EJC Bi-Weekly Newsletter 04-05 January

EJC Bi-Weekly Newsletter 04-05 January

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Newsletter
04-05 January 2018
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NEWS AND VIEWS
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NOVELIST AHARON APPELFELD, CHRONICLER OF THE HOLOCAUST, DIES AT 85

Celebrated novelist, short-story writer and Israel Prize laureate Aharon Appelfeld died on Thursday in hospital in Israel. He was 85.

Friday, January 5, 2018

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ADL: 67% INCREASE IN ANTISEMITIC ATTACKS IN US IN 2017

Data originally released in November by the Anti Defamation League (ADL) showed that there was a 67% increase in antisemitic incidents across the US from January 1 to September 30, 2017, in comparison with the same period in 2016.

Thursday, January 4, 2018

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REMEMBERING ELIAS KATZ, FINNISH OLYMPIC CHAMPION

The Finnish runner Elias Katz, who won Olympic gold in Paris in 1924 was killed in Gaza by a sniper 70 years ago.

Thursday, January 4, 2018

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NEWS FROM COMMUNITIES
FRANCE
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FRENCH JEWS PROTEST RE-PRINT OF CÉLINE ESSAYS FROM HOLOCAUST ERA

The CRIF, together with Serge Klarsfeld, has protested a publisher’s plan to print antisemitic essays by the author Louis-Ferdinand Destouches, also known as Céline.

Thursday, January 4, 2018

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FRENCH TAX AUTHORITY DENIES ACCUSATION IT TARGETTED JEWS

The French tax authority denied an Israeli business daily’s claim that it has a unit dedicated to targeting Jews.

Thursday, January 4, 2018

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THE NETHERLANDS
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DUTCH HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR ORDERED TO PAY TAXES ON FORCED LABOUR PENSION

The Dutch tax authority is seeking payment from an 86-year-old Holocaust survivor for a pension stipend that she is receiving from Germany for her employment as a child in forced labour.

Friday, January 5, 2018

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COURT AGAIN SUSPENDS SPANISH CITY’S ANTI-ISRAEL BOYCOTT

A district court in Oviedo, Spain has suspended a city council’s discriminatory boycott of Israeli products.

Friday, January 5, 2018

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