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October 23, 2020

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World Jewish Congress applauds TikTok policy removing content perpetuating
“hateful stereotypes”

President of the World Jewish Congress Ronald S. Lauder welcomed the decision,
adding "As TikTok mentioned in their announcement, eliminating hate from TikTok
‘is a tall mountain to climb.’ I’m not sure we will ever reach the peak, but we
must not rest on our way there." Read More...
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[[link removed]]World Jewish Congress congratulates WJC North America leaders on receiving
Honorary Fellow of the Zionist Movement

WJC President Ronald S. Lauder congratulated the WJC honorees, saying, “The WJC
wishes Evelyn Sommer and Rabbi Joel Meyers a hearty mazal tov as they continue
to serve WJC North America and United States with zeal and commitment, imparting
their wisdom and vast experience, as they challenge us to ever expand our reach
to support and advocate for the Jewish State.” Read More...
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[[link removed]]Rabbi Arthur Schneier Receives Golden Laurel Branch Award from the Foreign
Ministry of Bulgaria

The award was given to Rabbi Schneier, who serves as the honorary WJC Vice
President in recognition of “his outstanding merit to the promotion of
interreligious and intercultural understanding.” Presenting the award to
Schneier was Permanent Representative of the Republic of Bulgaria to the United
Nations Georgi Velikov Panayotov. Read More...
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[[link removed]]Applications open for Campus Pitch Competition

The World Jewish Congress and Consulate General of Israel in New York invite
university students at the undergraduate or graduate level to pitch their idea
for a campus event, strategy or initiative that takes a new approach to support
Israel, combating antisemitism or promoting inter-community relations. Learn
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[[link removed]]WebTalk | A Changing Region: Building Bridges in a New Middle East

In the wake of the UAE and Bahrain’s normalization agreements with Israel, fmr.
Ambassador of the United States to the Sultanate of Oman Marc J. Sievers speaks
with WJC Jewish Diplomatic Corps member Efrat Sopher about the ever-changing
geopolitics of the Middle East. Watch Now... [[link removed]] [[link removed]]

[[link removed]]Digital Governance: A Jewish Perspective

WJC and friends hosted an online event to speak about Digital Governance in the
EU. The event featured remarks from European Commission Vice President for
Values and Transparency Věra Jourová and panel discussion with Facebook and
UNESCO representatives. Watch Now...
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[[link removed]]'The denial of the Srebrenica genocide should be punished'

In an interview with Al Jazeera Balkans , WJC Associate Executive Vice President Menachem Z. Rosensaft says, "It is
tragic that this seems to be an outgrowth of the deliberate and extremely
immoral denial of the Srebrenica genocide by too many leading people of
Republika Srpska." Read More...
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European Commission to publish ‘comprehensive’ strategy to combat antisemitism

The announcement was made in the European Commission’s 2021 Work Programme as
part of "promoting our European way of life.” The report outlines dozens of
actions the European Commission will take – most notably actions to combat the
coronavirus – in the coming year. Read Now...
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[[link removed]]David Saltiel: Golden Dawn was dangerous either as an organization or as a party
in parliament

President of the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece David Saltiel
reflects on an Athens court decision to convict the leadership of the country’s
Golden Dawn national political party for heading up a criminal organization:
“This verdict was very rightfully described as a “historic” one and a “landmark
decision." Epic, I would add.” Read Now...
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Westminster is the right place for a Holocaust memorial

President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews Marie van der Zyl welcomes a
proposal to place a Holocaust memorial next to the Houses of Parliament, writing
in The Times , "There is something uniquely powerful in situating a memorial and learning
center to humankind’s greatest crime right next to the center of the UK’s
democracy." Read More...
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Coronavirus cabinet delays decision to reopen schools, shops | The Times of
Israel

After an hours-long meeting, the so-called coronavirus cabinet meeting ended
without making any decision on reopening schools and stores, the next two stages
in a multi-phase Health Ministry plan for ending the lockdown. Ministers agreed
to reconvene to reach a final decision by Monday. Read More...
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[[link removed]]Israel, Bahrain seal the deal establishing formal ties

