World Jewish Congress demands Ecuador’s UN envoy publicly apologize for equating Zionism with Nazism

2016. december 7 00:41

World Jewish Congress demands Ecuador’s UN envoy publicly apologize for equating Zionism with Nazism

World Jewish Congress newsletter
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Small blog phone Facebook, Twitter, Google and Microsoft team up to tackle extremist content – The GuardianThe tech companies plan to create a shared database of ‘unique digital fingerprints’ that can identify images and videos promoting terrorism.
Small blog ecuador World Jewish Congress demands Ecuador’s UN envoy publicly apologize for equating Zionism with NazismIn letter Ambassador Horacio Sevilla, WJC CEO Robert Singer calls remarks an insult to the memory of Holocaust victims and a trivialization of genocide.
Small blog image1 WJC VIDEO: The Holocaust in North Africa – a forgotten tragedyThough it may come as a surprise, the Holocaust affected Jews outside of Europe too.
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Small blog holocaust WJRO launches database to help Holocaust survivors reclaim Warsaw property – The Associated Press06 Dec 2016 Under a new Polish law, people will have just six months to file claims for more than 2,600 properties in Warsaw after those properties are listed publicly in a newspaper, something expected to happen soon. Not all of the properties belonged to Jews, but it is believed that many of them did.  READ MORE »
Small blog jewish museum Director of Polish Cultural Institute in Berlin fired, some say over too much focus on Jewish topics – JTA06 Dec 2016 The Jewish Museum also has become involved in defense of Katarzyna Wielga-Skolimowska, who was let go last week by the Polish Foreign Ministry, ostensibly because she focused too much on Jewish topics – a charge that the Polish Embassy is vigorously denying.  READ MORE »
Small blog sweden Far-right Swedish party fires MP over anti-Semitism – AFP06 Dec 2016 Anna Hagwall dismissed after proposing bill to end state subsidies for media outlets she claims favor Jewish-owned media group.  READ MORE »
Small blog b025ebae8881caa7f260515deeefbb01bce566a0 Jewish journalists must ‘stand up’ in fight against anti-Semitism, Rivlin says – i24News05 Dec 2016 Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin told a media summit in Israel that Jews around the world had a right to live ‘proudly’ with their Jewish identity.   READ MORE »