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Prepared by the European Jewish Congress, Secretariat and Member of the Advisory 2016 Board of the European Parliament Working Group on Antisemitism (WGAS)
Prepared by the European Jewish Congress, Secretariat and Member of the Advisory 2016 Board of the European Parliament Working Group on Antisemitism (WGAS). Page 1 of 40 TABLE OF CONTENT I. REPORTS & POLLS .......................................................................................................... 6 AUSTRIA................................................................................................................................ 6 Antisemitic incidents in Austria up by more than 80% ........................................................... 6 FRANCE ................................................................................................................................. 6 Large dip in French Jewish emigration to Israel ..................................................................... 6 Huge fall in number of antisemitic attacks in France .............................................................. 6 Hate crimes in France down 80% this year ............................................................................. 7 Most French believe Jews responsible for rise in antisemitism................................................ 7 SPCJ statistics and analyses on antisemitism in France in 2015 .............................................. 7 More than 40% of French Jews considering “Aliyah”............................................................. 7 GERMANY ............................................................................................................................. 8 Germany to force Facebook, -
Happy Birthday Harry
January/February 2016 VOL. XLIII No. 1 Liberal Judaism is a constituent of the World Union for Progressive Judaism www.liberaljudaism.org ljtoday Happy birthday Harry Mitzvah Day NE OF Liberal Judaism’s most The Liberal Jewish Synagogue (LJS) Award for NPLS beloved, and senior, rabbis service was taken by two of Harry’s Ocelebrated his 90th birthday with children, Rabbis Dr Margaret and Richard special services and kiddushim held at Jacobi, along with LJS senior rabbi, communities all over the UK. Rabbi Alexandra Wright. Harry gave the Rabbi Harry Jacobi was joined by sermon. Others in attendance included friends, family and Liberal Judaism Simon Benscher and Rabbi Danny Rich, members at events at The Liberal Jewish the chair and senior rabbi of Liberal Synagogue, Woodford Liberal Synagogue, Judaism, Rabbi Rachel Benjamin and Birmingham Progressive Synagogue, Rabbi Dr David Goldberg. Southgate Progressive Synagogue, At the end of the service, Harry was Northwood & Pinner Liberal Synagogue visibly moved as his young granddaughter and South Bucks Jewish Community. Tali presented him with a Festschrift Harry, who was born as Heinz Martin written in his honour. The book, reviewed Hirschberg in October 1925, and grew on page 10 of this issue of lj today, was up in Auerbach, Germany, twice fled the edited by Rabbi Danny Rich and features Nazis to become one of Britain’s most contributions from leading Progressive NORTHWOOD & PINNER LIBERAL respected and inspiring religious leaders. Jewish rabbis and thinkers. Another SYNAGOGUE (NPLS) won this year’s granddaughter, Abigail, Mitzvah Day Award for Interfaith wrote the biography Partnership of the Year. -
The Hebrew Watchman
Serving Memphis and Mid-South Jewry Since 1925 Vol. 99, No.25 50 Cents Per Issue March 4, 2021 • 20 Adar, 5781 MEMPHIS, TENNESEE Israel to spend $50M compensating families of children who disappeared in state’s early years By Asaf Shalev JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Is- raeli government approved a plan Monday. February 22, to provide compensation of up to $60,000 to some of the families of children who went missing while in state care in the 1950s. But advocacy groups and sev- eral of the families have already rejected the plan, calling it a cyni- The sculpture “Le Deporté” by Françoise Salmon can be seen on cal move designed to silence their the site of the former concentration camp Neuengamme. larger demands for accountability. Credit: Markus Scholz/picture alliance via Getty Images) They are demanding an official apology, an expansion of the eligi- US