Israel and Bahrain signed an official agreement to establish formal diplomatic
relations, making the Gulf country the fourth Arab state to normalize ties with
Israel. Last month Bahrain joined the UAE at a White House ceremony in a
ceremony inaugurating the Abraham Accords. Watch Now...
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[[link removed]]New poll highlights Saudi interest in peace with Israel | Jpost

According to a newly published poll, nearly 80% of Saudis are in favor of
working towards normalizing ties with Israel within the next five years, with
71% thinking it likely that other Arab states will normalize ties without a
peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians. Read More...
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[[link removed]]The traditional Jewish prayer Gal Gadot says every day | Jpost

In an interview with Vanity Fair , Israeli actress Gal Gadot reflected on Judaism’s role in her day-to-day life,
noting that she says the traditional prayer of Modeh Ani everyday: “I wake up
and step out of bed and I say, ‘Thank you for everything, thank you, thank you,
thank you, thank you.’ Nothing is to be taken for granted.” Read More...
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UN arms embargoes on Iran expires | AP

A decade-long U.N. arms embargo that barred Iran from purchasing foreign weapons
like tanks and fighter jets expired on October 12th. In August, following the UN
Security Council's failure to extend the conventional weapons embargo, WJC
President Ronald S. Lauder called
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ensure Iran is unable to acquire conventional weapons." Read More...
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[[link removed]]Teacher decapitated after showing students cartoons of Muhammad

The Representative Council of Jews of France denounced the vicious terror
attack, saying "Those who incite hatred have held the assassin's hand and are
complicit in this ignominy. They must answer for their actions. Crif condemns
the escalation of these acts of hatred which attack France's most precious
values..." Read More...
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What I’ve learned about Emirati culture as the chief rabbi’s wife

“The Islamic faith is interlaced throughout the culture of the UAE: The airports
have ablution rooms for prayer preparation, the amusement parks interrupt their
stream of music with calls for prayer and hotel rooms provide Qurans and prayer
mats. I’m constantly awed by the way secular and religious practices support
each other,” writes Michelle Waldman Sarna in the JTA . Read More...
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New Swiss Jewish community president warns of rising antisemitism: ‘You mustn’t
wait for something to happen’

Ralph Lewin, the new head of the umbrella organization for Jews in Switzerland,
sat down with Swiss newspaper Aargauer Zeitung for his first major interview since being elected. Lewin discussed several of
topics of interest to the Jewish community including, the rise of antisemitism
in Sweden, Holocaust remembrance and Israel. Read More...
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WJC joins G20 Interfaith Forum

The annual conference enables religiously linked institutions and initiatives to
recommend solutions to some of the most pressing issues facing the global
community: hunger, poverty, global health crisis, inequalities and climate
change. Read More...
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20 October 1930 | Passfield White Paper restricts Jewish immigration to
Palestine

The Passfield White Paper caused widespread outrage in the Yishuv (the Jewish community living in Palestine), as well as Zionists in other parts
of the world who believed that the new policy violated the Balfour Declaration. Read More...
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[[link removed]]22 October 1979 | Moshe Dayan resigns from Israeli government

Foreign Minister Dayan’s resignation was prompted in part by his disagreement
with Prime Minister Menachem Begin’s intention to assert Israeli sovereignty
over the West Bank. In his resignation letter, Dayan stated, “It is no secret to
you that I differ over the technique and the substance whereby the autonomy
negotiations are being conducted.” Read More...
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Chayele Rosenthal, the songbird of the Vilna ghetto

From Vilna to Paris and then Cape Town, famed Yiddish singer and actress Chayele
Rosenthal carried with her a tragic story. Despite living in unconscionable
times, Rosethanal raised the spirits of her fellow Jews facing death in the
Vilna ghetto by participating in the ghetto's theatre performances. Watch Now...
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