WJC News Update – Hungarian PM defends controversial World War II monument against critics

WJC News Update – Hungarian PM defends controversial World War II monument against criticsNews updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 02 May 2014

 

Hungarian PM defends controversial World War II monument against critics

Viktor Orban reportedly told Jewish community leaders that he would build a controversial Nazi occupation monument despite their opposition.

British lawmaker resigns after ‘bloody Jew’ remark

02 May 2014 Patrick Mercer, a former member of Parliament, also committed one of the worst-ever breaches of parliamentary lobbying rules, the UK House of Commons Standards Committee concluded. READ MORE »

American Jewish group votes to reject J Street membership – Time

02 May 2014 The leading Jewish umbrella organization in the United States voted Wednesday against admitting the liberal-leaning Israel advocacy group J Street. READ MORE »

European rabbis condemn Egypt for mass death sentence – Jerusalem Post

02 May 2014 The Conference of European Rabbis declared that “we must speak out when human life is treated with such astonishing contempt.” READ MORE »

Mayor hopes to ban ‘anti-Semite summit’ in Brussels – Forward

02 May 2014 A mayor from Brussels said he would like to block organizers from holding an event that Jewish groups called a “summit meeting for anti-Semites.” READ MORE »

Standing up for Israel on the world stage – Jerusalem Post

02 May 2014 WJC President Ronald Lauder discusses the BDS threat against Israel and what must be done to combat it.  READ MORE »

On its 66th birthday, Israel’s population nears 8.2 million – Jerusalem Post

01 May 2014 Since last year, the population in Israel grew by some 157,000 people; Jews represent about 75 percent of the total population, and the Israeli-Arab population stands at 20.7 percent. READ MORE »

Why Israel’s boom is actually a bubble destined to pop – Forbes

01 May 2014 Sadly, Israel’s economic boom is not the miracle that it appears to be, but is actually another bubble that is similar to those that caused the financial crisis. READ MORE »