Global News Archives

MAY 2006


31 May

British teachers association calls for boycott of Israeli academics	Anti-Semitic march in Paris shocks Jewish leaders	Ahmadinejad not to attend Iranian World Cup matches in Germany

30 May

Memorial ceremony held for late head of German Jewish Community	Polish President pledges 'zero tolerance' on anti-Semitism	Members of US Presbyterian Church oppose divestment from Israel

29 May

Pope Benedict XVI pays emotional visit to Auschwitz	Polish chief rabbi attacked with pepper spray; Jewish students threatened	Young man confesses to vandalizing Florida Judaica store

24 May

Pope's Auschwitz visit 'very important for Catholic-Jewish relations'	Condoleezza Rice says that anti-Semitism is still alive	Diplomats and Holocaust survivors want Ahmadinejad tried in the Hague

23 May

Ford Foundation under fire for allegedly funding anti-Israeli organizations	US court confirms 86-year-old Nazi guard can be stripped of citizenship	New Italian foreign minister rejects claims of being 'anti-Israeli'

Intelligence report finds neo-Nazis gathering strength in Germany	Pope Benedict XVI to bless righteous gentiles during visit to Poland	Hate slogan and swastikas painted on Jewish shop in Florida

22 May

Iranian lawmakers say dress code law does not target religious minorities	Acquittal of suspects in bombing of AMIA center upheld	Jewish leaders hold talks with Romanian government leaders

19 May

Iranian parliament passes law to oblige non-Muslims to wear special insignia	Lesbian ceremony sparks controversy in Russian Jewish community	Delay in Polish restitution likely after resignation of minister

18 May

President says "anti-Semitism stands no chance" in Poland	South African Muslim radio found guilty of disseminating hate speech	German library returns books to heiress of pre-war rabbi, Leo Baeck

17 May

Decision to allow researchers access to Nazi files welcomed	US Secretary of State to appoint senior adviser on anti-Semitism	Azerbaijan expected to open embassy in Israel 'shortly'

Thousands take part in pilgrimage to Tunisian synagogue	Vandals desecrate graves in Jewish graveyard in Milan	Descendent of Nazi leader Hermann Göring converting to Judaism

16 May

Charlotte Knobloch favorite to lead German Jewish Community	Germany pledges support for opening of ITS archives	Pope Benedict XVI to pay visit to Auschwitz death camp

12 May

OSCE experts say funds needed for education to combat anti-Semitism	US Cardinal calls for understanding of Jewish roots of Catholicism	Ahmadinejad says Israel will "one day vanish": questions holocaust again

09 May

Exhibition honoring Belgian victims of Auschwitz inagurated	French Jewish leader receives Légion d'honneur	Israeli woman injured in anti-Semitic attack in Berlin

04 May

Polish episcopate imposes tighter control on 'Radio Maryja'	Report finds pro-Israel bias in BBC reporting	Yad Vashem seeks information about Shoah victims in Ukraine

03 May

Iran threatens strike against Israel if US takes military action	Israeli-born student loses court battle over Canadian passport	American Jewish author mistaken as supporter of Islamist terror group

02 May

Germany mourns Paul Spiegel, leader of the country's Jewish community	Israel's surpasses United States to become most populous Jewish state	New monthly Jewish newspaper launched in Asia