WJC News Update – NY students launch petition against recruitment of anti-Semitic fashion designer

2013. április 29 18:49

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 29 April 2013

Raoul Wallenberg Association chair accosted by extremists at Budapest soccer match

In Hungary, the head of the local Raoul Wallenberg Association became a victim of anti-Semitic abuse and his nose was broken by thugs.

NY students launch petition against Galliano recruitment

29 Apr 2013 Students at Parsons New School for Design in New York are protesting against the hiring of the former Christian Dior designer who made headlines in 2011 with anti-Semitic outbursts. READ MORE »

Netanyahu: Iran has not reached ‘red line’ in its nuclear program – Jerusalem Post

29 Apr 2013 Iran’s nuclear program has yet to reach the „red line” Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu set last year at the United Nations General Assembly, he said on Monday. READ MORE »

Survivors, veterans gather for DC Holocaust Museum’s 20th – Associated Press

29 Apr 2013 Elderly survivors of the Holocaust and the veterans who helped liberate them are gathering for what could be their last big reunion at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum.  READ MORE »

UK politician denies suggesting that ‘Zionists sacrificed their own’ in Shoah

26 Apr 2013 An election candidate of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) was suspended for allegedly claiming that Jews murdered each other in the Holocaust in order to create the State of Israel. READ MORE »