Comunidad Judía de Girona

May 23, 2024

The Jewish Community of Girona is an active organisation dedicated to preserving and promoting Jewish heritage, culture, and religious practices in Girona, Spain. The community organises regular religious services, such as Shabbat celebrations and Jewish holidays, as well as educational programmes for all ages, including Hebrew classes and Torah studies.

In addition to religious and educational activities, the community hosts cultural events, social gatherings, and outreach programmes to foster a strong sense of belonging and identity among its members. Social support and assistance are also provided to those in need within the community.

The Jewish Community of Girona is committed to interfaith dialogue and promoting mutual understanding and respect among different communities. Through its diverse initiatives, the community aims to ensure the continuity of Jewish life and contribute positively to the cultural fabric of Girona.

Website: https://jewishgirona.cat/

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CALL TO ACTION! No to the sale of Nazi memorabilia!❗️❗️❗️

Munich’s Hermann Historica International Auctions house is selling over 700 items linked to the Nazis including personal items of Hitler and other nazi figures, who murdered 6 million Jews alone.

It’s wrong to make money off these blood soaked items, especially in Germany of all places! Please share our poster on Facebook, and if any of you are near Munich we invite you to protest directly at Bretonischer Ring 3 Munich, Germany.
#antisemitism
#NazisMemorabilia
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#EuropeanJewishAssociation

New Cooperation with NIG De Stedendriehoek

The European Jewish Association is proud and delighted to welcome another organisation to our growing roster of partners and communities.
We have just concluded and signed a memorandum of understanding with NIG De Stedendriehoek
We very much look forward to work closely together to the benefit of the Apeldoorn jewish community and European Jewry as a whole

EIPA Hosts Press Briefing with Israeli Minister Amidst EU Talks on Middle East Crisis

Our EIPA colleagues hosted a press briefing in Brussels featuring Israeli Knesset Minister of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism, Amichai Chikli, amidst EU leaders’ discussions on the Middle East situation post Iran’s unprecedented drone and missile strikes on Israel. Journalists from Deutsche Welle, POLITICO, and RADIO JUDAÏCA had the chance to pose pivotal questions to Chikli during the session at our Brussels office.

Amichai Chikli, born in 1981 in Jerusalem, serves as Israel’s Minister of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism. He holds degrees from University of Haifa and Tel Aviv University. Chikli founded the Tavor Leadership Academy, focusing on nurturing Zionist leaders.

He initiated a preparatory program for Israel Defense Forces service for immigrants and volunteers. Initially with Yemina, he later joined Likud and was elected to the Knesset.

Chikli advocates integrating Jewish and Israeli identities, emphasizing their significance for Jewish continuity and Israel’s social resilience. He champions conservative values, aiming to unite nationalist and Zionist principles with economic and social policies.

Axe Thrown Through Window of Belgrade Jewish Cemetery Chapel

A Jewish cemetery in Belgrade, Serbia was vandalized Wednesday night, when an axe, hammer and stones were thrown through the window of its chapel.
A spokesperson for the Jewish Community of Belgrade told The Algemeiner that the incident had caused serious material damage, noting that if the chapel had been occupied, it could have resulted in “severe physical injuries or even death.”
The spokesperson said that “this act reminds us of Kristallnacht,” the Nazi-led riots against the German Jewish community in 1938.
On Thursday, European Jewish Association Chairman Rabbi Menachem Margolin wrote to Serbia’s Minister of Internal Affairs, calling for a full investigation.

“It is clear that whoever was responsible has no respect for the dead, never mind the living,” Margolin said in a statement. “We extend our support to our Jewish brothers and sisters in Belgrade and Serbia as a whole, who must be reeling at this attack, and feeling vulnerable.”

“I have written to Serbian minister of Internal Affairs asking for a robust response to the attack, as well as a full throated condemnation, lest the antisemites that carried out this act believe that it is now open season on Jewish buildings in Serbia.”

The vandalism is the latest in a series of antisemitic incidents to hit the Belgrade Jewish community. The Jewish Community told The Algemeiner of repeated antisemitic harassment against a prominent Jewish epidemiologist, including graffiti that compared him to the infamous Nazi doctor Josef Mengele, as well as demonstrations outside the epidemiologist’s home in which demonstrators wore yellow Stars of David.
Threats of a second Holocaust have also been received at the Community’s Facebook page, as well as Nazi symbols, antisemitic emails, and other threats.

Axe Thrown Through Window of Belgrade Jewish Cemetery Chapel


 

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