News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 12 April 2016
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Israel is a strong state, but it is not an island. Israel needs the world to stand beside it, as it contends with these fateful decisions. It needs the world to stand behind the Jewish people’s right to self-determination. |
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The opening event will take place on Thursday, 14 April 2016, at 13:00, at the headquarters of UNESCO in Paris. |
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12 Apr 2016 A Jewish community in Africa has moved one step closer to gaining formal recognition from the Israeli government. READ MORE » |
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12 Apr 2016 The four suspects, including two teenagers aged 16 and 17, are suspected of having targeted Palestinian property for political reasons, though further details on the alleged crimes were not released. READ MORE » |
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12 Apr 2016 The 38-year-old Volodymr Groysman is on the verge of making history as the first Jewish Prime Minister of Ukraine, a country firmly planted in the American psyche as a place of anti-Semitism and pogroms. READ MORE » |
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12 Apr 2016 Officials at a US high school are investigating a photo on social media showing students playing a version of the drinking game beer pong, dubbed Holocaust Pong or Alcoholocaust. READ MORE » |
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12 Apr 2016 Marcelo Polakoff did not know Alberto Nisman, but a phone call brought the rabbi into a circle of private mourning, public outrage and global intrigue over an event that made headlines around the world. READ MORE » |
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11 Apr 2016 How was Helene and Bob Fine’s family seder in 2000 different from every other Passover night? First lady Hillary Clinton and her daughter Chelsea came. READ MORE » |
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