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NCSEJ WEEKLY NEWS BRIEF Washington, DC NCSEJ WEEKLY NEWS BRIEF Washington, D.C. September 16, 2016 Clinton Sets Meeting With Ukraine's Poroshenko RFE/RL, September 15, 2016 http://www.rferl.org/content/hillary-clinton-meeting-poroshenko-contrast-trump-embrace- putin/27989131.html U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will meet with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, her campaign said on September 14, in an effort to contrast her pro-Kyiv stance with her Republican opponent Donald Trump's public comments in support of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Clinton's meeting with Poroshenko, whose country has struggled economically and politically since Moscow forcibly annexed the Crimean Peninsula in 2014 and fueled a war with separatists in eastern Ukraine, will occur on the sidelines of a UN General Assembly meeting in New York next week. Ukrainian officials said on September 14 that both Clinton and Trump had been invited to meet Poroshenko, but so far only Clinton has confirmed. Aides said the former secretary of state will use the meeting with Poroshenko to burnish her foreign policy credentials and show her solidarity with Ukraine. 'Excellent relations with Jewish community and Israel,’ Azerbaijan’s president tells WJC delegation WJC, September 13, 2016 http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/news/excellent-relations-with-jewish-community-and-israel- azerbaijans-president-tells-wjc-delegation-9-2-2016 A delegation of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) and the Russian Jewish Congress (RJC) headed by WJC President Ronald S. Lauder held talks in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku on Tuesday. At a meeting with Azeri President Ilham Aliyev, Lauder said the situation of Jews in the former Soviet republic, a predominantly Muslim nation, was very good and he thanked the Azeri head of state for it. President Aliyev underlined what he said were “excellent relations” of his administration with the Azeri Jewish Community, as well as with the State of Israel and with international NGOs such as the World Jewish Congress. Aliyev said both Ashkenazi and Mountain Jews had been living in the country for more than two millennia, and all religious and ethnic communities in the country were living in harmony with one another. He also said that there was no censorship, with nearly 70 percent of Azerbaijan’s population having full access to the internet. WJC Vice-President Yuri Kanner, who is also president of the Russian Jewish Congress, said after the meeting: "This was a very open and substantial discussion of all key issues of concern to Presidents Aliyev and Lauder. The Republic of Azerbaijan celebrates the 25th anniversary of its independence this year, and the people of Azerbaijan have come a long way. “It is important to understand the processes that happen here today, and to note that they constitute an example for other Muslim-majority countries. The success of this model of multiculturalism was noted by all participants.” WJC Vice-President God Nisanov declared: "I am very pleased that this meeting with President Ilham Aliyev went very well. Its Importance for the Jews of Azerbaijan cannot be overestimated. For us, it is a great honor that the president of the World Jewish Congress is paying a visit to Azerbaijan. I hope that the delegation will have a chance to see with their own eyes and appreciate that Azerbaijan is a prosperous and flourishing country, and that there is no place for anti-Semitism. All Jews are welcome here." The delegation also held talks with the chairman of the Clerical Office of Caucasus Muslims, Sheikh-ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazade, and with the leaders of Baku’s Jewish community. The visit has been organized by WJC Vice-President & RJC Board Member God Nisanov and by RJC Vice- President German Zakhariaev. In addition, the delegation is comprised of WJC President Ronald S. Lauder, RJC President and WJC Vice-President Yuri Kanner, Euro-Asian Jewish Congress President Julius Meinl, WJC CEO and Executive Vice-President Robert Singer, and WJC Deputy CEO for Diplomacy Maram Stern. EAJC President Julius Meinl said: “It is heartening that the Jewish community in Azerbaijan is thriving, and we regard it as our role to engage with governments to build productive relations.” The delegation will also travel the village of Qırmızı (Russian: Krasnaya Sloboda; English: Red Town), considered the national hearth of the community of Mountain Jews, who have been living there for more than 2,000 years. Qırmızı is also the birthplace of God Nisanov and German Zakhariaev. The WJC and RJC leaders were scheduled to visit Jewish burial grounds and met with representatives of the Mountain Jews community. Krakow march recalls centuries-old Jewish presence JTA, September 13, 2016 http://www.jta.org/2016/09/13/news-opinion/world/krakow-march-recalls-centuries-old-jewish-presence Hundreds marched through the streets of Krakow to commemorate the centuries-old Jewish presence