EJC Bi-weekly Newsletter 25-28 February 2018
|
Newsletter |
25-28 February 2018 |
|
|
|
MEPS AND EXPERTS DEBATE ROLE OF CULTURE AND EDUCATION ON COMBATTING BDS
The European Parliament Working Group on Antisemitism, for which EJC acts as Secretariat, held an event to discuss the importance of building bridges through cooperation and dialogue as opposed to the destructive and counterproductive calls for boycotts of the BDS movement.
Tuesday, February 27, 2018 |
|
|
|
|
SARAH HALIMI’S MURDER FINALLY DECLARED ANTISEMITIC ACT
The prosecutor in the brutal murder case of Sarah Halimi finally called for antisemitism to be added to the charges, as Jewish groups had demanded.
Wednesday, February 28, 2018 |
|
|
|
|
DONALD TUSK WARNS POLAND AGAINST ANTISEMITIC EXCESSES
European Council President Donald Tusk warned Poland on Friday against “antisemitic excesses” and other behaviour that risked ruining Warsaw’s global standing.
Monday, February 26, 2018 |
|
|
|
POLAND SUSPENDS HOLOCAUST LAW UNTIL DECISION OF CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
Poland’s Justice Minister announced on Saturday that the government would not open criminal proceedings against those found breaking the new Holocaust law until Poland’s constitutional court reaches a decision on the legislation.
Monday, February 26, 2018 |
|
|
|
|
1.800 SEPHARDIC JEWS GET PORTUGUESE CITIZENSHIP
Nearly 1,800 descendants of Sephardic Jews acquired Portuguese nationality in 2017 under a law enacted two years earlier, with another 12.000 still in the application process, officials in Lisbon said.
Monday, February 26, 2018 |
|
|
|
|
BRITISH LABOUR COUNCILLOR SLAMS ANTISEMITISM IN PARTY
Philip Rosenberg, a Labour councillor in London, and the Director of Public Affairs, at the Board of Deputies of British Jews has spoken out about “obsessional Jew-baiting and Israel bashing” in his local Labour Party branch.
Monday, February 26, 2018 |
|
|
|
|
ADL REPORT: ANTISEMITIC INCIDENTS IN THE USA MORE THAN DOUBLED IN TWO YEARS
The number of antisemitic incidents in the United States spiked in 2017, according to a new report by the Anti-Defamation League.
Tuesday, February 27, 2018 |
|
|
|
US STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS EMBASSY TO BE RELOCATED TO JERUSALEM IN MAY
The United States said on Friday it will relocate its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem in May, bringing forward the contested move to coincide with the Jewish state’s 70th birthday.
Monday, February 26, 2018 |
|
|
|
|