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Ukraine

The first Ukrainian-language Haggadah goes to print

Translating second-century Hebrew and Aramaic text of the Haggadah into modern Ukrainian was no simple task. The difficulties began as early as the first letter of the word Haggadah.
Denmark

Jewish community of Denmark President: “Today we are far more cautious than we have ever been”

Henri Goldstein tressed that conflicts in the Middle East often ripple out to affect Jewish communities worldwide, including those in Denmark. He highlighted the unity within the Jewish community.
Portugal

Lisbon Jewish Community: “Standing alongside Israel at a time like this is an imperative for democratic nations”

The Lisbon Jewish Community welcomed the Portuguese government's condemnation of Iran's attack on Israel and expressed their support for the Jewish state in a statement.
Austria

IKG President Oskar Deutsch: “The strictest sanctions against Tehran are the necessary consequence for the attack on Israel”

"For over 40 years, the Iranian regime has been plotting the destruction of Israel and threatening the Middle East as well as the entire democratic and free world with its military and terrorist ambitions" said IKG President.
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France

French publishing house suspends printing of Céline’s antisemitic essays

A French publishing house that had resisted calls to drop publication of a famous author’s antisemitic screeds announced that it has suspended the project.
Morocco

Moroccan party drops bill to revoke citizenship from emigrants to Israeli settlements

A Moroccan political party recently withdrew legislation that sought to strip citizens who moved to Jerusalem or Israeli settlements of their Moroccan citizenship.
United Kingdom

British blogger on trial for publishing Holocaust denial songs online

A British blogger who posted songs on YouTube denying the Holocaust and mocking survivors is on trial.
Tunisia

Petrol bombs thrown at two Tunisian Jewish institutions

The Jewish community of Djerba was targeted on Tuesday night, as violent anti-government protests raged elsewhere in the country.
Austria

Austrian Jewish community shuns new far-right ministers

Jewish community leaders in Austria say they will keep shunning the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ), despite it joining the country's new government.
Germany

Berlin Senate to vote on the criminalisation of flag burning

The Berlin Senate will vote on Thursday on a proposal to ban the burning of flags of foreign states.
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