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EJC IN ACTION |
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Malmo : Lots of hate crimes, no prosecutions
Sweden has excellent legislation in place to combat hate crime.
Why is its criminal justice system not protecting the victims?
Tuesday, January 08, 2013
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UPDATES FROM OUR COMMUNITIES |
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SWEDEN |
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Sweden honours Wallenberg with annual commemoration
Sweden is to honour Raoul Wallenberg, who saved thousands of Jews in Hungary in WWII, with an annual day of commemoration.
Monday, January 07, 2013
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TURKEY |
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New head of Turkish Jewish community
Isaac Ibrahimzadeh has been elected elected as the new president of the Turkish Jewish Community.
Tuesday, January 08, 2013
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UKRAINE |
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Kiev to open new Jewish community center
The Reform movement is to open a new center in the heart of the city’s traditionally Jewish Podol district.
Tuesday, January 08, 2013
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FRANCE |
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Anti-Semitic trends on French Twitter
An anti-Semitic trending topic was widely spread among took up Twitter messages in France throughout the weekend.
Monday, January 07, 2013
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GERMANY |
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Historic Munich synagogue to be renovated
The Munich synagogue, which served the Bavarian community throughout the post-War period until the construction of the modern building in 2006 in the city centre, is to undergo major renovation works.
Tuesday, January 08, 2013
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HUNGARY |
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Hungarian town fails to stop Horthy park
Voters in a town near Budapest have failed in a bid to stop their local park being named after the country’s wartime leader and Hitler ally.
Monday, January 07, 2013
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THE NETHERLANDS |
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EU Commission President visits Amsterdam synagogue
The President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso visited the historic Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam on Monday.
Wednesday, January 09, 2013
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POLAND |
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Poland investigates use of Majdanek ashes
A Polish court has opened an investigation into the suspected use of Holocaust ashes by a Swedish artist.
Wednesday, January 09, 2013
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
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New synagogue to open in Chechnya
A new house of worship is to be opened in Grozny in the Russian Caucasus on the site of the city’s former synagogue.
Wednesday, January 09, 2013
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NEWS |
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GLOBAL NEWS |
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Iranian TV blames Zionists for Holocaust
Iran’s official English-language broadcaster, Press TV, has published a diatribe attacking „Zionists” as responsible for the atrocities carried out against the Jews of Europe during the Holocaust.
Wednesday, January 09, 2013
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Marine Le Pen backing Assad
The leader of France’s far-right Front National party has given a public interview on Syrian TV criticising western governments for their interference in internal Syrian affairs.
Wednesday, January 09, 2013
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FIFA sanctions Bulgaria, Hungary for racism, anti-Semitism
The governing body of international football, FIFA, has fined the Bulgarian and Hungarian football associations around $40,000 each and ordered them to
Wednesday, January 09, 2013
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Iran welcomes Assad „peace plan”
Iran has strongly backed Syrian President Bashir Assad saying the latter should not step down despite the escalating civil war in the country.
Tuesday, January 08, 2013
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Vatican rejects radicals attack on Jews
The Vatican has condemned comments against Jews by a radical Catholic group which is seeking to be readmitted into the church.
Tuesday, January 08, 2013
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UEFA charges club over anti-Semitic fans
European football’s governing body UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against the Italian club Lazio following the anti-Semitic behaviour of its fans during a recent game against the London club, Tottenham Hotspur.
Tuesday, January 08, 2013
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Fayad: Arab states responsible for PA crisis
Salam Fayad, Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority has said that Arab states withholding funding are responsible for the levels of poverty in the West Bank.
Monday, January 07, 2013
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Catholic sect: Jews are enemies of the church
The head of a radical Catholic group which is seeking re-entry into the church after being dismissed for opposing the reforms of Vatican II, has attacked Jews as „enemies of the church”.
Monday, January 07, 2013
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Belgian far-Right becoming persona grata
Belgium’s far-Right Flemish nationalist and anti-immigrant party, the Vlaams Belang, has gained a number of positions on local councils and police boards in recent days, after a longstanding informal pact between mainstream groups to exclude them appears to have broken down.
Monday, January 07, 2013
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EJC ISRAELI PRESS REVIEW |
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– Israel concerned by Syrian chemical weapons
– Army and navy help flood victims
– Netanyahu could accept centrist coalition
Wednesday, January 09, 2013
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– Significant rise in terror attacks in West Bank
– Israel: Palestinian name change „pointless”
– Torrential rains cause flooding
Tuesday, January 08, 2013
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– Netanyahu: Fence needed for Syrian border
– Peres urges young Israelis to vote
– Parties unite in call for Pollard’s release
Monday, January 07, 2013
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