WJC News Update – World Jewish Congress head condemns Israeli lawmaker for Kerry remarks

WJC News Update – World Jewish Congress head condemns Israeli lawmaker for Kerry remarks

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 04 February 2014

World Jewish Congress head condemns Israeli lawmaker for Kerry remarks

Ronald S. Lauder has called MK Moti Yogev’s charge that John Kerry is anti-Semitic „inappropriate and inflammatory” and urged the Knesset member to apologize.

Anti-Semitic French comic Dieudonné banned from entering Britain

Dieudonne M’bala M’bala planned to would visit London to support his friend Nicolas Anelka, but the UK Home Office banned him from doing so.

Greece’s Golden Dawn to form new party if banned from polls – The Guardian

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Iranian Jewish scholar breaks stereotypes while studying them – Times of Israel

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Liran Kapoano: The turning point? Scarlett Johansson’s stand against bullying goes viral – Times of Israel

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