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Testimonial
TESTIMONY
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Washington, D.C.
October 14, 2009
Presentation: Special Session of the Romanian Parliament to Mark Holocaust Commemoration Day
This solemn day of commemoration for the victims of the Holocaust in Romania falls during the week of Sukkot on the Hebrew calendar. Sukkot or the Feast of Booths as it is also known is celebrated with the building of a booth or Sukkah, a temporary dwelling that is fragile and open to the elements and where Jews during this week share their meals.
Press Selection: Durban II Boycott Swells
As negotiations come down to the wire ahead of Monday’s opening of the United Nations’ politically charged racism conference in Geneva, several European countries are expected on Friday to announce that they will boycott the event.
“What is in the Air?”
The European Forum on Antisemitism obtained of copy of the keynote speach delivered by Paul A. Shapiro (Director of the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Washington DC) at the OSCE Regional Conference, Bucharest, Romania, September 17-18, 2008. He sumarises the worsen situation of antisemitism in parts of Eastern Europe and warns about the dangers of resurgent antisemitism.
Deidre Berger: It is not only about Israel
Interview on Durban II by Deidre Berger, the managing director of the American Jewish Committee Berlin Office / Ramer Institute of German-Jewish Relation with Deutschlandradio [German]
Press Statement: left leaning groups asking the German government to withdraw from the Durban Review Conference
A declaration from various left leaning groups asking the German government to withdraw from the Durban Review Conference
Press Statement: Left leaning groups asking the German government to withdraw from the Durban Review Conference (copy 1)
A declaration from various left leaning groups asking the German government to withdraw from the Durban Review Conference
Press Selection: Durban II Countdown
Durban II Countdown is your AJC resource for news, links, and commentary in the run-up to the Durban Review Conference, taking place April 20-25 in Geneva.
New Report: Anti-Semitism. Summary overview of the situation in the European Union 2001-2008
The FRA has published its new "Antisemitism Summary overview of the situation in the European Union 2001-2008". This publication is the 5th update of its 2004 report "Manifestations of anti-Semitism in the EU" with new statistical data.
