Global News Archives

July 2007

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São Paulo Jews donate coats to winter campaign	Israel’s ambassador wants Poland to condemn Rydzyk remarks	Czech Jewish cemetery vandalized

30

British education minister against academic boycott	Olmert pledges support for Shoah survivors in Israel	US Congressmen urge France to ratify Nazi archive opening

27

European rabbis protest against Lithuanian construction plan	German court rules in favor of Shoah survivors over pensions	Documents show Polish Communists waged campaign against Jews

26

Europe’s largest Jewish cemetery lacks funds to become heritage site	Arab League ministers in historic visit to Jerusalem	Russian construction firm says Iranian reactor will be delayed

25

Jewish Claims Conference to spend an extra 67 million dollars	United States Congresswoman pays official visit to Kazakhstan	French President Sarkozy meets with leader of Jewish community

24

Controversial Polish priest denies making anti-Semitic remarks	US trade unions condemn Israel boycott proposal from UK counterparts	European Union foreign ministers back Middle-East peace conference

23

French Prime Minister tells young “Do not forget the Holocaust”	Memorial opened at former Nazi camp at Flossenbürg	Olmert rejects return of Golan as precondition for talks with Syria

19

Jewish leaders denounce Iran at AMIA attack commemoration	Deal paves way for civil marriage arrangement for non-Jews in Israel	Survey finds that stereotypes of Jews persist in Europe

18

65th anniversary of Sebastopol massacre marked in Ukraine	Iran launches computer game with anti US & Israel message	BBC refuses to remove anti-Semitic posting from website

17

Children of survivors want Germany to pay for therapy	Austria offers reward for finding top Nazi war criminals	Protests at UN headquarters for release of Israeli soldiers

16

Shimon Peres sworn in as new President of Israel	Germany prosecutors expand investigation of exports to Iran	70th anniversary of Buchenwald concentration camp commemorated

13

13th anniversary of AMIA bombing to be marked in Buenos Aires	British journalists union cancels controversial Israel boycott	Largest US kosher meat producer criticized by animal rights group

12

Leon Zelman dies at 79	Holocaust memorial in Berlin vandalized	Ukraine: Youths attack rabbi and break into Jewish school
11

Ehud Olmert: Israel ready for peace talks with Syria	Jewish inter-faith body asks Vatican for clarification	Canadian politician: 2007 similar to 1938 for Jews

10

Catholic radio boss slams Polish president over restitution to Jews	Jewish Agency provides shelter for Sudanese refugees	Pope's return to Tridentine Mass sparks criticism

09

German Jews call for ban of extreme-right NPD	Ahmadinejad advisers lash out at Iranian media	Swiss Christian and Jewish groups sign cooperation pact

06

Moscow’s mayor reneges on synagogue project	British parliamentarians for talks with Hamas	Israelis want their PM to be Jewish, poll finds

05

Olmert wants Europe to stop doing business with Iran	Latvia opens memorial honoring saviors of Jews	European leader calls for new Mideast peace conference

04

UK government bans two Islamist organizations	Amsterdam monument to honor Dutch Nazi victims	Russian neo-Nazis attack residents in Siberian city