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Slovakia

Plaque recalling expulsion of Jewish students during the Holocaust unveiled in Prešov

A plaque commemorating the 102 Jewish students who were expelled from the Evangelical Collegiate Grammar School in Presov in the 1940/1941 school year was unveiled on the school building. 
France

French MPs have called for Captain Alfred Dreyfus to be given a posthumous promotion

Dozens of parliamentarians have signed two private member’s bills calling for Dreyfus to be made a brigadier general, 130 years after the start of the scandal that presaged the rise of Nazism and the fight against it.
Poland

Polish far-right MEP stripped of parliamentary immunity for a variety of alleged crimes, including antisemitic incidents

The most controversial and widely reported of the incidents happened in December 2023, when Braun used a fire extinguisher to put out Hanukkah candles lit during a ceremony in the Polish parliament involving Polish-Jewish leaders.
Greece

Thessaloniki Jewish Community wins 30-year legal battle over land dispute

The Jewish Community of Thessaloniki has prevailed in a legal battle that spanned over three decades, with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling that the Greek state had wrongly claimed ownership of land in the center of the northern port city.
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France

Large fall in antisemitic incidents in France in 2016

The annual report by the National Consultative Commission on Human Rights published...
France

Jewish cemetery desecrated in eastern France

Around 40 tombstones at a Jewish cemetery in eastern France were smashed...
Russian Federation

American Chabad rabbi loses appeal against deportation from Russia

A Russian appeals court affirmed an expulsion order issued against an American...
Bulgaria

Bulgarian Jewish community to donate historic Vidin synagogue to municipality

The Shalom Organisation of the Jews in Bulgaria, the country’s EJC affiliate,...
France

CRIF slams climate of deception and plot allegations surrounding accident at Jewish cemetery

The CRIF umbrella organisation of French Jews - the country’s EJC affiliate...
Croatia

Croatian Serbs join Jews in boycotting WWII camp commemoration

Croatian Serbs said on Monday that they will join the country’s Jews...
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