Iran FM: Holocaust cartoon festival not backed by government, nuclear deal could falter

Iran FM: Holocaust cartoon festival not backed by government, nuclear deal could falter

 

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 26 April 2016

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Canadian Jews mobilize to halt anti-Semitic French comedian’s planned Montreal performances

Jewish groups in Canada are up in arms over the controversial French comedian Dieudonné M’bala M’bala, who has multiple convictions for anti-Semitism and is scheduled to perform in Montreal in May.

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Iran FM: Holocaust cartoon festival not backed by government, nuclear deal could falter – The New Yorker

26 Apr 2016 In an interview last week, Zarif discussed various sticking points in relations between Washington and Tehran. The interview has been condensed and edited for clarity.  READ MORE »

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Two Jewish visitors beaten, ejected from Temple Mount for bowing in prayer – JTA

26 Apr 2016 A video of the incident posted on social media by a Palestinian news website shows dozens of Muslim worshippers punching police trying to protect the men, who are still on the ground. The police then push back.  READ MORE »

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Saudi general: ‘If Netanyahu accepts the Arab Peace Initiative, we’ll open an embassy in Israel’ – Jerusalem Post

26 Apr 2016 Anwar Eshki, a retired major-general in the Saudi army, said that Saudi Arabia would open an embassy in Israel if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepted the Arab Peace Initiative.   READ MORE »

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British lawmaker Naz Shah backed plan to ‘relocate Israelis to America’ – Jewish Chronicle

26 Apr 2016 A UK Labour Party MP claimed in 2014 that Israeli Jews should be “relocated” to America and posted an article which likened Zionism to a-Qaeda.   READ MORE »

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Rachel Sternheim: How my grandmother’s chutzpah helped Japan’s consul save thousands of Jews – Times of Israel

26 Apr 2016 The story of Chiune Sugihara, the Japanese consul in Lithuania who issued transit visas through Japan to thousands of Jews seeking to flee war-torn Europe, wasn’t widely known until 1985, but my father is a Sugihara survivor.  READ MORE »

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Why are these Cheerios different from all other Cheerios – and what does that have to do with Passover? – Mosaic

25 Apr 2016 Essentially, it is the same story that Ashkenazi Jewry embedded in its collective memory over 800 years ago, where for most observant Ashkenazim it remains active to this day.  READ MORE »

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U.S. cyberattacks target ISIS in a new line of combat – New York Times

25 Apr 2016 N.S.A.’s military counterpart, Cyber Command, was focused largely on Russia, China, Iran and North Korea — where cyberattacks on the United States most frequently originate — and had run virtually no operations against what has become the most dangerous terrorist organization in the world.  READ MORE »