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“The stronger we can build the bridge and our nation’s allies around the world, the stronger we all are together,” says Eurovision Song Contest 2018 winner Barzilai.
Rabbi Dr. Elie Abadie of New York critiqued some of the discourse when Syrian and Palestinian delegates referred to “the Israeli occupation of Palestine” and the “Zionist entity’s aggression.”
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev maintained that “electronic communications, social networks and mass media have created grounds to turn hatred to a widespread system around the world” with “hate speech provoking instability around, incites war crimes and genocide.”
According to the Jews of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the country is an “oasis of tolerance,” protecting all religious minorities in a world where persecution has become a norm.
“I tell students that school is giving them their playbooks of how to ‘win,’ with tests in history, language and math. I tell them that they must be a student first, then an athlete,” according to program founder Erez Lustig, who says football can be a vehicle for education.
“What happened here was tragic. The world recognized that; President Trump recognized that and has put a major focus on stamping out anti-Semitism wherever we find it, and supporting the Jewish people and Israel in every way we can,” said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
“In this place, thousands of Jews prayed. ... These walls speak of emotions, telling the story of a community that turned to ashes, and stood up again and was revived,” said Rabbi Yitshak Ehrenberg of the Central Orthodox Synagogue of Berlin.
“Every structure and neighborhood tells the unique tale of the city of Jerusalem,” said Mayor Moshe Lion.