German task force to check Gurlitt art trove wound up / Ronald Lauder laments scant progress, lack of transparency

 German task force to check Gurlitt art trove wound up / Ronald Lauder laments scant progress, lack of transparency

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 14 January 2016

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Gurlitt: Ronald Lauder criticizes scant progress on looted art, laments lack of transparency

World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder said the results of the German task force to investigate if any art works in the Cornelius Gurlitt trove had been looted by the Nazis were “meager and not satisfactory.”

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India’s highest-ranking Jewish military officer dies at 92 – Jerusalem Post

14 Jan 2016 “JFR” Jacob, an Indian Jew who had a storied career in India’s military, has died at 92.  READ MORE »

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Western Europe Jewish migration to Israel hits all-time high- Associated Press

14 Jan 2016 The Jewish Agency for Israel said that immigration from western Europe had reached an all-time high, spawned by a rise in anti-Semitic attacks.  READ MORE »

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Hollande: ‘Intolerable’ for France’s Jews to hide – The Local

14 Jan 2016 President Francois Hollande on Wednesday rejected as „intolerable” the idea that fear of attack would prompt French Jews to „hide”.  READ MORE »

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Anthony Housefather: In Israel, Jewish parliamentarians learn from each other – Canadian Jewish News

14 Jan 2016 In late December, I attended my first international conference as an MP. The International Council of Jewish Parliamentarians, sponsored by the World Jewish Congress, met in Jerusalem.  READ MORE »

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Shimon Peres in stable condition after suffering light heart attack – Jerusalem Post

14 Jan 2016 Israel’s former president was admitted to Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer on Thursday after what his personal doctor described as a small heart attack.  READ MORE »

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Dennis Ross among National Jewish Book Awards winners – Times of Israel

14 Jan 2016 Dennis Ross, a former top US official, and Shulem Deen, who wrote about leaving the Hasidic world, were among the winners of 2015 National Jewish Book Awards. READ MORE »

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Alan Dershowitz: ‘I need armed guards when speaking in favor of Israel on campuses’ – Algemeiner

13 Jan 2016 Dershowitz lamented how university students have become “afraid of ideas” and have taken on a low tolerance for viewpoints that stand opposite to their own.  READ MORE »