EJC Newsletter 09-11 February 2020
European Jewish Congress 
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| 09-11 February 2020 |
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| MERKEL FIRES MINISTER OVER FAR-RIGHT ROW
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has dismissed a minister for praising the election of a liberal candidate who was supported by the far right.
Monday, February 10, 2020 |
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| GERMAN COMEDIAN UNDER ATTACK AFTER APOLOGISING TO HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR
Neo-Nazis have attacking a popular German comedian for apologising to a Holocaust survivor for his father’s wartime crimes.
Monday, February 10, 2020 |
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| BELARUS JEWS HOLD MEMORIAL FOR FAMOUS DESCENDANT KIRK DOUGLAS
The Jewish community of Belarus held a memorial service to honour film actor Kirk Douglas, one of the Belarusian Jewish community’s most famous descendants.
Tuesday, February 11, 2020 |
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| HUNGARIAN NEO-NAZIS MARCH IN BUDAPEST
Some 500 neo-Nazis marched through a park in Budapest to commemorate the so-called “Day of Honour”, an anniversary marked each year by Neo-Nazis and far right extremists.
Monday, February 10, 2020 |
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| ITALIAN JEWS AND CHRISTIANS JOINTLY HOST SYRIAN REFUGEE FAMILY IN MILAN
Christians and Jews in Milan are jointly hosting a Muslim family that fled from the fighting in Syria.
Monday, February 10, 2020 |
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| MADRID TO OPEN FIRST JEWISH MUSEUM AFTER LEGAL BATTLE OVER BUILDING
Madrid will open a Jewish museum in a building, after the municipality won a legal battle to evict the squatters that had been illegally occupying it since 2017.
Tuesday, February 11, 2020 |
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| DUTCH CITY KEEPS SIGNS IDENTIFYING ISRAELI CITIES AS LOCATED IN PALESTINE
The Dutch city of Eindhoven, which in 2014 agreed to change street signs identifying Israeli cities as Palestinian postponed the correction indefinitely.
Monday, February 10, 2020 |
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| EU AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL PLANTS TREE FOR TU BISHVAT SIDE BY SIDE WITH DISABLED CHILDREN
EU ambassador to Israel Emanuele Giaufret took part in at Tu Bishvat ceremony at Beit Issie Shapiro centre, a non-profit organisation which promotes equality and a community for people with disabilities.
Tuesday, February 11, 2020 |
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