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Germany

Afd leader running in regional elections goes on trial on charges of using a Nazi slogan

Björn Höcke, 52, is the leader of the regional branch of Alternative for Germany, or AfD, in the eastern state of Thuringia and a powerful figure on the party’s hard right.
United Kingdom

UK government sanctions leading Iranian military figures and entities following the attack on Israel

The UK has sanctioned a further seven individuals and six entities who have enabled Iran to conduct destabilising regional activity, including its direct attack on Israel.
Switzerland

Switzerland’s lower house moves to ban use of Nazi and extremist symbols that could stir violence

Efforts to push for tougher legislation have accelerated in recent months in the wake of a surge of antisemitic attacks in Switzerland and across Europe.
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.
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Germany

Germany charges ex-Nazi camp guards over hundreds of deaths

German prosecutors investigating Nazi-era crimes said on Wednesday they had charged two former SS officers in their 90s with complicity in hundreds of murders at the Stutthof concentration camp.
Italy

Rabbi Giuseppe Laras, leading figure in Italian Judaism, dies at 82

Rabbi Giuseppe Laras, a leading figure in post-war Italian Judaism, has died.
Poland

Warsaw ghetto Jews’ secret archive goes on display

Eight decades ago, Jewish archivists facing death in the Warsaw Ghetto hid a trove of documents they hoped would bear testimony to the sufferings of the Holocaust.
Ireland

Irish Jewish community disputes inflated census figures

Census figures that showed Ireland was experiencing the fastest growing Jewish population in the world were not what they seem, according to Maurice Cohen, chair of the Jewish Representative Council of Ireland, the country’s EJC affiliate.
United Kingdom

Letter reveals UK’s prince Charles blamed Jews for terrorism

The heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, is facing harsh criticism for a letter he wrote in 1986, blaming “the influx of foreign, European Jews” for unrest in the Middle East.
Poland

Polish president condemns nationalist march

The Polish president has sharply condemned expressions of xenophobia and racism at a weekend march by nationalists, saying there is no place in the country for antisemitism and “sick nationalism.”
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