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Culture In Europe, A Festival Insists That Jewish Culture Is As Important As Ever
On September 1, 2019, the 80th anniversary of the start of World War II, 34 countries will observe the European Days of Jewish Culture, opening the doors of historic synagogues and engaging local communities in over 400 cities throughout the continent. That anniversary is notable, but rather than focusing on the Holocaust and its near-obliteration…
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Fast Forward Lithuanian Capital’s Last Synagogue Shuts Down
(JTA) — The Jewish Community of Lithuania temporarily closed the only functioning synagogue of the capital Vilnius, citing security issues that may be connected to a debate about the honoring of Nazi collaborators. “The Lithuanian Jewish Community has received threatening telephone calls and letters in recent days,” Faina Kukliansky, the chairwoman of the community, wrote…
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Fast Forward Italian Police Find Combat Missile, Nazi Propaganda In Raid Of Far-Right Groups
Police in northern Italy detained three men after discovering an air-to-air missile, an arsenal of military weapons and Nazi propaganda during raids on far-right groups, the BBC reported. As part of an on-going investigation of Italian far-right extremist groups, Italian police discovered the stash of military weapons and Nazi paraphernalia on Monday. Eight hundred bullets,…
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Fast Forward Second Mass Grave Of Jewish Holocaust Victims Discovered In Romania
(JTA) — A second mass grave of Jews killed by Romanian troops during World War II was discovered in northeast Romania. The human remains were found near the village of Popricani, the site of a massacre of Jews carried out by Romanian troops allied with the Nazis. In 2010, a mass grave containing 16 bodies…
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Fast Forward London Jewish Man Chased By Knife-Wielding Attacker Yelling Anti-Semitic Slurs
An Orthodox Jewish man in London was forced to flee from a knife-wielding attacker who threatened to “behead” him on Monday, The Evening Standard reported. The Jewish man was walking to work in the Whitechapel district of east London when he was accosted by a stranger who allegedly called him a “f***** Jew” before pulling…
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Fast Forward Bleak View Of European Jewry’s Future Shared At Holocaust Event
(JTA) – At a Holocaust commemoration event at the European Parliament, Jewish community leaders outlined an unusually pessimistic view of European Jewry’s present and future resulting from anti-Semitism. The ceremony Wednesday at the European Parliament’s annual International Holocaust Remembrance Day event was the first such event in which European Jewish Congress President Moshe Kantor raised…
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Fast Forward British Bank To Divest From Israeli Arms Maker Over ‘Human Rights’ Issues
(JTA) — Europe’s largest bank, the London-based HSBC, said it will divest from Israeli defense contractor Elbit over “human rights” issues. HSBC sources confirmed to the Jerusalem Post that the bank, said to be the seventh largest financial institution in the world, had divested from Elbit, one of Israel’s largest defense companies, the newspaper reported…
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Opinion It’s Not Just Jews. Let’s Remember The Other People Europeans Love To Hate
Some years ago, I was discussing the history of Jews in Poland with a Polish academic. He pointed out to me that while anti-Semitism has certain unique characteristics, in pre-war Poland it was part of a web of inter-ethnic conflicts that also included Ukrainians, Lithuanians, and Germans, to name a few. Timothy Snyder makes a…
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