Eastern Europe
“It is urgent that we act promptly and decisively in order to avert further escalation of anti-Semitic sentiment in the country,” stressed Haim Ben-Yakov, CEO of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress.
A theatrical adaptation of a book about Lithuania’s World War II history that was pulled from shelves in the Baltic state is being met with threats of “widespread protests.”
A majority of the stones, made from gravestones that were cut into squares, are situated at the base of Wenceslas Square, one of Prague’s main squares, and on Na Prikope, a popular shopping street.
It had been used since the the end of the Holocaust as a furniture factory and carpentry workshop.
Jewish Confederation of Ukraine supports Israel’s initiatives on a wide range of issues and aims to continue to strengthen cooperation and relations between Israel and Jewish communities of Ukraine, as well as Jewish communities from other countries.
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Deitsch fell into a coma after being assaulted in Zhytomyr, Ukraine, in October 2016, dying six months later.
“I was a teenager when I first found out I was Jewish,” said b’nai mitzvah participant Ilia Buzunov. “From that moment, my life was completely changed, and today, six years later, I am a proud Jew, doing what I love—working to make my community better every day.”
Bulgarian premier Boyko Borisov stressed that the Torch of Liberty award was for all of the Bulgarian people.
This “outrageous and deeply offensive” incident is “another example of SJP’s anti-Semitic practice of marginalizing Jews and reducing their identity to their connection to Israel” on college campuses, says ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt.
“The office will be equivalent of a diplomatic office and be a part of the Ukrainian embassy in Israel,” said Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz.
It calls in part on the government not to fund pro-BDS and anti-Semitic groups, in addition to providing increased protection for people and institutions that could be targeted for anti-Semitic attacks.
According to Albanian police, a year-long investigation led to the discovery of an active cell of the Iranian Quds Force’s foreign operations unit, members of which it says are now living in Austria and Turkey.
