WJC News Update – Holocaust-denying bishop barred from entering Australia

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 13 June 2014

Le Pen to be sued by European Jewish Congress for ‘oven’ remark

The EJC announced that it will file a lawsuit against Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder and long-time leader of the far-right French National Front, after anti-Semitic remarks he made last week.

Report: Holocaust-denying bishop barred from entering Australia

13 Jun 2014 Australian authorities canceled a visa for Richard Williamson, an ultra-conservative British bishop and Holocaust revisionist, who was scheduled to speak in Australia later this month. READ MORE »

Germany ordered to pay restitution to Schocken family – JTA

13 Jun 2014 Germany was ordered to pay the heirs of a Jewish department store chain nearly $68 million in restitution and interest for properties confiscated by the Nazis. READ MORE »