WJC infuriated by sale of Nazi-era venom on Amazon
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February 28, 2020
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WJC recognizes importance of Vatican’s opening of World War II archives
In a statement, WJC President Ronald S. Lauder said: “Due to sustained efforts
between the global Jewish community and the Catholic Church in the decades since
the war, the Vatican has become a friend and ally to the Jewish people. The
opening of the archives represents a pivotal moment in the history of
Catholic-Jewish relations and our ongoing interfaith dialogue.”
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[[link removed]]WJC President Lauder thanks Bulgarian authorities for quelling neo-Nazi Lukov
March
“For the first time in more than a decade, the Jewish community of Bulgaria has
been spared its yearly day of fear and apprehension from shameful flame-wielding
thugs who parade through the streets to glorify the very ideology that brought
the near destruction of the Jewish people. At this frightening time of rising
antisemitic activity across the world, this is a moment of true victory for the
Jewish community, the people of Bulgaria, and all promoters of justice and
tolerance worldwide,” said WJC President Ronald S. Lauder.
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[[link removed]]WJC infuriated by sale of Nazi-era venom on Amazon
“While we appreciate the efforts that Amazon has made in the past to remove such
offensive content, it is inconceivable that we should have to revisit this issue
time and again, in order to ensure the safety and security of our communities
from those who might well be inspired through these purchases to attack Jews and
other minorities in the spirit of Nazi virulence,” said WJC President Ronald S.
Lauder.
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[[link removed]]WJC and Belgian Jewish community welcome mobilization against antisemitic Aalst
Festival
The Aalst Festival embraces antisemitic propaganda and caricature, dehumanizing
Jews into images of cockroaches and spreading conspiracy theories to manipulate
public opinion and incite hatred. This year, in the wake of UNESCO’s withdrawal
of support, the festival’s organizers were free to go even farther to heighten
their disgusting imagery of stereotypes, showing their true colors to any who
had doubt.
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[[link removed]]Polish diplomats in Bern tried to save 10,000 Jews during Holocaust, new
research reveals
Warsaw-based Pilecki Institute released previously unknown details about the
Ładoś List and the efforts to provide Jews with Latin American passports;
English edition of research was presented on 27 February in New York, under the
patronage of the World Jewish Congress.
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[[link removed]]UMass student wins WJC’s 2020 Campus Pitch Competition, with idea to bring
Israel to schools in living color
Stephanie Margolis' project, The Israel Connection, invites fellow students to
submit thought-provoking images of a place or experience that they had in
Israel. The image, along with a paragraph explaining its context and importance,
will then be placed on a six-foot black and white felt cube, highlighting the
range of experiences and opportunities in Israel, and underscording that this is
not a black and white issue.
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WJC affiliate in France, Crif, launches Online Hate Speech Observatory
In its initial research, the Observatory used an algorithm to identify 51,816
antisemitic incidents, which were thereafter individually verified as
antisemitic and classified according to the International Holocaust Remembrance
Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism. It is likely that the rate
of antisemitic incidents online were higher than the report found since only
incidents involving public accounts were included in the Observatory.
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[[link removed]]Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cabinet approves bill fighting antisemitism and hate
speech online in Germany
The legislation would allow the German government to collect IP addresses from
users whose posts violate the law and obtain users passwords in cases of
terrorism and murder. Minister of Justice Christine Lambrecht explained that the
legislation is designed to “dry up the breeding ground where this extremism
flourishes.”
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[[link removed]]CIJA applauds unanimous support for bill to combat antisemitism
In response, to the bill's passage, Noah Shack, Vice President of the
WJC-affiliated the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) said in a
statement that, “the Ontario Legislature has unanimously sent a clear message to
hate mongers in our province: antisemitism has no home here."
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[[link removed]]Dutch Railways apoligizes after antisemitic songs performed by employee
The song pokes fun at the highly Jewish fanbase for the soccer team Ajax and its
support of Israel. According to reports, the employee sang, “Where do the Jews
come from? From Israel, far away. Do super Jews live there, too? Yeah, super
Jews live there, too. Do Jews like soccer? Only when they’re rooting for Ajax.”
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[[link removed]]Pig-burning facility to be built near Holocaust memorial and mass grave of
victims in Ukraine
Local Rabbi Pinchas Vishetsky told Ynet that community members were concerned
that the facility would be built on top of the mass grave as the exact location
of the mass grave is unknown. Rabbi Vishetsky said it was "disrespectful to
build that kind of a facility 60 meters from a memorial," and said that he has
asked the governor to move the facility further away from the memorial, but it
was unclear what would end up happening.
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[[link removed]]Distorting the truth about the Holocaust on the big screen
Distortion and denial of the Holocaust is a dangerous trend and is being used as
a tool to advance political agendas. And it’s in places we don’t always expect
it. Even a documentary film being shown at the New York Sephardic Jewish Film
Festival this week by director Jakov Sedlar is full of Holocaust distortion.
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[[link removed]]Israel is joining the fight against the coronavirus
With the coronavirus gripping the world, three Israeli scientists are joining
the fight against the deadly virus.
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