.WJC News Update – WJC President Lauder congratulates Chancellor Merkel on German election victory

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 25 September 2017

WJC President Lauder congratulates Chancellor Merkel on German election victoryWJC President: ‘Merkel is a true friend of Israel and the Jewish people’; Lauder decries ‘disgraceful’ reactionary AfD party which he says ‘recalls the worst of Germany’s past.’

Killing of Paris Jewish woman was anti-Semitic hate crime, prosecutors acknowledge – JTA25 Sep 2017 The characterization by prosecutors Wednesday in the death of Sarah Halimi followed months of lobbying and protest by French Jews, who were outraged by the absence of aggravated circumstances in the indictment against Traore Kobili. READ MORE »

Facebook CEO Sheryl Sandberg defends targeted ads in face of ‘Jew hater’ controversy – JTA25 Sep 2017 Sandberg also announced in the message posted on Facebook last week that the company is strengthening its policies and tools on targeted ads. READ MORE »

British Board of Deputies expresses solidarity with mosque after stabbing attack25 Sep 2017 BoD Public Affairs Director Phil Rosenberg wrote to say that Dr Nasser Kurdy “and the whole community are in our thoughts and prayers. These terrorists may wish to sow division, but they only succeed in bringing us closer together.” READ MORE »

As Iraqi Jewish voices die out, a project seeks to preserve their rich history – Times of Israel25 Sep 2017 A handful of scholars are creating a multimedia resource to give Mizrahi Jews the same platforms to tell their stories as Ashkenazim who suffered in the Holocaust. READ MORE »

Body of rabbi pulled from rubble of Mexico earthquake25 Sep 2017 The Israeli emergency organization announced that it had recovered the body of Rabbi Haim Ashkenazi, rabbi of the Kehillat Magen David synagogue, from the rubble of an office building in Mexico City. READ MORE »

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