|
|
World Jewish Congress: Closer cooperation with ChinaThe two most senior professionals of the World Jewish Congress held a series of meetings in Beijing last week with Chinese officials aimed at strengthening Sino-Judeo relations. |
 |
WJC president highlights key role of canonized popes in bringing Catholics, Jews closer togetherRonald Lauder: “If today Jews and Catholics live in a framework of fraternity, friendship and cooperation, following two milllennia of tensions and confrontation, it is to a large extent due to the impulse Popes John XXIII and John Paul II gave.” |
 |
Hungary statue plans scorned at Holocaust memorial march – Associated Press28 Apr 2014 Speakers at an event commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Holocaust in Hungary called for dialogue with the government but condemned plans for a disputed memorial to Nazi Germany’s 1944 occupation. READ MORE » |
 |
Mahmoud Abbas strongly denounces Holocaust28 Apr 2014 Ahead of Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called the Shoah „the most heinous crime” in modern history. READ MORE » |
 |
Netanyahu: Abbas’ comments meant to appease West – Israel Hayom28 Apr 2014 Benjamin Netanyahu calls Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ condemnation of the Holocaust insincere in light of his partnership with Hamas. READ MORE » |
 |
Jewish life in Europe becoming unsustainable due to growing anti-Semitism, says Jewish leader28 Apr 2014 Anti-Semitism continues to rise in Europe amid a surge in popularity of extremist parties in the region, according to a new study by the Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry at Tel Aviv University. READ MORE » |
