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EJC IN ACTION |
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Jean Kahn z”l 1929 – 2013
The European Jewish Congress expresses its deep sorrow at the passing of Jean Kahn, a former EJC president and leading figure of French and European Jewry.
Monday, August 19, 2013
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UPDATES FROM OUR COMMUNITIES |
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SPAIN |
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Spanish town to mark areas of Jewish heritage
The Spanish municipality of Zamora is to physically identify places of Jewish historical interest, the daily La Opinión-El Correo de Zamora reported.
Monday, August 19, 2013
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UKRAINE |
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Historic wall paintings discovered in Ukrainian synagogue
Bible-themed paintings from the 19th century have been recently discovered at a former synagogue in the Jewish quarter of Chernivtsi in Ukraine in a building now used as a carpenter’s workshop.
Monday, August 19, 2013
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Huge feeding project in place for Uman pilgrims
A kitchen the size of a basketball court awaits some 25,000 chassidic pilgrims who are scheduled to spend the Rosh Hashana holiday in the Ukrainian town of Uman.
Monday, August 19, 2013
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UNITED KINGDOM |
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BBC won’t broadcast violist’s apartheid comment
The BBC will cut comments made by violinist Nigel Kennedy about „apartheid” in Israel when it broadcasts his concert, performed with Palestinian artists as part of the Proms musical festival, on British television channels next week.
Monday, August 19, 2013
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GERMANY |
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German-Jewish refugee aided capture of Auschwitz chief
A German-born Jewish refugee who served in the British Army during World War II has been unveiled as one of the leading investigators responsible for the capture of one of the worst Nazi criminals of the Holocaust.
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
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ITALY |
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Tour de France winner saved Jews in WWII
The Italian cyclist, Gino Bartali, who won the Tour de France twice, is set to recognised by Yad Vashem as a Righteous of the Nations.
Monday, August 19, 2013
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THE NETHERLANDS |
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Dutch town hands over cemetery to community
The town of Werkendam in the south of the Netherlands has signed over its ancient Jewish cemetery to the Dutch Jewish community.
Monday, August 19, 2013
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POLAND |
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Polish president backs Jewish community on Shechita rights
Poland’s president Bronislaw Komorowski has assured the country’s Jewish community of his support for Shechita rights.
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
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Polish professor rejects honour following anti-Semitic attacks
Polish-British philosopher Zygmunt Bauman has rejected an honorary doctorate from a Polish university because of anti-Semitic attacks against him on the Internet.
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
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Hidden Polish Jews embrace heritage
In order to save their children from the clutches of the Nazis and their Polish accomplices, many Jews in Poland handed over their young children to sympathetic Polish families during the Holocaust era. Many of those children survived physically, but not as Jews.
Monday, August 19, 2013
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SERBIA |
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Shopping mall to be built at former Nazi camp in Serbia
The site of a former Nazi concentration camp in Serbia where 6,000 Jews and 1,500 Roma were killed during WWII is set to be redeveloped as the largest shopping mall in the Balkans.
Monday, August 19, 2013
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NEWS |
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GLOBAL NEWS |
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Facebook removes anti-Semitic post
Facebook has removed an anti-Semitic post published in Australia that stated the „Jewish dream will burn in hell fire for living eternity”, and that claimed „God damned you Jews to hell”.
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
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Oldest US synagogue celebrates 250th anniversary
The famous letter was written in 1790, but Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan applied its message to her own family’s history.
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
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Schindler documents sold at auction
A collection of documents from Second World War industrialist Oskar Schindler, including a letter he signed that made the way for the rescue of more than 1,000 Jewish factory workers, has fetched more than $122,000 at an online auction.
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
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EU orders Slovakia to tear down anti-Roma wall
The European Commission has demanded that Slovak authorities tear down a 30-metre long wall erected in the small city of Kosice to keep out Roma, reports AFP.
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
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Merkel warns of far-right threat
Angela Merkel will travel to Dachau near the southern city of Munich on Tuesday, becoming the first German chancellor to visit the former camp.
Monday, August 19, 2013
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Israel extradites Bosnian Serb suspected of genocide
Israel has extradited a Bosnian Serb immigrant to Bosnia to face genocide charges over his alleged involvement in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, Israel’s Justice Ministry said.
Monday, August 19, 2013
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Yemenite Jewish families united in Israel
Two families of Jews originally from Yemen landed in Israel last week in a Jewish Agency operation.
Monday, August 19, 2013
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Israel retaliates after Syrian mortars hit Golan
Israeli forces have hit a target inside Syria that was the source of mortar fire into the Golan Heights.
Monday, August 19, 2013
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EJC ISRAELI PRESS REVIEW |
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– Livni wants Labour to join government
– Palestinian killed in clashes with IDF in Jenin
– Judges to undergo sensitivity training
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
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– Mass polio vaccination campaign launched across Israel
– Investigation opened after shepherd attacked near West Bank outpost
– Firefighter puts out blaze at own home
Monday, August 19, 2013
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