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The Jewish imperative of the coronavirus crisis | Op-ed by World Jewish Congress
President Ronald S. Lauder in The Jerusalem Post

As governments around the world set about easing restrictions and life begins to
gradually, it is evident that the coronavirus has changed every one of us,
creating a new reality, writes World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder
in the Jerusalem Post.

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[[link removed]]WATCH | WJC marks Yom Hashoah with online commemorative ceremony

The ceremony, held in lieu of a physical commemoration in light of COVID-19,
included opening remarks by WJC President Ronald S. Lauder; reflections by WJC
Commissioner for Holocaust Memory Dr. Charlotte Knobloch and WJC Executive
Committee Member Amb. Colette Avital, both Holocaust survivors; and an
intervention by The Rt. Hon Lord Eric Pickles, UK Special Envoy for
Post-Holocaust Issues.

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[[link removed]]Yom Hashoah 2020 | Remembering 75 years since the Holocaust

Click here [[link removed]] for more coverage on Yom Hashoah from the WJC, including survivor testimonials. As we remember the atrocities of
the Holocaust, together we also remember the incredible individual stories of
resistance, resilience and survival. In learning from the past, we ensure that
humanity will never experience such horrors again.

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[[link removed]]Jewish communities respond to COVID-19

In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Jewish Congress is fully
committed to supporting our Jewish communities across the globe as they confront
unprecedented challenges caused by this global crisis. We are doing everything
in our power to ensure that all Jews everywhere, individually and as
communities, are secure, defended and protected as we all go through the
vulnerabilities of what we hope and pray will be a short-lived new reality.

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The defiant Zionist spirit of the Belsen DP camp

When the remnant of European Jewry emerged from the death camps, forests and
hiding places throughout Europe in the winter and spring of 1945, they looked
for their families and, overwhelmingly, discovered that their fathers and
mothers, their husbands, wives and children, their brothers and sisters, aunts,
uncles and cousins had all been murdered by the Germans and their accomplices.
Yet they did not give in to despair.

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[[link removed]]Yom Hashoah 2020: Remembering makes you free | Tomas Mojo, Member of WJC Jewish
Diplomatic Corps

“That is why education has an essential role. Pedagogy of memory lets us know,
comprehend, remember and act in a consequent way. Those who don’t know what
happened can’t avoid things and that is why the Shoah has the essential role we
mentioned. It teaches us from the “absolute evil”, from the deepest human
misery. The magnificent Primo Levi said that “…It happened, so it could happen
again: this is the essence of what we have to say. It can occur again, in any
place”.

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[[link removed]]From Berlin, Israeli embassy’s online Holocaust commemoration disrupted by Nazi
sympathizers​

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas condemned the incident on Twitter, describing
the fiasco as “an indescribable shame” and “a bottomless lack of respect toward
survivors and toward the memory of the deceased.”

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WJC condemns attack on northernmost synagogue in Russia: We must be as vigilant
as ever in protecting Jewish communities

“It is beyond saddening that as billions of people across the world find common
ground in contending with the shared fears, uncertainties, and concerns that
accompany the COVID-19 crisis, antisemitic hoodlums are still wasting their
energy on spewing hatred and assaulting Jewish centers and houses of worships in
the name of pure divisiveness,” said WJC President Ronald S. Lauder.

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[[link removed]]WJC ENDORSED | Joint statement by UN Task Force on unity during COVID-19

The Task Force noted that it hoped the statement would serve as a “useful tool
in mobilizing communities of faith and other stakeholders in our common global
efforts in the fight against COVID-19.”

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Rise in antisemitic hatred during COVID-19 must be countered with tougher
measures, says UN expert Shaheed

"I am extremely concerned to see that certain religious leaders and politicians
continue to exploit the challenging times during this pandemic to spread hatred
against Jews and other minorities," said UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of
religion or belief Ahmed Shaheed. "We must collectively reject antisemitism and
other forms of intolerance and discrimination now."

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WebTalks | Holocaust Remembrance in the Age of COVID-19

Professor Menachem Z. Rosensaft, WJC’s Associate Executive Vice President and
General Counsel, reflects on his own personal story, born in the Bergen-Belsen
Displaced Persons Camp, and explains how COVID-19 has impacted this year’s
observance of Yom Hashoah.

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[[link removed]]WebTalks | Combating antisemitism through Holocaust education

Karel Fracapane, Senior Project Officer in UNESCO’s Division for Inclusion,
Peace and Sustainable Development, tells us about the organization’s efforts to
bring Holocaust education to the mainstream.

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[[link removed]]WebTalks | Correcting the record on Holocaust denial and distortion

Dr. Robert Williams, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and Chair of the Committee
on Antisemitism at the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance discusses
the implications of Holocaust denial and distortion.

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