eResponse - July 2011

Written by Admin | July 13, 2011

SWC condemns Lithuanian government for campaign minimizing role of local Nazi collaborators in Holocaustcrimes.
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July 2011: Desecration of Ponar Memorial outside of Vilnius, where 70,000 Jews were mass-murdered during the Holocaust

UNITED KINGDOM: SWC denounces cosmetic firm's 'ethical' campaign demonizing Israel; LUSH North America urged to donate to Israelihumanitarian institutions serving the needy regarless of religious affiliation
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BELGIUM: Europe's role in advancing Palestinian Statehood is a'serial assault' SWC tells UN Secretary General
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HOLLAND: Dutch Parliament votes to ban animal ritual slaughter; SWC:"This signals Jews and Mulims there's no place for their religious practices
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ITALY:Wiesenthal Center to Vatican: Anti-Semitic Priest should be ex-communicated
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CZECH REPUBLIC: SWC Official appointed Chair of 40-country European Shoah Legacy Institute Working Group
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IRELAND: SWC participates in Google's "Summit Against Violent Extremism"
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ESTONIA: Ceremony commemorating 1941 German invasion draws SWC protest
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Germany, Iran and theBomb:
An Insider's Report from Berlin with "Stop the Bomb's Michael Spaney

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Opening early Fall 2011:
Hitler's First Anti-Semitic Writing

The newest permanent exhibit at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles. One of the most important documents in the historyof the Third Reich.

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Hypocrisy onParade
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In an interview in London, The Artist Formerly Known as Prince has eased human rights concerns about religious authoritarianism in the Middle East byexplaining: "It's fun being in Islamic countries, to know there's only one religion. There's order. You wear a burqa. There's no choice. People are happywith that."
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