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July 17, 2020
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WJC commemorates 25 years since Srebrenica Genocide, supports efforts to mark 11
July as Remembrance Day
The WJC and its President, Ronald S. Lauder, are committed to commemorating the
1995 genocide of Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica at the hands of Bosnian Serb
paramilitary forces. Over the course of July, the WJC launched a widespread
initiative to expose and condemn attempts to deny this genocide, calling for its
victims to be accorded the respect and remembrance they deserve.
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[[link removed]]Suspects in murder of French Holocaust survivor to stand trial for antisemitic
motives
CRIF President and WJC Vice President Francis Kalifat welcomed the decision
regarding charges in the 2018 murder of Mireille Knoll, and urged the judiciary
to apply the same justice in the murder of Sarah Halimi, who was hurled to her
death from her window in 2017.
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[[link removed]]Denial of the Srebrenica Genocide must be exposed and condemned
“Like Holocaust denial, denial of the Srebrenica genocide cannot be allowed to
be portrayed as a legitimate intellectual position.... As a moral imperative,
the international community must once and for all denounce Srebrenica genocide
denial, in Pope Benedict’s words, as ‘intolerable and altogether unacceptable’,”
writes WJC Associate Executive Vice President Menachem Z. Rosensaft in Just Security .
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[[link removed]]Lithuania picks the wrong man to honor
“Lithuania’s parliament has decided to honor Juozas Lukša, a partisan who,
during WWII, was part of a group that actively murdered Jews. One would hope
that Lithuania would instead choose to honor those who defended their
neighbors,” writes Laurence Weinbaum, Executive Director of WJC Israel and
Director of the Israel Council on Foreign Relations in the Jewish Chronicle.
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‘Hezbollah is stronger now’: LAJC holds series of virtual conferences to
commemorate 1994 AMIA bombing
The LAJC conferences will continue through mid-July, as the community prepares
to mark the 26th anniversary of the bombing on 18 July, amid coronavirus
restrictions."Each year, the Latin American Jewish Congress makes the claim for
justice for the victims of AMIA....This year will not be the exception,” said
LAJC Executive Director Claudio Epelman.
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[[link removed]]Jewish Museum of Venice to be renovated, following floods and COVID challenges
The roughly $10 million renovation project will be funded primarily by the
Jewish community and philanthropists, including WJC President Ronald S. Lauder.
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[[link removed]]Australian Jewish community shaken by recent string of antisemitic incidents in
schools
In New South Wales, a 15-year-old Jewish student transferred schools after a
fellow student drew a picture of the infamous Nazi doctor Josef Mengele and
talked about “dissecting Jews.” Vic Alhadeff, CEO of New South Wales Jewish
Board of Deputies (JBOD), described the pattern of antisemitc incidents at
schools as a “matter of profound concern.”
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The world failed in Bosnia 25 years ago. We cannot turn a blind eye again
“On this solemn occasion, marking 25 years since the genocide in Srebrenica, my
fellow members of the Jewish Diplomatic Corps (JDCorps) of the World Jewish
Congress are, like me, seizing the moment, in different countries, languages and
publications, to play our part in ensuring that the international community and
the worldwide Jewish community remember the horrific consequences that can
result from inaction, and reaffirming our resolve to make ‘never again’ a
reality,” writes WJC JDCorps member Philip Rosenberg in the Jewish News .
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[[link removed]]Recognizing Srebrenica Genocide: The moral imperative of ‘Never Again’
“It is crucial that the Republika Srpska and the Republic of Serbia recognize
the Srebrenica Genocide for what it was and pave the way for reconciliation, for
the sake of any future coexistence between the peoples of Bosnia and
Herzegovina, and as part of their own moral imperative in the commitment to
ensuring that Never Again remains truly so,” writes WJC JDCorps member Vladimir
Andrle in Bosnia and Hezegovina’s BN1 .
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[[link removed]]Let the memory of the Srebrenica Genocide serve as a call to action against
hatred
“As Jews, we look back upon a more than 4,000-year-old history that has been
plagued by discrimination, persecution and extermination against our people,
culminating with deliberate extermination of six million Jews during the
Holocaust... we know what it means when human beings are systematically being
murdered because of their religion or ethnicity – like in Srebrenica,” writes
WJC JDCorps member Gila Baumoehl in the Jüdische Allgemeine .
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[[link removed]]Remembering and honoring the victims of the Srebrenica genocide
“Now, 25 years after the Srebrenica Genocide, we must ensure that it is not
forgotten. It is critical that the Jewish people pay tribute to every innocent
victim no matter who they were, and unite in the fight against all forms of
racism, xenophobia, and discrimination,” writes WJC JDCorps member Asher Levine
in the Jerusalem Post .
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[[link removed]]A painful historical reminder: The Srebrenica Genocide
“Although an ethnic conflict in Europe may be difficult to wrap one’s head
around, we are regularly being called on to speak up for those who may be
murdered because of the color of their skin, the way they pray to their God, or
who they decide to love. Why not broaden our horizons and seek to understand and
empathize with not only those with painful presents, but with painful pasts?”
writes WJC JDCorps member Adam Hummel in Arutz Sheva .
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18 July 1994 | Bombing at AMIA building in Buenos Aires kills 85 people and
wounds hundreds more
The attack on the AMIA Jewish center was the deadliest terrorist attack in Latin
American history and against any Jewish community outside of Israel. Twenty-six
years after the horrific bombing, none of the perpetrators has yet been brought
to trial.
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[[link removed]]16-17 July 1942 | Thousands of Jews detained in Vél d’Hiv Roundup
The arrests, which were coordinated and facilitated by the collaborationist
Vichy regime, came about two years after France surrendered to Nazi German
forces in June 1940. Overall, it is approximated that 77,000 Jews living in
France perished in concentration camps during the Holocaust, with the
overwhelming majority passing away at Auschwitz.
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The Srebrenica Genocide: A survivor's family story
Adisada Dudić Hoque, a survivor of the Srebrenica Genocide, recounts the
harrowing experiences she and her family faced on 11 July 1995, when Bosnian
Serb forces entered Srebrenica, a UN safe haven area where Bosnian Muslims had
taken refuge, and executed approximately 8,000 men and boys over the course of a
few days.
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[[link removed]]The Yiddish Poetry of Malka Lee
Malka Lee was one of the most beloved female Yiddish poets in America. Her
writings focused on a range of topics, including her memories of shtetl life,
the secular immigrant experience, and the pain of watching the tragedy of the
Holocaust unfold while living in safety in the United States.
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[[link removed]]In Photos | Christianity in Jerusalem
Israeli photographer Ofir Barak's latest photobook, 'Stones and Bones,' examines
the experience of living in modern-day Jerusalem as a Christian. “I live in a
city that transcends above time. It is a place where kings, prophets, pilgrims,
all have stood here through the ages, living by their holy gods and
uncompromised faith,” writes Barak.
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