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UNITED KINGDOM |
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London Jewish group helps protect local mosques
A north London Jewish security group has accepted a request for protection by a local mosque
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
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Britain remembers Kindertransport
Hundreds of Jewish pensioners gathered on Sunday to honour those who helped them escape Nazi persecution, on the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Kindertransport ? the rescue mission that saved their lives.
Monday, June 24, 2013
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BELGIUM |
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Court orders Antwerp school to enroll anti-Zionist’s children
A Belgian appeals court has ordered a school in Antwerp to enroll the children of Moshe Aryeh Friedman, a New York-born anti-Zionist activist who in 2006 attended a conference of Holocaust deniers organised by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad in Tehran.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
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FRANCE |
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National Front takes almost half the votes in French by-election
France’s far-Right National Front (FN) party came within a whisker of victory in a by-election in the south of the country on Sunday.
Monday, June 24, 2013
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Jewish family attacked in Paris suburb
A Jewish family from a suburb east of the capital was victim to to a sustained violent attack on June 18 by a group armed with iron bars and baseball bats and shouting Nazi insults.
Monday, June 24, 2013
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Deauville synagogue
A new synagogue has been inaugurated in the Normandy beach resort of Deauville in northern France.
Monday, June 24, 2013
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France remembers its kibbutz
A monument has been placed at the site of a Jewish kibbutz set up between 1933 and 1935 in a farm in central France.
Monday, June 24, 2013
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GREECE |
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Greek Jews praise Theodorakis stance on Holocaust denial
The Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece has welcomed statements by famous Greek composer, Mikis Theodorakis, which have strongly condemned Holocaust denial in the country.
Monday, June 24, 2013
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THE NETHERLANDS |
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Dutch court to rule on Anne Frank archive
A Dutch court may rule this week whether some of the letters of Anne Frank should stay in Amsterdam or be sent to Switzerland.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
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NEWS |
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GLOBAL NEWS |
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Report: Far-Right in European Parliament likely to increase in strength
A report for a British think tank suggests that far-Right and populist parties could make sweeping gains at the elections for the European parliament next year.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
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EU president slams French minister over extremism remarks
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has strongly defended himself after a French government minister accused him of being the motor behind gains for the far-Right National Front (FN) in France.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
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EU avoids anti-settlement statements in support of US peace initiative
EU ministers opted not to issue new statements on Israeli settlements on Monday or to indicate what steps they might consider in future, with Catherine Ashton, the EU’s foreign policy chief, limiting herself to saying that previous conclusions remained valid.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
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Pope says Christians cannot be anti-Semitic
Pope Francis told a Jewish delegation in Rome on Sunday that Christians could not be anti-Semitic.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
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Germany investigating US-based Nazi commander
German prosecutors have opened a formal preliminary investigation of a US-based man who was a commander of a Nazi-led unit during World War II, to determine whether there is enough evidence to bring charges and seek his extradition.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
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Argentinian rabbi could head party list
A Buenos Aires rabbi looks likely to head a main centre-Right list in elections for Argentine’s parliament.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
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Bulgaria presents new evidence on Hezbollah Burgas link
Bulgaria has presented new evidence to the European Union implicating Hezbollah in the July 2012 Burgas, bus bombing that killed five Israelis and a Bulgarian. The disclosure comes following a meeting convened at the request of Britain to decide whether the EU will blacklist the Iran-backed group:
Monday, June 24, 2013
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Hamas hangs two „collaborators”
HAMAS has hanged two men accused of collaborating with Israel, a statement from the interior ministry of the Islamist movement’s government in the Gaza Strip said.
Monday, June 24, 2013
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Israel slams UN torture allegations
Israel has sharply criticised a report by the United Nations body, the Committee on the Rights of Children, which claimed the country fails to prevent the torture and ill-treatment of children.
Monday, June 24, 2013
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US congressman flags anti-Semitic stereotypes on TV show
A suburban New York congressman who represents the area where the TV soap opera, Princesses: Long Island Bravo films its shows, says the series is „the most objectionable thing I’ve ever seen on television” and promotes stereotyping of Jews.
Monday, June 24, 2013
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Chinese city to renovate historic synagogue
The Harbin Municipal Government in China has announced its decision to reconstruct and renovate the city’s main Synagogue.
Monday, June 24, 2013
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Report: Wallenberg involved with anti-Nazi armed resistance
Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of Jews from Nazi-occupied Hungary, may also have had a secret military mission during World War II, a new book claims.
Monday, June 24, 2013
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Vatican says Palatucci detractors smearing former Pope
The Vatican newspaper said on Saturday a decision by scholars to brand a wartime Italian previously praised for saving Jews as a Nazi collaborator was part of an attempt to smear the Catholic Church during the papacy of Pope Pius XII.
Monday, June 24, 2013
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Jewish organizations slam article in Belgian newspaper over Prince Laurent visit to Israel
Two Jewish organizations slammed a report in Belgian daily newspaper Le Soir on this week’s private visit of Prince Laurent of Belgium to Israel which, they say, ”’is akin to a new demonization of the State of Israel.”
Monday, June 24, 2013
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EJC ISRAELI PRESS REVIEW |
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– Bus shot at in West Bank
– Israel on high alert for further rocket attacks
– Knesset holds stormy debate over Bedouin land bill
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
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– Israel responds to Gaza rocket fire
– New „Price Tag” attack in Jerusalem
– Chief Rabbi suspends himself over fraud allegations
Monday, June 24, 2013
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