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| Newsletter |
| 27-29 October 2019 |
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| EJC ATTENDS WJC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING IN MUNICH
EJC Executive Vice-President and CEO Raya Kalenova and EJC Director of European Affairs Ariella Woitchik took part in the World Jewish Congress Executive Committee Meeting held in Munich between 27-29 October 2019.
Monday, October 28, 2019 |
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| UNESCO DEMANDS BELGIAN EXPLANATION FOR LATEST ANTISEMITIC MATERIAL FOR AALST CARNIVAL
UNESCO has called on Belgium to explain new designs riddled with antisemitic tropes distributed ahead of the 2020 Aalst Carnival.
Monday, October 28, 2019 |
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| FINNISH MATRICULATION EXAM USED DEBUNKED PALESTINIAN MAP
Materials apparently taken from pro-BDS, anti-Israel organisations were included in a Finnish high school history matriculation exam last September.
Tuesday, October 29, 2019 |
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| GERMAN JEWISH LEADERS WORRIED BY FAR-RIGHT SURGE IN THURINGIA
German Jewish leaders voiced concerns about the surge in support for far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the last state elections in Thuringia.
Tuesday, October 29, 2019 |
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| REPORT FINDS THAT ONE IN FOUR GERMANS HOLDS ANTISEMITIC BELIEFS
A report found that at least one in four Germans holds antisemitic beliefs, such as that Jews have “too much power over the economy,” or that they are “more loyal to Israel,” or that they “talk about the Holocaust too much”.
Monday, October 28, 2019 |
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| GREEK PRESIDENT OFFICIALLY OPENS NEW WING OF JEWISH MUSEUM IN THESSALONIKI
The President of the Hellenic Republic, Prokopios Pavlopoulos, officially opened the new wing of the Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki on October 27th, 2019.
Monday, October 28, 2019 |
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| POLISH PRESIDENT WITHHOLDS SIGNATURE FROM PAPERWORK TO NAME JEWISH SCHOLAR
Polish President Andrzej Duda has withheld his signature on the paperwork needed to grant tenure to Michal Bilewicz, a Jewish scholar who studies modern antisemitism and has been criticised by right-wing politicians.
Monday, October 28, 2019 |
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| PORTUGUESE TOWN GETS COUNTRY’S FIRST ERUV
For the first time in more than half a millennium, an eruv has been constructed in Portugal for the small Jewish community that still lives in the historic town of Belmonte.
Monday, October 28, 2019 |
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| BARCELONA DISTRICT COURT REJECTS ANTI-ISRAEL BOYCOTT
A district court in Barcelona recently issued a temporary injunction that rejects a boycott of Israeli individuals and businesses by the city of Molins de Rei.
Tuesday, October 29, 2019 |
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| HEBREW BIBLE CREATED IN SPAIN RETURNS THERE AFTER CENTURIES
One of the world’s oldest, most ornate and most expensive copies of the Hebrew Bible has returned from Britain to northern Spain, where it was created centuries ago.
Monday, October 28, 2019 |
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