deports 95-year-old former Nazi bility criteria, and further access to state records that might shed light A view of Yemenite Jews who were flown into Israel in 1950 under concentration camp guard back to Germany on the fate of their relatives. “Operation Magic Carpet.” Credit: Bettmann/Getty Images By Philissa Cramer Amendment that bars anyone who The compensation plan — NEW YORK (JTA) – A year participated in Nazi-sponsored amounting to roughly $50 million kidnap children from hospitals and The window to apply for money after an immigration judge ordered persecution from entering or living — represents a new phase for what clinics and deliver them to Ashke- runs from June 1 to Nov. -
Jpr / European Jewish Digest
jpr / European Jewish Digest Volume 2 Issue 12 December 2015 Institute for Jewish Policy Research jpr / European Jewish Digest Volume 2 Issue 12 December 2015 Looking at the headlines across Jewish Europe Institute for Jewish Policy Research 1 / Issues concerning the Jewish passengers, saying “you band of antisemitism motherf***er bastard Jews. You band of bitches; you dirty bastard race.” He added that “if only I Violence, vandalism and abuse had a grenade here…I would blow up this wagon with the f***ing Jewish bastards.” The outburst Incidents of violence, vandalism and abuse was caught on a cell phone. In a similar incident were reported in the media across Europe in in Hungary, several men shouted antisemitic December. In France, fourteen people were insults at visitors to the historic Jewish quarter of mildly poisoned by a toxic substance applied to Budapest, calling them “dirty Jews” and accusing the keypad of an electronic lock at a synagogue them of “killing Jesus.” Bonneuil-sur-Marne, south of Paris. The victims suffered from strong burning sensations in In Poland, vandals painted antisemitic and pro- their eyes and itchy rashes on their skin. Police ISIS graffiti at the Jewish cemetery in Sochaczew. believe the substance was deliberately placed The graffiti were painted on the Ohel Tzadikim there to cause harm. A few days earlier, a man memorial and included the slogans ‘Holocaust threatened and insulted a group of French Jews never happened,’ ‘Allah bless Hitler,’ ‘Islamic whilst travelling on a train in Paris. The man, State was here,’ ‘Islam will dominate,’ and ‘F**k who was of Algerian descent, verbally assaulted Jews.’ The Sochaczew Museum, which cares for the cemetery, appealed to residents of the / ABOUT EUROPEAN JEWISH DIGEST city for help in removing the damage. -
SUSSEX Day Limmud | Brighton Festival PREVIEW What's ON
SSUSSEXUSSEX JJEWISHEWISH NNEWSEWS WHAt’S INSIdE.... SUSSEX Day LIMMUd | BRIGHtON FEStIVAL PREVIEW WHAt’S ON | ANd MORE WWW.SUSSEXJEWISHNEWS.COM | £2 | MAY 2011 | NISAN / IYAR 5771 • ISSUE 208 2 Pause for thought 3 Now that the Pesach pots and pans have been put away for This is not a rant at the Big 3, Tesco, Sainsburys and another year (apologies if this statement affects your personal Waitrose, but it would be good to see them responding to fundamentalist rights, it’s not intended to) we can look the needs of their local ‘minorities’. Sainsburys and Waitrose forward to another year without having to worry about how threw the towel in early; their Pesach offerings were abysmal. many verses of Had Gad Yah we can remember or even feel Tesco had far and away the biggest selection of Kosher for that we should sing. Passover products. But they could only be purchased from one store in all of Sussex. If you wanted to purchase on- Maybe what we should be thinking about, is how well are we line, use your computer for home delivery, Tesco’s systems being served - as a Jewish Community. Members of those prevented you from doing that. If you live in Eastbourne large communities in North London or Manchester or Leeds or Uckfield or wherever, your post code links you to your may not have nearest Tesco store. If that given their Pesach WE ARE FACING UP TO ANOTHER ATTEMPT BY THE EUROPEAN does not stock kosher goods, shopping much of you cannot buy those goods a thought. -
20078 Hamoar April 2009 18/3/09 13:53 Page 1
