News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 04 March 2013

WJC ANALYSIS – Turkey riding on the back of the tiger

Turkey would do well to preserve its glorious Muslim cultural heritage. To do so, it must abandon the Muslim Brotherhood’s ethos and disengage from the Middle Eastern morass by normalizing relations with Israel.

Argentina’s deal with Iran could carry political price – IPS

04 Mar 2013 Despite the government’s insistence that the purpose of the agreement struck with Iran is merely to investigate the AMIA bombing, Congress discussions focused on geopolitics and the Argentina’s position in the world. READ MORE »

German Jews urge government to act on ghetto laborers’ pensions – JTA

04 Mar 2013 The Central Council of Jews in Germany urged German authorities to step in on behalf of survivors of World War II ghettos who have not yet received a German pension for their work. READ MORE »

Hagel to meet Israel’s Barak at Pentagon – Israel Hayom

04 Mar 2013 US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will meet his Israeli counterpart Ehud Barak at the Pentagon on Tuesday for his first face-to-face visit with a foreign counterpart. READ MORE »

Netanyahu still without government as Peres grants extension

04 Mar 2013 Benjamin Netanyahu called for Israeli parties to unite hours after the prime minister was granted an extension by President Shimon Peres to form a new government. READ MORE »

Egyptian court acquits Jewish leader of fraud – Jerusalem Post

04 Mar 2013 Jewish community President Carmen Weinstein was exonerated of embezzlement after losing a trial that had sentenced her to three years in jail. READ MORE »

Diane von Furstenberg, fashion icon and Holocaust museum supporter – JTA

04 Mar 2013 The daughter of a Holocaust survivor, says she is „incredibly proud” of her involvement from the beginning with the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. READ MORE »

Anshel Pfeffer: Azerbaijan, the land of no anti-Semitism – Haaretz

04 Mar 2013 “There is no anti-Semitism here and there never has been.” This sentence was repeated to me over and over during my stay in Azerbaijan. READ MORE »