Global News Archives

JUNE 2005


June 30

Parliamentary immunity of Austrian politician lifted after revisionist remarks	Canadian Jewish organizations displeased with court verdict for young vandals	Survey shows level of anti-Semitism in Europe still high

World Jewish Congress to host parliamentary roundtable on anti-Semitism in Washington	Spanish authorities ban Al-Manar from Hispasat satellite network

June 29

Polish foreign minister rejects WJC demands over restitution	Russian probe into ancient Jewish texts stopped	Supreme Court in the United States in landmark ruling on separation of religion and State

Sharon invites US Jews to make aliyah

June 28

European Jewish Congress demands visa ban for anti-Semitic Russian parliamentarians

June 27

European Jewish Congress elects Besnainou as its new leader	British Jews condemn boycott plans of Anglican Church	Russian prosecutors probe 16th century Jewish law

Bielski elected new head of the Jewish Agency	Irish police arrest suspected anti-Semitic vandal	Early release from jail of Israeli ambassador's daughter causes waves in Britain and Peru

June 24

Melchior attacks Jewish Agency officials	New investigations in Germany after Italian verdict on 1944 massacre	Watchdogs allows British National Party to be labeled "Nazi"

Changes to Jewish immigration to Germany agreed

June 23

Jewish Agency election postponed	Pentagon investigation into Academy finds no evidence of discrimination	Australian Jews go to courts over anti-Semitic website

In Krakow, a Jewish library was opened	Katsav laments decrease in Jewish population world-wide

June 22

World Jewish Congress campaigns for international acceptance of Magen David Adom	Charlotte Knobloch made an honorary citizen of Munich	Forum in Italy remembers philanthropist Avram Goren Goldstein

Former Ku-Klux-Klan member found guilty of 1964 killing of three men	Inter-faith coalition in England condemns attacks on cemeteries	Comic books on Holocaust met with skepticism by German Jews

June 21

Reform, Conservative movements support Bielksi as new JAFI chairman	French court probes university magazine	Celebrations as old Torah scroll is brought to a Warsaw synagogue

American journalist who rescued artists from Holocaust to be honored	Demjanjuk loses citizenship case before chief immigration judge

June 20

Australian Jewish leader honored by Queen Elizabeth	Sharansky wins Likud support for Jewish Agency and WZO chairmanship	Riga rabbi discusses rise in anti-Semitic incidents with Latvia's Interior minister

Neo-Nazi rally in German town draws large counter-protest	Anti-Israel material at Democrat headquarters in Washington draws condemnation

June 17

Benedict XVI halts beatification of anti-Semitic priest	Jewish community center in Kiev vandalized	Former Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem demoted to rank of monk

Community leaders in Poland question validity of Council of Europe report	Parliament speaker in Ukraine promises restitution to Jews	Israel attacks EU countries over contacts with Hamas

June 16

Historian: Nazis wanted to deport all Jews to Siberia and Ukraine	Parliamentary committee wants deportation of neo-Nazis from Israel	Coptic Christian leader against dialogue with Jews

Jewish cemetery in Budapest desecrated	French Jewish festival opens in Paris	London Jewish cemetery vandalized

June 15

Jewish leaders hail Pope Benedict's commitment to dialogue	Yushchenko discusses restitution issues with Jewish leaders	European human rights watchdog points to stark rise in anti-Semitism in Poland

OSCE pledges to deliver on action plan to curb anti-Semitism	Britain's chief rabbi knighted by Queen Elizabeth	Judge rejects request by British Museum to return looted drawing to rightful heirs