Greece cuts state funding for Golden Dawn

WJC News Update – Greece cuts state funding for Golden Dawn

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 23 October 2013

WJC: Qatar must restore Israeli flag or be disqualified from hosting future sporting events

Ronald Lauder: “If Doha won’t guarantee the participation of athletes from all countries, it has forfeited its right to host the FIFA 2022 World Cup in soccer.”

World Jewish Congress leadership condemns Islamist terror attack in Russia

At the initiative of the Russian Jewish Congress, the WJC Executive Committee issued a strong condemnation of the deadly terror attack on a bus in the Russian city of Volgograd on Monday.

Greece cuts state funding for extremist party

23 Oct 2013 The Greek parliament has voted to halt state funding to the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party whose leaders are under criminal investigation.  READ MORE »

Young Turkish Jews emigrating due to anti-Semitism, tensions with Israel – Haaretz

23 Oct 2013 A senior member of the Turkish Jewish community in Israel says young people feel targeted by the Turkish government and bothered by the experience of being „othered”.  READ MORE »

Anglican vicar admits offending Jews over web posts – Jewish Chronicle

23 Oct 2013 An Anglican vicar in the UK has said he regrets posting website links which promoted Holocaust denial and Zionist conspiracy theories.  READ MORE »