WJC News Update – Diary of Hitler aide resurfaces in United States

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 11 June 2013

Diary of Hitler aide resurfaces in United States

he long lost diary of Alfred Rosenberg, a crony of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler who helped exterminate millions of Jews during World War II, has surfaced in an upstate New York home.

Poll: 7.1 percent of Israeli Jews define themselves as Reform or Conservative – Haaretz

11 Jun 2013 Israeli Supreme Court to hear petition by Reform and Conservative Jews seeking state recognition of their movements. READ MORE »

Lieberman: Europe has capitulated to terrorism – Times of Israel

11 Jun 2013 The European Union’s decision to leave Hezbollah off its terror list was “a capitulation to terrorism,” Avigdor Liberman said in a letter to EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. READ MORE »

EU slams Falk’s Israel report as biased at UN Human Rights Council

11 Jun 2013 The European Union took a strong stand against United Nations Human Rights Council special rapporteur Richard Falk, denouncing as inaccurate and biased a report against Israel which he delivered to the body. READ MORE »

Border clashes may make it hard for Israel to steer clear of Syria conflict – JTA

11 Jun 2013 With a recent string of victories by forces loyal to Assad and the crumbling of the UN peacekeeping force on the Golan, staying out of the Syrian conflict is becoming considerably harder. READ MORE »

‘Attacks on Montreal Jewish targets not anti-Semitic’ – JTA

11 Jun 2013 Montreal’s Jewish federation said there was no evidence that firebomb attacks on two kosher restaurants and a private home in a heavily Jewish suburb over three days were of an anti-Semitic nature. READ MORE »