On restitution, a rundown of where they stand in Eastern Europe
Jewish Journal
December 3, 2012
The following is a rundown of some Eastern European countries and where they stand on restitution:
Category
romania
Aly Raisman takes a gold and bronze
Jewish Journal
August 7, 2012
Jewish-American gymnast Aly Raisman won a gold medal in the floor exercise as well as a bronze on the balance beam at the London Olympics.
Naming Holocaust denier government minister concerns Romanian Jews
Jewish Journal
August 7, 2012
The appointment of a Romanian lawmaker who denied his countrymen\’s complicity in the Holocaust \”seriously concerns\” Romanian Jews, a community leader said.
Holocaust survivors beauty pageant crowns Romanian winner
Jewish Journal
June 29, 2012
A beauty pageant for Holocaust survivors was held in Haifa, featuring female survivors walking down a red carpet and sharing details of their travails during World War II.
Conference calls on Romania to acknowlege WWII war crimes
Jewish Journal
November 9, 2011
A conference focusing on Romania\’s Holocaust-era war crimes in Ukraine and Moldova called on Romania to acknowledge and apologize for the murder of hundreds of thousands of Jews.
Holocaust exhibition repeatedly stolen in Romania
Jewish Journal
June 17, 2011
Someone keeps stealing an exhibition about Jewish heritage and the Holocaust in Romania from a subway station in the country’s capital city. The exhibition, created by Israeli photographer Shani Bar On and Austrian-born journalist Emil Rennert, was sponsored by the Austrian Culture Forum and installed on the walls of a major Bucharest subway station June 11, but within 24 hours all of its 22 text and photo panels had vanished.
High percentage of Romanian teens reject Jews, Roma, gays, Muslim as neighbors
Jewish Journal
April 29, 2011
One third of Romanian teenagers would be opposed to living next to Jewish neighbors according to a poll that found even higher levels of prejudice directed at Roma, Muslims and gays.
Holocaust victims reburied in Romanian Jewish cemetery
Jewish Journal
April 6, 2011
The remains of dozens of Jews killed by Romanian troops during the Holocaust and found in a mass grave were reburied in a Jewish cemetery. The unidentified remains of at least 40 Jewish victims were reburied on Monday in the Jewish cemetery of Iasi in northeastern Romania.
Peres visiting Bulgaria, Romania to boost relations
Jewish Journal
August 11, 2010
Israeli President Shimon Peres is on a state visit to Bulgaria and Romania aimed at bolstering bilateral relations with the two Balkan nations.
Olmert goes to China; Hezbollah is back; Euro righties caucus; Jews get blamed again
Jewish Journal
January 11, 2007
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