20078 Hamoar cover 2009 18/3/09 13:23 Page 1 Many types of freshly cooked food. Cold cuts available. l HOME MADE l LOW PRICES ALL YEAR ROUND l FRESHLY COOKED ON THE PREMISES 20078 Hamoar April 2009 18/3/09 13:53 Page 1 EDITORIAL Contents I’m delighted to present this packed Diary 2 Pesach edition of Hamaor – the Birchas Hachama – Journal of the Federation of Blessing over the Sun 8 Synagogues. It offers something for everyone to enjoy and even Communal Urban Myths 10 share at the Seder table. Matza Crunch v. Credit Crunch 12 Always looking to bring you a fresh approach, we Love and Survival 14 welcome two new contributors, Michael Simon and Appearances can be deceptive 16 Zviki Rotsztein, in addition to your familiar favourites. Dayan Lichtenstein provides a fascinating guide to Yetzias Mizraim – Birchas Hachama - the once in 28 year mitzvah, that Leaving one’s confines 18 we can fulfil this Erev Pesach. Mr Alan Finlay has some News from Manchester 20 communal urban myths for us to mull over and Dr Eli Kienwald keeps to matters topical with a perspective CST News 22 on the current credit crunch. Jewish Marriage Council 24 Another new feature to look out for is the Rebbetzin’s Shaare Zedek’s News 26 Recipes, and lots more… Who is the fifth son? 28 Wishing you all a Chag Kasher VeSameach, Family Hamaor Pesach Recipes 30 Eva Book Review 32 Restaurant Review 33 Personal 34 Kashrus Directory 41 Federation of Synagogues Contact Details 42 Sale of Chometz form 43 List of Synagogues 44 Published by The Federation of Synagogues 65 Watford Way, London NW4 3AQ Tel: 020 8202 2263 Fax: 020 8203 0610 Email: [email protected] www.federationofsynagogues.com Editor: Eva Chapper Advertising: Roberta Rubenstein Hamaor / April 2009 Page 1 20078 Hamoar April 2009 18/3/09 13:53 Page 2 DIARYDIARYDIARYDIARYDIARYDIARY NEWS & EVENTS Croydon Finchley A walk for Croydon On Friday 16 January, 2009, a distressing incident On Sunday 2nd November 2008, the Croydon Social occurred as members left the minyan. -
European Jewish Digest: Looking at the Headlines Across Jewish Europe
EUROPEAN JEWISH DIGEST: LOOKING AT THE HEADLINES ACROSS JEWISH EUROPE VOLUME 2, ISSUE 5: MAY 2015 1 / ISSUES CONCERNING ANTISEMITISM Violence, Vandalism & Abuse As in previous months, episodes of violence, vandalism and abuse were once again registered in several countries in May. France, in particular, came under the spotlight. At the start of the month, two Jewish men were attacked in Paris by a gang of about 40 people. The victims, both in their early 20s, were slightly injured in an area that is home to many Jewish-owned businesses. The assailants were identified as members of ‘Gaza Firm,’ a pro-Palestinian group that is involved in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. In Lille, at least six tombstones were smashed at the Jewish cemetery, with the vandals also pouring paint on the gravestones. A few days later, a 16-year-old boy, who was wearing a kippa, was attacked while returning home to prepare for Shabbat dinner in Paris. He was approached by four men who robbed him, took his shoes, and smashed his phone into the ground. Two of the attackers held the victim down while a third repeatedly delivered blows to his body and head, injuring one of his eyes severely. The National Bureau for Vigilance Against Antisemitism (BNVCA) classified this attack as antisemitic. Also in Paris, a Jewish woman was slightly injured by three African women who assaulted her because she complained to them about the behaviour of children, whom she thought belonged to at least one of them. Whilst allegedly assaulting her, witnesses heard the African women shouting antisemitic remarks, including “Hitler didn’t finish the job” and a statement about Jews being “a filthy race.” Also in France, the Jewish director of the Technical University Institution (IUT) in Saint-Denis, near Paris, who has received multiple death threats this year, was targeted by unknown individuals who sent five of his colleagues text messages reading “You too will fall. -
The West London Synagogue of British Jews
