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Reports of Houthi rebels imprisoning Yemeni Jews must be investigated as
antisemitism
WJC President Ronald S. Lauder: “The severely precarious political and humanitarian situation
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diligently and vigorously to identify harassment, discrimination and
intimidation and protect those under attack."
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[[link removed]]World Jewish Congress condemns attack on West Bank mosque
All houses of worship and cemeteries are sacred and must be respected and
protected. Just as we call for ensuring the safety of synagogues and Jewish
worshippers from antisemitic violence, we advocate for the same toward people
and holy places of all faiths.
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[[link removed]]Claims Conference launches campaign urging Facebook to remove Holocaust denial
content
Through the #NoDenyingIt campaign, Holocaust survivors call on Facebook CEO Mark
Zuckerberg to take swift and serious action against Holocaust denial on the
social media platform.
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[[link removed]]The Srebrenica Genocide must not be forgotten
"There will not be, there cannot be, any reconciliation in the aftermath of the
Srebrenica genocide...until the political and intellectual leadership of
Republika Srpska as well as the Serbian political and intellectual establishment
generally educate the Serbian youth and Serbian civil society as a whole that
Srebrenica was a genocide perpetrated by Bosnian Serbs," writes WJC Associate
Executive Vice President in The New York Jewish Week .
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Ukrainian Jewish community shaken by attack on Mariupol synagogue
In response to the attack, the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine expressed its
outrage, saying, “It is noteworthy that a criminal who broke into a synagogue
attacked Jews with an axe in his hand, as the thugs of the past did. And it is
symbolic that this attack was committed on the eve of the most tragic day for
the Jews, the ninth of Av.
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[[link removed]]June 2020: Antisemitism in review
The World Jewish Congress has compiled a short review of some of the concerning
trends and incidents witnessed and recorded over the month of June. We will
continue to monitor developments as they arise and remain committed to working
together with our communities to ensure a safer and more tolerant world for all.
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[[link removed]]Twitter suspends grime artist Wiley's account after antisemitic tirade | The
Jewish Chronicle
The controversy occurred after Twitter initially failed to take action against
Wiley, who wrote several antisemitic and offensive tweets including one
comparing Jews to the Ku Klux Klan. In a statement the Board of Deputies of
British Jews said, “We will be talking to Twitter today, and other social media
companies and government partners over the coming days, to make sure that this
does not happen again.”
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Board of Deputies launches website on history of British Jews
The Hidden Treasures website features centuries of documents, and photographs,
illustrating the history of the Jewish British community. Board of Deputies
President Marie van der Zyl said that the initiative would be important “for
anybody interested in the history of our community."
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[[link removed]]Cervantes Institute and Jewish Community of Thessaloniki sign agreement to
promote Sephardic heritage
Under the terms of the agreement, the institute will organize various Sephardic
cultural and educational activities. President of the Central Board of Jewish
Communities in Greece David Saltiel pleaded with the Jewish community in Greece
to remember their roots in Spain, saying, “We can’t let this be forgotten; if
it’s forgotten, it will die. But if we carry on speaking, it will live on.”
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[[link removed]]NOA Project | Channeling the power of education in Germany
Geschichtomat, a Germany-based Jewish cultural initiative, aims to educate
students by visiting museums, interviewing prominent cultural authorities, and
researching various topics. When their research is complete, students upload
films, or articles they have produced to a digital map on Geschichtomat’s
website.
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Newly published research shows public health campaign saved thousands from
typhus outbreak
According to mathematical models based on reports prior to November 1941,
300,000 Jews should have contracted the disease, approximately three times the
number of Jews who actually did. “It’s one of the great medical stories of all
time,” said physician and historian Howard Markel.
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What’s in a Date? On the Meaning of Tisha B’Av | Moment
Many Jewish holidays are associated with a moment in the Jewish past. For
instance, Passover reenacts the Israelites’ liberation from Egypt and Hanukkah
celebrates the Hasmonean victory during the Seleucid period. For Tisha B’Av, it
is the many layers of the historical past and the contemporary present with
which that date is bound and remembered.
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[[link removed]]31 July 1941 | Goering memo jump starts plan for ‘Final Solution’
Throughout the gruesome set of policies known as the Final Solution, Nazi German
authorities and their collaborators killed some six million Jews—approximately
two-thirds of the Jews living in Europe in 1939—by gassing, shooting, and
starvation, all while subjecting them to inhumane living conditions.
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WJC @ UNHRC: Education's role in building an inclusive society
WJC spoke at the UN Human Rights Council regarding the need of governments to
prioritize education that promotes critical thinking, digital literacy,
democratic citizenship and basic empathy towards the other as a way to equip the
youth against racism and antisemitism, conspiracy myths and words of bigotry.
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[[link removed]]A Holocaust survivor's violin that created a special friendship
When Holocaust survivor Joseph Feingold acquired a violin for just a carton of
cigarettes at a Displaced Persons camp in post-war Europe he could’ve never
imagined that the purchase would lead him to form a friendship years later with
Brianna Perez, a young musical prodigy from New York.
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