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Special tribute to Holocaust victims held in Oporto
The Portugal-based International Observatory of Human Rights ceremony took place at the Oporto Holocaust Museum in the presence of 200 teenagers from the city’s schools. Read more » »
Jewish groups urge Senate to approve anti-Semitism envoy amid stalled nomination
It is the latest in a series of calls by American Jewish organizations to confirm Holocaust historian, author and professor Deborah Lipstadt. (November 11, 2021 / JNS) Some 21 Jewish organizations wrote to the heads of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday urging them to swiftly approve Deborah Lipstadt as the next anti-Semitism envoy. Read more » »
Groups urge Virginia Tech to reject BDS resolution passed by graduate students
The 79 organizations also asked university president Tim Sands to affirm his commitment to ensuring that “no student will be subject to unfair discrimination or harassment because of the implementation of such a boycott on campus. Read more » »
Jewish groups urge approval of anti-Semitism envoy, citing Republican recalcitrance
“The hold on Lipstadt’s confirmation must be lifted quickly so she may assume the post and commence this important work,” wrote B’nai B’rith president Charles Kaufman and CEO Dan Mariaschin in a statement. (November 5, 2021 / JNS) Jewish organizations are calling on the U.S. Read more » »
Can Portugal be Europe’s model for fostering Jewish life?
(October 28, 2021 / JNS) The European Commission announced in early October that Jewish life will be fostered in a Europe that was home to 9.5 million Jews before the Second World War and whose remaining 1.5 million are abandoning the Old Continent. “We want to see Jewish life thriving again in the heart of our communities,” said E.C. Read more » »
‘Nations don’t let nations go out of existence,’ she said
(September 20, 2021 / JNS) It was December 1983 and Yael Dayan—Labor Party Knesset member, novelist and daughter of legendary general and defense minister Moshe Dayan—had been booked into town as featured speaker for the Columbus Jewish Federation’s annual Israel celebration. Read more » »
Biden administration briefs Jewish leaders on Bennett meetings, foreign policy
Source: Prime Minister Bennett wanted to demonstrate he can be “prime ministerial” like his predecessor, while President Biden needed to show that despite the Afghanistan crisis, he is able to conduct foreign diplomacy and that the U.S. is still important in the Middle East. Read more » »
B’nai Brith Canada says university course could be ‘forum for anti-Semitic views’
The organization is concerned about a course by assistant professor Shamma Boyarin, who has lashed out at Jews online and posted derogatory images and statements on his personal Twitter account, called Motley Jëw. Read more » »
Jewish leaders: Bennett should tell Biden Israel, US share threats of instability, radicalism
The fallout from U.S. troops leaving Afghanistan has taken over news headlines and will likely overshadow the upcoming first in-person meeting between U.S. Read more » »
B’nai Brith Canada calls slew of swastika vandalism around the country ‘reprehensible and unacceptable’
“We trust that our law enforcement partners will investigate these matters diligently and do everything possible to apprehend the perpetrators,” said B’nai Brith Canada CEO Michael Mostyn. (August 20, 2021 / JNS) B’nai Brith Canada condemned the recent increase in swastika vandalism that has taken place across the country. Read more » »