THE WEST LONDON SYNAGOGUE OF BRITISH JEWS ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2014 Company No: 08578248 (England and Wales) Registered Charity No: 1155821 WEST LONDON SYNAGOGUE OF BRITISH JEWS (COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE) LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION For the year ended 31 December 2014 _______________________________________________________________ Directors and Trustees Ido Ben-Shaul Sir Terence Etherton Vivien Feather James Fletcher Monica Jankel Zippi Lyttleton Julia Markson Jane Mecz Richard Newton Stewart Sether Adam Sonin Mary Stewart Emanuela Tebaldi Jill Todd Diana Winbourne Rita Yusupoff Marie van der Zyl Charity Number 1155821 Company Number 08578248 Principal Address 33 Seymour Place London W1H 5AU Auditors HW Fisher & Company Acre House 11-15 William Road London NW1 3ER Bankers: Barclays Bank PLC 99 Hatton Garden London EC1N 8DN Solicitors: Gordon Dadds LLP 6 Agar Street London WC2N 4HN ___________________________________________________________________________ THE WEST LONDON SYNAGOGUE OF BRITISH JEWS (COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE) CONTENTS Page Trustees' report 1 - 6 Statement of trustees' responsibilities 7 Independent auditors' report 8 - 9 Statement of financial activities 10 Balance sheet 11 Cash flow statement 12 Notes to the accounts 13 - 25 WEST LONDON SYNAGOGUE OF BRITISH JEWS (COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE) TRUSTEES’ REPORT For the year ended 31 December 2014 _______________________________________________________________ DIRECTORS’ AND TRUSTEES’ REPORT For the year ended 31 December 2014 The Directors and Trustees present their report for the year ended 31 December 2014. The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the accounts and comply with the Charity’s laws, the Charities Act 2011 and the Statement of Recommended Practice, “Accounting and Reporting by Charities”, issued in March 2005. -
A World in Flux: Jewish Journalism Struggles to Survive / Shalom Hartman Institute / 2018
A WORLD IN FLUX JEWISH JOURNALISM Around the World JEWISH JOURNALISM STRUGGLES TO SURVIVE Jewish media outside North America reflect the countries and communities in which they work. With few exceptions, they face existential struggles. They wish for and need more resources, influence, and contact with Israel and North America. ALAN D. ABBEY MAX MOSER Shalom Hartman Institute Jerusalem, Israel June 2018 A World in Flux: Jewish Journalism Struggles to Survive / Shalom Hartman Institute / 2018 Authors Alan D. Abbey is Director of Media at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, which he joined in 2008 after a 30-year career in journalism in the U.S. and Israel. He founded Ynetnews.com, the English-language website of Israel’s largest media company, Yedioth Ahronoth, and was Executive Vice President for Electronic Publishing at the Jerusalem Post. Alan is Adjunct Professor of Journalism at National University of San Diego, and ethics lecturer for the Getty School of Citizen Journalism in the Middle East and North Africa. He was a leader of the Online News Association's digital ethics team, which created the “Build Your Own Ethics Code” course and website and chaired the Hartman Institute-American Jewish Press Association Ethics Project. Alan is the author of Journey of Hope: The Story of Ilan Ramon, Israel's First Astronaut. He has a Master's Degree in Journalism from the University of Oregon. He is a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and lives in Jerusalem with his wife and three children. [email protected] | @alanabbey Max Moser was a 2016-2017 Begin Fellow and research and marketing associate at the Shalom Hartman Institute. -
A Community of Communities
A Community of Communities Report of the Commission on Representation of the Interests of the British Jewish Community March 2000 2 Adar 5160 The lnstitute for Jewish Policy Research (JPR) is an independent think-tank which informs and influences opinion and decision-making on social, political and cultural issues a{fecting Jewish life. The Commission on Representation of the lnterests of the British Jewish Community was established as an independent working party in 1998 by JPR, which provlded the secretariat and a home for the Commission. Members were drawn on an ad personam basis from a cross-section of Britlsh Jewry in terms of gender, region and rellgious outlook. The Commission's task was to examine how the interests of the Britlsh Jewlsh community are represented at various levels-withln the community, to Jewish communities abroad and in the wider UK soclety. The Commission was also asked to make recommendations on how the representation of these interests can best be organized for the twenty-first century. JPR pledged to publish the report of the Commission Members of the Commission / Report a uthors Davrd Blackburn Lucie Hass Stephen Chelms Maurlce Helf gott Adrian Cohen Proiessor Ba rry Kosmin Ruth Deech Dr Mary Rudolf Krom Jean Gaffln, OBE Melanie Ph llips Professor IVargaret Harris Carolyn Taylor Secretariat Antony Lerman Dr Winston Prckett Andrea Margolit Lena Stanley-Clamp Contents Summary 1 Recommendations 3 l lntroduction I 2 For What Sort of British Jewry ls Representation Being U n derta ken? 13 3ln What Kind of Britain ls Representation Taking Place? 