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Bern museum publishes list of Gurlitt art collection

BERN, Switzerland(WJC)–The Kunstmuseum Bern, which earlier this week accepted the Gurlitt bequest, has published a list of all art works found in the possession of the late Cornelius Gurlitt. The...

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Venezuelan lawmaker: Zionists, Bushes funded Hitler

NEW YORK (WJC) — A lawmaker of Venezuela’s governing party recently told Lebanese television that Zionists had bankrolled Hitler prior to World War II and suggested that “no representatives of global...

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Jewish refugees from Arab countries recalled

JERUSALEM (WJC) — On Sunday,  Nov. 30, Israel officially remembered the suffering of an estimated 850,000 Jews who left, were expelled from, or fled from their homes in, Arab and other Muslim countries...

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Protecting Jewish student rights on college campuses

By Melanie Goldberg/JNS.org BROOKLYN, N.Y. (JNS) — It all started when I took out some anti-BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) information sheets at a Brooklyn College-sponsored event last year...

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French react to anti- Semitic robbery, rape

PARIS (WJC) –France is in shock after a young Jewish couple was assaulted in what police are treating as an anti-Semitic attack. Two adult men from Créteil, the Paris suburb where the attack took...

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French officials vow fight against anti- Semitism

CRETEIL, France (WJC) — The French government on Sunday vowed to make the fight against anti-Semitism a “national cause,” following an attack on a Jewish couple last week. Interior Minister Bernard...

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Congress: No more Social Security for ex-Nazis

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WJC)–Both Houses of Congress last week approved a bill aimed at shutting a loophole that has allowed suspected Nazis to be paid millions of dollars in benefits. Under the bill,...

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Poland’s high court reinstates shechita

NEW YORK (WJC) — The World Jewish Congress (WJC) hailed Wednesday’s ruling by Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal, which found that the ban on religious slaughter is unconstitutional, as a “landmark...

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Auschwitz prepares for 70th anniversary of liberation

AUSCHWITZ, Poland (WJC)–More than 100 Auschwitz survivors from at least 17 countries will travel to Poland to participate in the observance of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German...

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Iran mounts anti- Israel hate campaign on social media

NEW YORK (WJC) — Iran’s leadership has launched a social media campaign encouraging people to express their hatred toward Israel. The ‘We Love Fighting Israel’ received praise from Ayatollah Ali...

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Jewish schools locked down in Sydney

SYDNEY, Australia (WJC) –More than a dozen people were being held hostage on Monday by a gunman who forced them to display a flag of the Islamic State in the window. The building in which the café is...

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P.A. plans new U.N. push for statehood

UNITED NATIONS (WJC) — The PA plans to submit a draft resolution on ending the Israeli occupation to the United Nations Security Council  and will seek a vote on it as early as this Wednesday, senior...

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French aliyah could top 7,000 in 2014

JERUSALEM (WJC) — Despite a rise of 7 % of the immigration to Israel from North America, aliyah from France to Israel this year will be more than double that from the United States, according to...

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Israel expects 70,000 visitors for Christmas

JERUSALEM (WJC) — The Israeli Tourism Ministry is working in cooperation with church officials and other bodies to facilitate the celebration of Christmas by the 70,000 visitors expected to arrive in...

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Vandals strike Jewish cemetery in Greece

LARISSA, Greece (WJC) — The Jewish cemetery in the Greek town of Larissa was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti signed by “Larissa Skins” on December 23rd. Following this act of vandalism, the...

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Egyptian court nullifies Jewish festival

CAIRO, Egypt (WJC) — Magda Haroun, the head of the tiny Jewish community of Egypt, described a court ruling banning the annual Abu Hasira festival as “unconstitutional.” The Alexandria Administrative...

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Hamas leader may be expelled from Qatar

ANKARA, Turkey (WJC) — Exiled Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal is expected to leave his base in Doha and relocate to Turkey, Turkish press reports indicated on Tuesday. The Persian Gulf emirate Qatar has...

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France arrests 54 for glorifying terror

  PARIS (WJC)– At least 54 people, including the anti-Semitic comedian Dieudonné M’bala M’bala, have been detained by police in France for “defending or glorifying terrorism” in the wake of last week’s...

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Germany honors Ronald Lauder

WASHINGTON (WJC) –Ronald S. Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, was decorated with Germany’s highest honor, the Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit. In a ceremony held at the German...

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Terror threat closes Jewish schools in Belgium

BRUSSELS (WJC) — Jewish schools in Brussels and Antwerp were closed Friday due to the heightened terror threat against sensitive targets, one day after the Belgian police conducted a wide anti-terror...

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