Raya Kalenova in conversation with the National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry

EJC Executive Vice-President and CEO Raya Kalenova took part in an online conversation with the National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry (NCSEJ).

Friday, March 12, 2021

Book presentation: "The Star and the Scepter. A diplomatic History of Israel" by Dr Emmanuel Navon

Join us next week on March 17th at 4 PM CET for a special webinar presenting the book “The Star and the Scepter. A Diplomatic History of Israel”, by Dr Emmanuel Navon.

Friday, March 12, 2021

Israeli Ambassador condemns decision to rename stadium after Nazi collaborator

Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine Joel Lion has strongly condemned a decision by Ternopil City Council to rename the city stadium after Nazi collaborator Roman Shukhevych.

Thursday, March 11, 2021

After outcry, Holocaust survivors allowed to move to Oslo Jewish nursing home

Following an outcry, a city in Norway reversed its decision not to let two Holocaust survivors move to the country’s only Jewish nursing home in Oslo.

Friday, March 12, 2021

Rescue of Bulgarian Jews commemorated

Ceremonies were held in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia and elsewhere in the country on March 10 commemorating the 1943 rescue of the Bulgarian Jews from deportation to the death camps.

Friday, March 12, 2021

German court rules former Nazi camp guard, 96, unfit to stand trial

A German court halted proceedings against a 96-year-old former Nazi camp guard deemed unfit to stand trial, but ruled that he must pay his own legal fees.

Thursday, March 11, 2021

Swiss Jews support a national Holocaust memorial in Switzerland

The Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities (SIG/FCSI) supports the construction of a national Holocaust memorial in the country.

Friday, March 12, 2021

Tel Aviv’s Museum of the Jewish People reopens after €85m revamp

Tel Aviv’s newly revamped Museum of the Jewish People, formerly Beit Hatfutsot, attempts the ambitious undertaking of bringing almost 3,000 years of Jewish history and tradition under a single roof.

Thursday, March 11, 2021

Czech Republic opens de facto embassy to Israel in west Jerusalem

The Czech Republic opened a full-fledged diplomatic mission in west Jerusalem as a sign of its recognition that the city is Israel’s capital.

Friday, March 12, 2021

103-year-old man who survived Spanish flu and Holocaust receives COVID-19 vaccine

Emil Hopner, a Holocaust survivor who is 103-years old and also survived the Spanish flu has received his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Thursday, March 11, 2021