World Jewish Congress – website news stories – 18 November 2011
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UK lottery cash funds Jew-hate jamboree – Jewish Chronicle, UK
18 Nov 2011 The Arts Council in England has defended funding of a concert by the author of what the Community Security Trust branded „quite probably the most anti-Semitic book published in this country in recent years” by saying that it helps to „present a diverse view of world society”. read more »
New program topples invisible walls between Arabs and Jews in Jerusalem – Haaretz, Israel
18 Nov 2011 Program aims to show the invisible wall between Jerusalem’s quarters did not always exist, and that differences are not as large as they seem. read more »
US House of Representatives weighs Holocaust bill that has divided Jewish community – JTA, USA
18 Nov 2011 The House Foreign Affairs Committee has heard testimony on a bill that would make it easier for claimants to make their case against Holocaust-era insurers in US courts and to press insurance companies to release lists of policies from that time. read more »
Polish effort to preserve Auschwitz coming to fruition – Jerusalem Post, Israel
18 Nov 2011 While the generation of the Holocaust may be dying out, interest in Auschwitz is growing. read more »