15 4 The Current Pattern of Representation 19 5 Gathering ldeas: The Consultation Exercise 23 Appendix 1 Jewish Communal Organizations Engaged in Representation 34 Appendix 2 Representation in Five Jewish Communities- France, the Netherlands, Australia, Canada and the USA by Daniel E lazar 44 Appendix 3 United Kingdom Legislation Concerning Jews by His Honour Judge Aron Owen and Sheriff G. -
General Analysis for the Year 2018
The Lester and Sally Entin Faculty of Humanities מרכז קנטור KANTOR CENTER לחקר יהדות אירופה בימינו | For the Study of Contemporary European Jewry Moshe Kantor Database for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and Racism Antisemitism Worldwide - 2018 - General Analysis The Program for the Study of Jews in Arab Lands The Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and Racism Antisemitism Worldwide 2018 / General Analysis Dina Porat, Head of the Kantor Center Editor-in-Chief Esther Webman Editor Talia Naamat Kantor Center Researchers Lidia Lerner – Latin America and Spain Riva Mane – France Michal Navoth – Greece Giovanni Quer – BDS and Legal Research Sarah Rembiszewski – Western Europe and Germany Mikael Shainkman – Scandinavia Raphael Vago – Romania Esther Webman – Arab Countries Contributors Austria - Florian Zeller (FGA) Australia - Julie Nathan (ECAJ) Belgium - Joël Kotek (Sciences Po Paris) Brazil - Alexandre Gomes Canada - Ran Ukashi and Aidan Fishman (Bnai Brith) Chile - Gustavo Guzmán Czech Republic - Zbynek Tarant (University of West Bohemia) and Lucie Neumannova France - SPCJ Hungary - Karl Pfeifer Italy - Stefano Gatti and Betti Guetta (CDEC, Osservatorio Antisemitismo) Mexico - Renee Dayan Shabot (Tribuna Israelita) Moldova - Natalia Sineaeva-Pankowska Netherlands - Hanna Luden (CIDI) Venezuela - Beatriz Rittigstein (CAIV) Poland - Rafal Pankowski (Never Again) Russia and Other Former Soviet countries - Shmuel Barnai Slovakia - Daniella Nemetova South Africa - David Sacks (Board of Deputies) Switzerland -
Activity Report 1 January 2017 - January 2019
ACTIVITY REPORT 1 JANUARY 2017 - JANUARY 2019 ACTIVITY REPORT EJC IN ACTION EUROPEAN JEWISH CONGRESS ACTIVITY REPORT 3 GENERAL ASSEMBLY JANUARY 2017 - JANUARY 2019 EJC in Action This activity report provides information about major (P04-P93) events, high-level meetings and activities organised or attended by the European Jewish Congress (EJC) between 2017 and 2019. The report also includes op-eds written by Dr. Moshe Kantor, EJC President, during the course of these years. This document is not exhaustive, but rather intends to reflect the EJC’s main objectives, and achievements, as Campaigns and well as campaigns driven by the EJC. In doing so this report summarises the EJC’s endeavours for the wellbeing Calls for Action of European Jewry, the security of its affiliated Jewish (P94-P107) communities and successful EU-Israel relations. EJC in the Media (P108-P155) EJC IN ACTION EUROPEAN JEWISH CONGRESS ACTIVITY REPORT 5 GENERAL ASSEMBLY JANUARY 2017 - JANUARY 2019 EJC in Action EJC EJC IN ACTION EUROPEAN JEWISH CONGRESS ACTIVITY REPORT 7 GENERAL ASSEMBLY JANUARY 2017 - JANUARY 2019 Brussels | January 24, 2017 General Assembly of the European Jewish Congress The EJC held its General Assembly in Brussels, which was attended by over 30 Presidents and representatives of European Jewish communities. Dr. Moshe Kantor gave a summary of the EJC’s activities in 2016, laying out main challenges and successes for European Jewry. Kantor particularly mentioned the growth of Islamic terrorism and extremism, the rise of the far-right and recent UNESCO resolutions, which were highly damaging for the Jewish people. Positive developments were discussed including the adoption of the Working Definition of Antisemitism by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) and the British Government as well as the development of the EJC Security and Crisis Centre (SACC by EJC).