WJC News Update –  WJC Executive Committee adopts policy resolutions on key issues facing Jewish world

2017. szeptember 15 04:47

WJC News Update –  WJC Executive Committee adopts policy resolutions on key issues facing Jewish world

 

 

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Small blog 2 WJC Executive Committee adopts policy resolutions on key issues facing Jewish worldWJC’s 2017 resolutions include: proposed government bans on ritual slaughter and circumcision, controversies regarding respect for religious plurality in Israel, anti-Israel resolutions at UNESCO, attempts to delegitimize the State of Israel, and condemnation of neo-Nazism and political extremism on both the radical left and right.
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