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News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 17 June 2015

Lauder praises Michael Douglas for work against anti-Semitism World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder briefly met with Hollywood actor Michael Douglas in Jerusalem. The latter is in Israel to receive the $1 million Genesis Prize. Netanyahu meets with World Jewish Congress delegation in Jerusalem The leadership of the World Jewish Congress held talks with leading Israeli government officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and opposition leaders in Jerusalem.

Palestinian unity government resigns, over Hamas objections – Times of Israel 17 Jun 2015 Abbas tasks Prime Minister Hamdallah with forming a new government, amid reports of talks between Hamas and Israel on long-term Gaza truce  READ MORE » In Britain, Jewish and Muslim women connect over Mitzvah Day – JTA 17 Jun 2015 Good deeds can be contagious. On Britain’s annual Mitzvah Day, now in its 11th consecutive year, thousands of Jews perform charity work in retirement homes, homeless shelters, hospitals and even neglected cemeteries.  READ MORE » Spain expects up to 200,000 Jews to apply for citizenship – Newsweek 17 Jun 2015 The Spanish government expects up to 200,000 Sephardic Jews to apply for citizenship, following a repatriation bill passed last week  READ MORE » Spanish museum can keep Pissarro masterpiece stolen from Jewish woman by Nazis, US judge says – Fox News 17 Jun 2015 A California federal judge has ruled against the heirs of a Jewish woman who was forced to sell a Camille Pissarro painting to the Nazis while fleeing Germany in 1939. READ MORE » Did the Louvre discriminate against a group of Jewish art students from Israel? – International Business Times 16 Jun 2015 Paris officials are investigating claims that the Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum, discriminated against a group of Jewish art students looking to arrange a tour during a visit from Israel.  READ MORE »