WJC News Update – World Jewish Congress Plenary Assembly to convene in Budapest on 5-7 May 2013

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 15 April 2013

Israel remembers its fallen soldiers and terror victims

Israelis have paid homage to the country’s more than 25,000 fallen soldiers and terror victims.

World Jewish Congress Plenary Assembly to convene in Budapest on 5-7 May 2013

15 Apr 2013 Hungarian PM Orban, German FM Westerwelle among keynote speakers, 500 representatives of Jewish communities expected read more »

Carmen Weinstein, who led the Jews of Cairo, dies at 82 – New York Times

15 Apr 2013 Carmen Weinstein, the leader of Cairo’s small Jewish community and the driving force behind the restoration of Maimonides’s yeshiva and other monuments of Egyptian Jewish history, has died. read more »

Interview: From Shimon Peres on Israel’s birthday, a very healthy dose of dissatisfaction – Times of Israel

15 Apr 2013 Three months after Israel turns 65, Israel’s president will turn 90. Doubtless his own longevity is a key contributor to the insistently positive world view he emphasizes here — for the Jews, for Israel, for the region, for humanity. read more »

German event with Iran envoy ‘legitimizes evil’ – Jerusalem Post

15 Apr 2013 German Christian academy provokes anger by inviting Iranian ambassador allegedly involved in massacre of Kurds. read more »

French Jewish student group files new complaint against Twitter

15 Apr 2013 The Union of Jewish Students of France stepped up its campaign against Twitter for hosting anti-Semitic content and accused the company of lying. read more »