Global News Archives

JANUARY 2005


January 31

British Labour party criticized for 'anti-Semitic' posters	Libeskind designed Jewish veterans memorial to be built in Toronto	Anti-Semitic graffiti daubed on church in Rome

German judge says it is still possible to ban far-right party

January 28

European Parliament proposes European Holocaust memory day	12% of Italians deny Holocaust happened	Katsav warns against anti-Semitism in Europe

Yuschenko says there will be no room for anti-Semitism and xenophobia in Ukraine

January 27

Ceremonies held to mark liberation of Auschwitz	Fischer to attend Greek Holocaust ceremonies	Anti-Semitic graffiti increasing in Dublin

Bush says world must unite in fight against anti-Semitism:	Russian Nationalists withdraw demand to ban Jewish organizations	US delegation to Ukraine included critic of Jews

January 26

French president inaugurates Holocaust memorial	Armenian neo-Nazi leader charged with inciting ethnic hatred	New Jersey school district sued over anti-Semitism

EU Planning Human Rights Agency	Israeli embassy calls on Russia to counter anti-Semitism

January 25

Berlin marks anniversary of Auschwitz liberation	UK media blamed for rise in anti-Semitic crimes	Book Claims Mussolini Complicit in Holocaust

Russian Nationalists seek ban on Jewish groups

January 22

Ukrainian president Yuschenko remembers Shoah victims at his swearing-in	Far-right party causes outrage in Germany	"Wall of Names" dedicated by Jewish community in Paris

Czech man creating online memorial to Jews

January 21

Row over Palestinian exhibition in Australian museum	New synagogue to be constructed for Estonian Jewish Community	Commemorative plaque unveiled in Italy for homosexual victims of Nazi occupation

"Wall of Names" in Paris to remember 76,000 victims of the Shoah

January 20

Annan: UN created as a reaction to Holocaust	Suspected assailants of rabbis arrested in Moscow	Teenager sentenced to two years in jail for arson attack on Jewish school in Montreal

Greek court bans book portraying Jesus Christ as drug-abusing loser	Number of violent attacks against British Jews on the rise

January 19

Hungarians mark anniversary of Budapest ghetto liberation	Pope praised by Jewish leaders for lifelong commitment to Jewish-Catholic dialogue	Australian authorities investigate man over alleged murder of Jew in 1944

Knesset panel criticizes Israeli government, banks over restitution	Jewish cemetery in Britain desecrated

January 18

Cheney to attend Auschwitz liberation commemorations	Should Germany's President give his Knesset speech in German?	Catholic Church in Poland celebrates Judaism

European Commission open to EU-wide ban of Nazi symbols	Rabbi severely injured after being attacked in Moscow

January 17

Prince Charles wants sons to visit Auschwitz	Ancient Torah scroll exhibition in "Bible Belt" expected to draw many visitors	Reform movement launches interfaith initiative

Did Hitler order kidnapping of Pope?	Berlin Jewish Community not to sue Claims Conference over property restitution

January 05

US State Department says Anti-Semitism rising around the world	French student expelled for Auschwitz comments	Sri Lanka denies it refused Israeli aid

Jewish leaders say synagogue fire in Moscow suburb was arson

January 04

Muslim and Jewish clerics talk about reconciliation	São Paulo Jews in defense against Christian missionaries	Singer criticizes "Israel-centered" organizations in the Jewish Diaspora

Fire at synagogue near Moscow

January 03

Poland wants extradition of Israeli Holocaust survivor over post-war revenge killings	Swiss extremism report infuriates Jews	Israeli rabbis discuss whether Asian tsunami was "divine retribution"

Berlin Jewish Community leader threatens to sue Claims Conference	Jewish group wants UN adviser Brahimi fired