WJC President Ronald Lauder: ‘American Jews are worried, it’s time to address the issue of anti-Semitism’

WJC President Ronald Lauder: ‘American Jews are worried, it’s time to address the issue of anti-Semitism’

 

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 21 February 2017

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Small blog c5jycmpwaaawhtc Lauder: ‘American Jews are worried, it’s time to address the issue of anti-Semitism’Ronald S. Lauder, the president of the World Jewish Congress, is calling on US authorities to analyze the recent spate of anti-Semitic attacks in America and take appropriate action to combat it.
Small blog bulgaru World Jewish Congress decries neo-Nazi march held in Sofia, Bulgaria despite municipal ban“On behalf of the Jewish community in Bulgaria, we welcome Mayor Fandakova’s ban this year on the rally, but are distressed that even that declaration of authority could not put a stop to such a display of hatred and anti-Semitism,” Singer said.
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Small blog trump Trump calls rising violence aimed at Jews ‘horrible and painful’ – Washington Post21 Feb 2017 Trump used a morning visit to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture to offer his condemnation, saying his tour “was a meaningful reminder of why we have to fight bigotry, intolerance and hatred in all of its very ugly forms.”  READ MORE »
Small blog cair Muslim civil rights group offers $5,000 reward for information on JCC bomb threats – JTA21 Feb 2017 The Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, made the offer Monday, hours after bomb threats were called in to 11 JCCs across the country, leading most of them to evacuate their buildings while police and FBI searched for explosives.  READ MORE »
Small blog uk UK university cancels Israel Apartheid Week event – Jewish Chronicle21 Feb 2017 A University of Central Lancashire spokesperson said: “The UK government has formally adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance alliance’s new definition of what constitutes antisemitism.  READ MORE »
Small blog jcc krakow Krakow JCC Poland receives grant to create pluralistic Jewish nursery school – JTA21 Feb 2017 JCC Krakow also received support of The Ronald S. Lauder Foundation to underwrite the annual security needs of Frajda. Lauder was the first philanthropist to commit serious resources to rebuilding Jewish life in Poland after 1990, including restoration efforts in the Kazimierz district and its seven historic synagogues, as well as numerous educational initiatives serving the Jewish population of Krakow.  READ MORE »
Small blog doc ‘Holocaust tourism’ laid bare in eye-opening documentary – JTA21 Feb 2017 Presented without commentary, the 90-minute black-and-white film is a series of long, lingering shots of tourists walking around Dachau and Sachsenhausen, a former concentration camp near Berlin.   READ MORE »
Small blog austria Austrian woman convicted under law that makes Holocaust denial illegal – JTA21 Feb 2017 The woman, 53, was given a suspended jail sentence and fined $1,280 by a court in the western Austrian city of Feldkirch on Friday, the Associated Press reported. READ MORE »
Small blog menorah Vatican and Rome’s Jewish museum team up for menorah exhibit – New York Times21 Feb 2017 n 70 AD the Romans destroyed Jerusalem, looted the temple of its treasure — including a seven-branched solid gold menorah — and brought at least some of the artifacts back to Rome in a triumphant procession.   READ MORE »
Small blog 170221 azaria case cr 0908 03 c2534f362601a168ae84965b35fc2a7f.nbcnews ux 2880 1000 Israeli soldier jailed for 18 months after killing Palestinian attacker – NBC News21 Feb 2017 An Israeli military court sentenced a soldier Tuesday to 18 months in prison for the deadly shooting of a Palestinian attacker who lay wounded on the ground, capping a nearly yearlong saga that has deeply divided the country.  READ MORE »