WJC News Update – Protests against funeral of unrepentant Nazi killer Priebke
News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 17 October 2013
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World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder praised the refusal by authorities in Italy and Argentina, as well as in the Catholic Church, to bury the remains of Erich Priebke. |
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17 Oct 2013 The International Liason Committee, the official joint forum of the Vatican and the International Jewish Committee on Interreligious Consultations, met for the 22nd time since it was set up 40 years ago. READ MORE » |
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17 Oct 2013 Betty Ehrenberg, executive director of the World Jewish Congress – North America, has been elected the first woman chair of the International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations, the representative Jewish group that deals with other world religious bodies. READ MORE » |
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17 Oct 2013 The internet giant Amazon.com has now been revealed to sell Holocaust denial and white supremacist literature, including to countries where the sale of such material is illegal. READ MORE » |
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17 Oct 2013 An expansive new survey by an EU agency found that nearly a quarter of European Jews fear to openly identify as Jewish, including 50 percent of Swedish Jews, 40 percent of French Jews and 36 percent of Belgian Jews. READ MORE » |
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16 Oct 2013 Anti-Semitism and Malmö are words that frequently appear together. Jews are turning their back on the Swedish city. The Local’s Patrick Reilly donned a kippah for a day to find out what the situation is really like. READ MORE » |
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