in the city in an event organized by local Christian organizations. Marchers waved Polish and Israeli flags at the “memory march” held Sunday. Among those on hand was the Krakow bishop, Grzegorz Rys. The aim of the march was reconciliation between Poles and Jews, and to stand in opposition to anti-Semitism. “Many of my colleagues from other countries would like to be in my place,” Anna Azari, Israel’s ambassador to Poland, said at the event. “They also have marches, but anti-Semitic ones.” Zdzislaw Mach, a professor at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, said at the start of the march: “There is no Krakow without its minorities, there is no Krakow without Jews. There is also no Jagiellonian University without Jews.” The honorary patron of the event was the mayor of Krakow, Jacek Majchrowski. More than 60,000 Jews lived in Kralow before World War II, most in the Kazimierz district, where today there are seven synagogues that survived the war. The ghetto existed in Krakow from 1941 until 1943. Steven Spielberg filmed his Oscar-winning movie “Schindler’s List” in the Kazimierz district. Suspected neo-Nazis vandalize Holocaust memorial in Hungary The Jerusalem Post, September 12, 2016 http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Suspected-neo-Nazis-vandalize-Holocaust-memorial-in-Hungary-467519 Budapest's 'Living Memorial' was reportedly desecrated a few weeks after an article threatening to destroy the site was published on a neo-Nazi website. Suspected neo-Nazis over the weekend allegedly vandalized a vigil dedicated to Hungarian victims of the Holocaust, local media reported Sunday. According to the Hungarian Free Press, the grassroots 'Living Memorial' in Budapest's central Liberty Square was desecrated Friday night by unknown perpetrators, weeks after an article threatening to destroy the monument was published on a neo-Nazi website. The assailants apparently tore down photographs and shattered and stole items placed at the site that serves as testimony to the nearly 600,000 Hungarian Jews murdered in the Holocaust. In 2014, activist group established the memorial site that commemorates the victims with photographs of victims, votive candles and rocks that are traditionally placed on Jewish graves. Hungary boasted a large Jewish population until more than half of the community perished in the Holocaust. The far-right Hungarian portal Kuruc.info, which is believed to have links to Hungary's radical national Jobbik party, reportedly published the post threatening to damage the memorial some three weeks ago. “I promise that one night, in the beginning of September, I will walk by the Living Memorial and I will pack up four or five kilograms of the display, which legally is considered to be garbage, into a strong bag," the Hungarian Free Press quoted the incriminating post as reading. "And putting that into my car, I will take it to where it belongs. Naturally, I won’t dump it into the Danube, because that is already very polluted,” continued the message allegedly written under the alias Alitea Guzmán. A report of the incident has reportedly been filed with local police, and activists have noted that the square is well- equipped with security cameras. Jewish cemetery desecrated in Poland Arutz Sheva, September 12, 2016 http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/217655 The Jewish cemetery in Novominsk, Poland was desecrated in recent days by anonymous persons in a flagrant display of anti-Semitism. According to local authorities, anonymous persons burst into the cemetery, closed most hours of the day, and sprayed swastikas on a number of graves, desecrating the graves. The activity was discovered by locals who discerned the break-in; they alerted representatives of the local Jewish community. The Jewish community, in turn, immediately called police, who opened an investigation into the incident. Between the two World Wars, Novominsk included some 4,000 Jews – close to half of all its citizens. By World War Two, the city contained 5,246 Jews. With onslaught of the Holocaust, however, the Jewish population of the city dwindled to a small ghetto inside the city, and the Jewish population disappeared almost entirely as the War continued. With eye on West, Belarus holds slightly freer election By Andrei Makhovsky Reuters, September 12, 2016 http://www.reuters.com/article/us-belarus-election-parliament-idUSKCN11G0VC Lawmakers loyal to hardline Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko retained power in an election on Sunday, but the opposition's win of a seat for the first time in 20 years could help the ex-Soviet nation further improve ties with the West. The opposition, which has not been represented in the 110-seat parliament since 1996, had not been expected to gain any seats, but in a concession to Western calls for greater transparency its candidates were able to register more easily. External monitors were also given access to the vote count. Lukashenko, in power since 1994, has kept Belarus in a close strategic alliance with Moscow.
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