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Shlomo
Hillel in London
Last May, former Knesset speaker Shlomo Hillel
paid a ten day private visit to London with his wife Temima
and their daughter Hagan who was researching old documents
at the Public Records Office at Kew. more
National
Holocaust Memorial Day
I was very pleased to have attended the first
National Holocaust Memorial Day event held at Central Hall,
Westminster on 27 January 2001 the day in 1945 when
Russian troops entered Auschwitz to liberate the survivors
of the largest Nazi extermination camp scene of the mass murder
of 11/2 million people, mostly Jews. more
Chirac
honours Professor Ady Steg
I am enclosing a translation from the French
of the speech of the President of France, Monsieur Jacques
Chirac and the reply by Professor Ady Steg to this remarkable
speech which I think should be considered for your journal.
more
Israel,
the Vatican and Anti-Semitism
Israel asked the Vaticans "immediate
intervention" in stopping the rising incidents of anti-semitism
around the world.
Last October, Israeli Secretary Yitzhak Herzog asked the Holy
See, Archbishop Pietro Sambi, apostolic nuncio to Israel,
to confront the recent wave of anti-Semitic attacks. more
Jews
from Arab countries left behind $30B in assets
Jews who emigrated from Arab countries between
1922 and 1952 left behind an estimated $30 billion in assets,
according to former internal security minister Moshe Shahal,
who chairs a world organization of Jews from Arab countries.
more
Russian
Jewry
An interfaith conference was held in Moscow
last October and was attended by representatives of the Russian
Orthodox Church, the Congress of Jewish Religious Communities
of Russia and the Council of Muftis of Russia, as well as
from other religious communities functioning in Russia. more
Jewish
Genealogical Conference
The 21st International Conference on Jewish
Genealogy, the largest event of its kind staged outside the
United States, has styled itself "London 2001".
more
Zimbabwe
Jews
In the hilly rural Makoni district, some 200
kilometres (120 miles) southeast of the capital Harare, lies
a small synagogue whose entrance is graced by a star of David
painted in brown against a white wall. more
Barak's
View of the Future: Die or Separate
In his first interview since he was defeated
last February, former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak sat
down and discussed Camp David, Yasir Arafat and the bleak
legacy of his peacemaking efforts with Newsweeks Lally
Weymouth. more
The
Mary Nathaniel Golden Hall of Friendship
The Mary Nathaniel Golden Hall of Friendship,
The Jerusalem Foundation and the YMCA have inaugurated last
July the restored auditorium at the YMCA, Jerusalem. more
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