wunderkind becomes prime minister - JTA 14 Apr 2016 Vlodymir Groysman’s Jewishness is not very unusual, even for a mayor and senior politician in Ukraine, where 360,000 Jews live. But his openness about it was not customary in a country where anti-Semitism and decades of Communist repression once made it undesirable for politicians to be seen as too Jewish, said the local rabbi, Shaul Horowitz. READ MORE » World Jewish Congress hosts debut of Kamp! Songs and Satire From Theresienstadt 14 Apr 2016 The album is a reconstruction of songs and cabaret acts all written by Jewish artists imprisoned in the concentration camp during World War II. READ MORE » Israeli envoy hopes new UN Secretary General will be 'fair and balanced' - Jerusalem Post 14 Apr 2016 Danny Danon says supporting a specific candidate to replace Ban Ki Moon as UN Secretary General, but will not disclose which one, he told The Jerusalem Post in an interview this week. READ MORE » Ax-wielding Palestinian attacks soldier in West Bank, is shot dead - Times of Israel 14 Apr 2016 In separate incident, two 12-year-old Palestinian kids arrested with knives in Jerusalem, are suspected of planning an attack. READ MORE » Polish police grill Princeton historian over claims of Poland's Holocaust complicity - JTA 14 Apr 2016 The crime of publicly insulting the Polish nation is punishable by up to three years in prison. Jan Gross has not been charged with a crime. READ MORE » Israel’s ambassador to Hungary blasts mainstream daily’s anti-Semitic columns - JTA 14 Apr 2016 Ilan Mor’s April 4 letter to Peter Petan, editor-in-chief of Magyar Hirlap, were about articles by Zsolt Bayer, a co-founder of the ruling Fidesz party, that “openly advocate anti-Semitic sentiments and incite against the Jewish People and the State of Israel,” the Jewish weekly Szombat reported Monday after obtaining a copy of the letter. READ MORE »