(JTA) — A Romanian government minister who denied that the Holocaust happened in his country said a visit to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum would “forever stay” with him. Dan Sova, who was appointed minister for parliamentary relations in August despite protests by Jewish groups, made the statement Monday, a...
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JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Argentinian ambassador over his country’s agreement with Iran to jointly investigate the 1994 bombing of the Buenos Aires JCC. Israel’s ambassador in Buenos Aires, Dorit Shavit, also requested a meeting with the Argentinian Foreign Minister Hector Timerman to discuss the pact, according...
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JERUSALEM (JTA) — Leaders of the American Jewish Committee in a meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Amman discussed political and strategic developments in the Middle East.
The AJC Board of Governors delegation headed by AJC President Robert Elman met separately over the weekend with the king and three...
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(JTA) — Robert Singer was named secretary general of the World Jewish Congress, the organization’s most senior professional position.
“All of the WJC executives who have met Robert have been impressed with his professionalism, insight and vision, and they look forward to working with him in strengthening the WJC’s position...
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WARSAW, Poland (JTA) — The 68th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz was marked with a ceremony at the site. Ex-prisoners and liberators of the Nazi death camp attended the ceremony on Sunday, International Holocaust Memorial Day, at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski served as the honorary...
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ROME (JTA) — The lights of the ancient Colosseum in Rome will be dimmed to protest anti-Semitic and racist acts and statements by Hungary’s ultranationalist Jobbik party. The initiative, sponsored by Rome’s city government and the Rome Jewish community, will take place Jan. 27 on International Holocaust Memorial Day. It...
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(JTA) — The British Foreign Office included Israel as “a country of concern” in a report on human rights violators. Israel appeared on a list in a quarterly report on human rights and democracy issued Thursday by the foreign office of 28 countries accused of perpetrating human rights violations.
The...
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ATHENS, Greece (JTA) — The head of the European Jewish Congress said the “racist” killing of an immigrant in Athens was a result of Greece tolerating the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party. “We are witness to an increasing violence against foreigners and minorities in Greece which is the natural result of...
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(JTA) — Bulgaria says there is no evidence that Hezbollah was behind an attack on Israelis last year. According to the Jan. 17 report on 24chasa.bg, Bulgarian authorities have identified an Arab with links to al-Qaida as a suspected accomplice in the bombing at the Black Sea resort of Burgas...
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(JTA) — The Anti-Defamation League said disgraced designer John Galliano has changed his beliefs and now understands the evils of anti-Semitism. Galliano, who lost his job as the top designer at Christian Dior after he was arrested for making anti-Semitic statements at a Paris bar, had dedicated “significant” time to...
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