WJC News Update – Search for Shoah survivor’s lost twin brother given new boost as WJC Facebook post reaches 17 million people

2014. április 30 17:29

WJC News Update – Search for Shoah survivor’s lost twin brother given new boost as WJC Facebook post reaches 17 million people

 

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 30 April 2014

Search for Shoah survivor’s lost twin brother given new boost as WJC Facebook post reaches 17 million

An Auschwitz survivor’s quest to find his twin brother he last saw in 1945 through Facebook has received an unexpected boost more than a year after it was launched.

WJC leader addresses UN forum on learning about the Holocaust through the arts

Speaking before a packed audience at the United Nations Monday night, World Jewish Congress CEO Robert Singer noted the importance of the arts to the persecuted Jews in Nazi Europe.

Apartment complex housing students vandalized with swastikas in Florida – JTA

30 Apr 2014 An apartment complex near the University of Central Florida in Orlando that is home to several Jewish students was vandalized with swastikas.  READ MORE »

Cobblestones to remember murdered Jews multiply in Berlin – Reuters

30 Apr 2014 The blocks read: „Here lived Dr. Erich Blumenthal, born 1883, deported29.11.1942, murdered in Auschwitz. Here lived Helene Blumenthal, born 1888, deported29.11.1942, murdered in Auschwitz.” READ MORE »

Israeli ministry looking to allow Jewish prayer on Temple Mount – Times of Israel

30 Apr 2014 The Religious Affairs Ministry is crafting new rules that would allow Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount, Deputy Minister Eli Ben Dahan said Tuesday. READ MORE »

Jewish groups consider including J Street – New York Times

30 Apr 2014 The major umbrella organization of Jewish groups plans to vote on whether to admit a dovish lobbying organization that has been critical of some Israeli policies. READ MORE »

NBA commissioner bans Clippers owner Sterling, pushes to ‘force a sale’ of team – CNN

30 Apr 2014 The NBA’s commissioner came down hard Tuesday on Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, ordering him out of his team’s business and pushing to force him to sell over racist remarks that caused a firestorm since becoming public days ago. READ MORE »

Kerry backs off Israel ‘apartheid’ remarks amid firestorm on Hill – Fox News

29 Apr 2014 John Kerry stressed that he did not consider Israel an apartheid state, and: „Anyone who knows anything about me knows that without a shred of doubt.” READ MORE »