The report “notes claims that the objectives, activities and effects of the Boycott Divestment Sanctions movement are fundamentally anti-Semitic," recommends that all UN member states adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's working definition of anti-Semitism. Israel’s Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon: "Report reflects the organizational change toward Israel."
Marko Feingold fled Vienna in 1938 but was arrested by the Gestapo in Prague in 1939 and sent to Auschwitz, then moved to other concentration camps until he was liberated by US troops in 1945.
Defendant John T. Earnest could face the death penalty if he is convicted of murder as a hate crime, although prosecutors haven't said whether they will pursue capital punishment.
The synagogue will be part of the multifaith “Abrahamic Family House” complex in Abu Dhabi, which will also feature a mosque and a church. Though the synagogue will be the first in the UAE, a small Jewish community of expatriates currently uses a house in Dubai for private worship.
Jewish leaders are preparing to discuss plans to commemorate the deadly shooting that killed 11 worshippers inside the synagogue almost a year ago.
Universal Pictures founder Carl Laemmle raised the alarm about the dangers of Nazism before Hitler rose to power, served as the financial guarantor for more than 300 Jewish refugees, and corralled numerous friends and colleagues in Hollywood to do the same.
Children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Jews who had to flee Austria due to Nazi persecution will be eligible for passports starting in September 2020.
O’Brien is "intimately familiar with most of the hot-button issues – Iran, North Korea, the war on terror – that are on the front burner in Washington at the moment,” said Ilan Berman, American Foreign Policy Council senior vice president.
Numerous politicians, including Gov. Phil Murphy, condemn Trenton City Council President Kathy McBride's remark. Noting that "anti-Semitism is on the rise around the world and right here in New Jersey," state's 12-member congressional delegation says, "We must never accept bigotry or hatred in any form."
The Chief Rabbinate of France, the Council of Christian Churches in France and the Muslim World League will all embark on the extraordinary trip to Auschwitz next year in an effort to promote religious tolerance and understanding. "This is the first time that dignitaries of the MWL will go there," says Ghaleb Bencheikh, President of the Foundation of Islam of France.
