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UPDATES FROM OUR COMMUNITIES |
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SWEDEN |
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Swedish mayor Mats Green
A Swedish mayor working to stop anti-Israel propaganda from being sold at a municipal cultural center was assaulted.
Monday, April 15, 2013
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TURKEY |
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Al Qaeda targeted Istanbul synagogue
Turkish police have said that an al-Qaeda cell in the country intended to target a synagogue in Istanbul and the U.S. Embassy in Ankara as well as some well-known Turkish personalities.
Monday, April 15, 2013
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FRANCE |
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Corsica Jewish organisation wants island honoured
A Jewish organisation on the French island of Corsica is seeking to have the island recognised by Yad Vashem for its role in rejecting demands by the Vichy government to deport its Jews during WWII.
Monday, April 15, 2013
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GERMANY |
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German prosecutors investigating rabbi over minority circumcision rite
Berlin’s district attorney is investigating complaints about a circumcision in the German capital involving the controversial metzizah b’peh ritual.
Monday, April 15, 2013
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ITALY |
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Milan Jewish cemetery desecrated
Vandals over the weekend tore away Stars of David decorating some 13 tombstones in the Jewish section of Milan’s main cemetery.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
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PORTUGAL |
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Portugal grants citizenship to descendants of expelled Jews
Portugal has granted citizenship rights to the descendants of Sephardi Portuguese Jews who were expelled from the country more than five centuries ago.
Monday, April 15, 2013
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NEWS |
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GLOBAL NEWS |
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Australia honours Raoul Wallenberg
Australia has made Raoul Wallenberg the country’s first honorary citizen.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
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65 Facts you didn’t know about Israel
As Israel prepares to celebrate its 65th birthday, the London Jewish Chronicle comes up with a surprising fact about the Jewish state for each year of its existence.
Monday, April 15, 2013
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New York teacher suspended for Nazi project
A high school teacher who told students to pretend to be Nazis by writing a letter arguing why ?Jews are evil’ has been placed on leave.
Monday, April 15, 2013
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Jordanian MP’s call for release of Naharayim murderer
A group of more than 100 Jordanian MP’s has endorsed a petition for the release of a Jordanian soldier who murdered seven Israeli schoolgirls.
Monday, April 15, 2013
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Ritual bath discovered from Second Temple period
A rare mikveh, a Jewish ritual bath, from the late Second Temple period has been discovered in Jerusalem.
Monday, April 15, 2013
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Canadian Orthodox synagogue appoints first female clergy
A Canadian synagogue is to become the first of its kind to appoint a woman to its rabbinical staff.
Monday, April 15, 2013
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New York man arrested for hate crime
A man accused of burning mezuzot in New York has been arrested on hate crime charges.
Monday, April 15, 2013
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Egyptian Jewish leader dies
Carmen Weinstein, president of the Egyptian Jewish Community Council, passed away Saturday at the age of 82 after suffering numerous health problems, according to Bassatine News, a newsletter for the Egyptian Jewish community.
Monday, April 15, 2013
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EJC ISRAELI PRESS REVIEW |
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– Israel celebrates Independence Day
– Peres: No regrets on Oslo
– Cyclist killed in West Bank hit and run
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
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– Israel marks Remembrance Day
– New Hareidi draft law only weeks away
– Israel’s population passes eight million
Monday, April 15, 2013
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