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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 433

European Jewish Congress

Attendees with placards reading "raped jew, Republic in danger" (L) and "antisemitism is not residual", with French flags and an Israeli flag take part in a demonstration against antisemitism called by the Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions (CRIF) at Place de la Comedie in Montpellier, southern France, on August 27, 2024. (Pascal GUYOT / AFP)
October 15, 2024, 11:29 pm
EU issues declaration against antisemitism, calls for more action to combat it
Member states commit to promoting consequences for antisemitic hate speech, fostering Jewish culture, ensuring Jewish Europeans’ safety; Jewish groups hail move
By ToI Staff
A mural of Anne Frank wearing a keffiyeh in Bergen, Norway, painted by the anonymous artist Töddel, July 2024. (Courtesy of Töddel via JTA)
July 26, 2024, 7:54 pm
Graffiti in Norway of Anne Frank wearing a keffiyeh sparks outrage
Anonymous artist Töddel claims teen killed in Holocaust would support their call to end ‘the killings of the innocent women and children in Gaza’
By Andrew Lapin
File - National Security Itamar Ben Gvir leads an Otzma Yehudit faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, March 4, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
April 10, 2024, 9:52 am
A leader of European Jews accuses Ben Gvir of exacerbating antisemitism
Critics hit back at European Jewish Congress president for his comments on far-right minister, accusing him of ‘sanctimony’ and ‘failed appeasement”
By Canaan Lidor
The building of the European Court of Human Rights in in Strasbourg, France, March 13, 2012. (CC BY-SA Wikimedia commons)
February 15, 2024, 8:50 pm
Top European rights court upholds bans on halal, kosher slaughter in Belgium
Rabbi slams ‘a black day for Europe’ amid fears other countries will follow suit; critics say the bans infringe on religious practice
By JTA and Canaan Lidor
File: The statue of antisemitic former Vienna mayor Karl Lueger (1844-1910) smeared with black tar paint at Ringstrasse Boulevard in Vienna, Austria, on November 22, 2022. (Alex HALADA/AFP)
June 7, 2023, 4:32 pm
To shift ‘perspective,’ Vienna to tilt statue of antisemitic mayor admired by Hitler
Artist proposing idea hopes bronze of Karl Lueger will look like it’s falling over; Jewish leaders call measure ‘halfhearted,’ press for removal
By Gabe Friedman
Kyiv Chief Rabbi Yaakov Dov Bleich leads the memorial ceremony and inauguration of a symbolic synagogue at the site of the Babyn Yar Nazi massacre, April 8, 2021. (Courtesy/Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center)
June 15, 2022, 4:11 am
Leading Ukraine rabbi denies sexual misconduct allegations
Organization representing British Jews suspends ties with European Jewish Congress over unspecified ‘misconduct’ allegations against Yaakov Dov Bleich, a chief rabbi of Ukraine
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Moshe Kantor, President of the World Holocaust Forum Foundation, delivers a speech during the Fifth World Holocaust Forum at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial museum in Jerusalem on January 23, 2020. (RONEN ZVULUN / POOL / AFP)
April 9, 2022, 1:14 am
European Jewish Congress head Moshe Kantor resigns following UK sanctions
Resignation comes after Kantor was included in a list of 8 ‘oligarchs’ sanctioned for ties to Putin regime; EJC to convene in coming days to decide future
By Cnaan Liphshiz
People take photos as they enter the Sachsenhausen Nazi death camp through the gate with the phrase 'Arbeit macht frei' (work sets you free), in Oranienburg, about 30 kilometers (18 miles) north of Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, January 25, 2022. (AP/Markus Schreiber)
January 26, 2022, 11:14 pm
European leaders pledge to target pandemic-fueled antisemitism
Head of European Council says lessons of Holocaust ‘more relevant than ever’ as EU officials hold virtual meeting on combatting Jew hatred ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day
By AP
The leaning Tower of Pisa, in Tuscany, central Italy, on August 3, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
September 10, 2021, 12:40 am
Israeli assaulted by souvenir seller in Pisa who yelled ‘Jews are murderers’
Elad Forgash, who will require surgery for injuries to face, says Bangladeshi stall owner in Italian city inquired about his nationality and then attacked him
By ToI Staff
A flyer for the course titled 'Auschwitz/Gaza: A testing ground for comparative literature.' (Wikimedia Commons)
August 26, 2021, 8:44 am
Spanish university axes ‘Auschwitz/Gaza’ class accused of trivializing Holocaust
Course comparing Nazi extermination program with Israel-Palestinian conflict canceled following criticism from scholars and Jewish groups
By Orge Castellano
Illustrative: Policemen walk through a street close to the site of a shooting in Halle an der Saale, eastern Germany, on October 9, 2019. (Sebastian Willnow/dpa/AFP)
May 4, 2021, 8:52 pm
Germany says antisemitic crimes up 15% in 2020, far-right attacks on the rise
Head of European Jewish Congress says new figures announced by German interior ministry ‘should ring alarm bells’; police arrest alleged neo-Nazi ‘motivated by right-wing ideology’
By Matthew Barakat
Illustrative: A butcher in Jerusalem, April 26, 2010. (Abir Sultan/Flash90)
December 18, 2020, 3:25 am
Israel, Jewish groups blast EU court ruling against kosher and halal slaughter
European Court of Justice says authorities can effectively ban religious ritual slaughter; Israeli Foreign Ministry says decision sends ‘a harsh message to all European Jewry’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative image of a man preparing meat at a kosher slaughterhouse (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
December 17, 2020, 12:59 pm
EU court rules authorities can ban kosher and halal slaughter in Belgian region
European Jewish groups decry ruling, say it puts ‘animal welfare above… freedom of religion’; Israel: Decision signals to Jewish communities that they aren’t wanted in Europe
By AFP and ToI Staff
Orthodox Jewish men talk on Forshay Road in Monsey, NY, December 29, 2019, down the street from the scene of a stabbing rampage that occurred the night before, during a Hanukkah celebration. (AP/Allyse Pulliam)
April 20, 2020, 10:05 pm
Anti-Semitic violence worldwide in 2019 was highest in 5 years – report
Nearly three quarters of incidents flagged by EJC involved vandalism, arson or assault: ‘Not only have the numbers increased substantially, but the worst types of attacks grew’
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Moshe Kantor, the head of the European Jewish Congress, is pictured during an interview with AFP in Jerusalem on January 6, 2020. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
January 9, 2020, 8:04 pm
Europe’s Jewish population could vanish due to anti-Semitism, says Jewish leader
Ahead of Jerusalem gathering to mark Auschwitz liberation, European Jewish Congress’s Moshe Kantor says Jew hatred best fought with ‘fear’ of a future tragedy
By AFP
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