Marcel Gascón Barberá
By Marcel Gascón Barberá
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News Embodying a story of trauma and liberation, Ukrainian Jews celebrate Passover amid a new normal
Children at Kharkiv’s Jewish school traveled with their families to Kyiv for a Passover celebration free from the fear of shelling
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Fast Forward Romanian city council votes down plan to remove bust of pro-Nazi government official
The Elie Wiesel Institute for the Study of the Holocaust in Romania said that “war criminals” such as Mircea Vulcanescu continue “to be treated as civic models by authorities"
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News Michael Shafir, who played a key role in Holocaust memory in his native Romania, dies at 78
Shafir studied Holocaust denial in post-communist Europe, including in the country he fled as a teenager
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Fast Forward Romania passes ‘landmark law’ guaranteeing the right to kosher slaughter
A Romanian Jewish leader called the law 'a shining symbol to other countries throughout the world.'
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Fast Forward Romania’s ornate and sometimes crumbling synagogues get new access via virtual tours
The tours are intended to generate awareness about and support for the Jewish communities of the Banat region
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Fast Forward Romanian Jews honor Chilean diplomat who saved over 1,200 during the Holocaust
BUCHAREST (JTA) — A group of diplomats and local Jewish leaders honored a late Chilean diplomat whose story of saving over 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust is not widely known. Samuel del Campo, who as a diplomat stationed in Romania during World War II issued Chilean and Polish passports to Jews who would have been…
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Fast Forward Romania makes Holocaust education mandatory in all high schools
BUCHAREST, Romania (JTA) — The Romanian Senate has adopted a law that makes it mandatory for all high schools and vocational schools in the country to teach a specific subject on the history of the Holocaust and the Jewish people. The law that passed on Monday stipulates that the course will be taught starting in…
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