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02 August 2019

The Cable

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WJC President Ronald S. Lauder at opening of 15th European Maccabi Games: “This is not another sporting event – this is the future of the Jewish people”
In Budapest, WJC President Lauder told the athletes: “This is a time when we desperately need leaders, courageous leaders, who will stand up for our people. And here you are, all together in one stadium.”
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WJC President Ronald S. Lauder congratulates Ambassador Kelly Craft on appointment as US envoy to UN
“We trust that Ambassador Craft will fulfill her pledge to fight the double standards and unconscionable biases that pervade against Israel throughout the bodies of the United Nations," Lauder said.
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Federal Court of Canada rules that wines produced in West Bank settlements can't be labeled 'product of Israel'
WJC's affiliate, CIJA, said in a statement: “Following a preliminary review of the court’s ruling, CIJA believes there are substantive errors in the judgment. Current labeling practices are fully consistent with the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement, as well as Canadian and international law. This is why we are urging the Government of Canada to appeal this misguided ruling."
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Video of the Week
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More than 55 million people live in Myanmar - including a Jewish community of 20. Meet the Jews of Myanmar.

Video of the Week
An 80-year-old German man by the name of Peter Forner, the son of a Nazi officer, has returned a piece of looted art ([link removed]) to the French Embassy in Berlin.

Sam Zahr, a Lebanese American franchise owner of several branches of the Israeli restaurant Burgerim, has announced that he will delay the opening of a location in Dearborn, Michigan after he and his family were harassed and threatened ([link removed]) .

Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahahir Mohamad, who called Jews ‘hooked nose’, now blames Israel for world terrorism ([link removed]) . Dr. Mahahir, made these statements while meeting with Turkish President Erdogan last week.

Jewish and pro-Israel groups are teaming up in New York for a millennial-focused panel discussion on fighting antisemitism ([link removed]) , exploring a range of issues, including harnessing the power of social media, and the efforts being made on college campuses to support the Jewish community.

The UK's new antisemitism adviser, John Mann, has said ([link removed]) : “We have to stand in front of [Jews] in this fight. This must not be only the responsibility of the Jewish community."

The Jews of Indonesia ([link removed]) descend from those who fled forced conversion in Peru; they number in the hundreds and practice their faith in secret, but now they have the support of Jewish organizations abroad. Two members of the Torat Chaim community in the north of the country who came to study in Israel describe their experience.

See how the Jews of Singapore ([link removed]) have integrated into Singaporean society, while still preserving their own cultural identity.

How did American Jews become camp-passionate ([link removed]) , and how did summer camp affect American Judaism?

Remembering Holocaust writer, Primo Levi ([link removed]) , who was born 100 years ago. As the survivor of the most notorious Nazi concentration camp, Levi feared that no one would believe what he'd seen, how people were humiliated and destroyed in Auschwitz. It was his worst nightmare.

Until midway through the 20th century, the Iraqi Jewish community was one of the oldest continuous communities in the world, with a proud history spanning over 2,600 years. Today, fewer than 10 Jews remain in Iraq ([link removed]) .

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