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Head of Egypt’s Jewish community slams court ruling banning Jewish festival

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

Head of Egyptian Jewish community rejects court ruling banning Jewish festival

Magda Haroun, the head of the tiny Jewish community of Egypt, described a court ruling banning the Jewish Abu Hasira festival as „unconstitutional.”

Lauder: Auschwitz anniversary a reminder of the danger of staying silent – Israel Hayom

30 Dec 2014 „The world was silent when Hitler was starting, the world was silent when Jews were taken away, the world was silent at Kristallnacht and in many ways, although many people knew what was happening in the concentration camps,” WJC President Ronald S. Lauder says. READ MORE »

Palestinians say Jews will be a minority by 2016 – Times of Israel

30 Dec 2014 Palestinian Authority statisticians claim, again, that the Arab population in Gaza, the West Bank and Israel will soon outnumber the Jewish. READ MORE »

Groups of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men keep delaying flights by refusing to sit next to women – The Independent

30 Dec 2014 A flight from New York to Tel Aviv was delayed by half an hour last week after a group of male ultra-Orthodox Jewish passengers refused to sit next to women, the third such incident in recent months. READ MORE »

Challenging the past – Jerusalem Post

29 Dec 2014 A collection of stories of descendants of Holocaust survivors shows how they are taking their parents’ experiences and creating a new legacy READ MORE »