press releases
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World Jewish Congress meeting in Budapest - We don't clap for Orbán - Press Release
09 May 2013The 14th Plenary Assembly of the World Jewish Congress ended on Tuesday. Hundreds of Jewish community leaders gathered from all over the world to the General Assembly of the WJC in Budapest.
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We won't clap for Orbán
03 May 2013EUJS, UEJF and WUJS Speak up: Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary, is to speak at the World Jewish Congress General Assembly in Budapest 5th May 2013. Join Jewish Students and do not applaud Viktor Orbán until his government changes its policies
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Sisters and brothers in Humanity, we will commemorate, together in Turkey the Armenian genocide
22 April 2013The European Union of Jewish Students joined the numerous NGOs and individuals to commemorate together the loss and seek justice for the victims. In the words of writer and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, "Genocide kills twice, the second time by silence."
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European Day for the Commemoration of the Righteous
06 March 2013Jewish, Armenian and Rwandan organisations mark the first European Day for the Commemoration of the Righteous
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Budapest University student body lists students according to their ethnic, religious, sexual and political background
20 February 2013EUJS strongly condamns the Student council of the University of Budapest (HÖK) for compiling lists of students’ presumed religion, ethnic background including Jewish origins, and political affiliation.
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EUJS condemns Hungarian MP Marton Gyongyosi for his outrageous Anti-Semitic and racist remarks
27 November 2012Marton Gyongyosi, MP of the Jobbik party in Hungary called for the Hungarian government to “count the Jews and to make a list of them sitting in Parliament and in the government” on 27. October 2012.
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Hope 4 Hanukkah
18 November 2012Hope 4 Hanukkah is an initiative to aid and assist the youth who have been living in range of rocket attacks in the South of Israel for too long. The project is being run around the world by everyone who stands in solidarity with the people of Israel and especially its children.
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Authors in the School Curriculum that spread hatred and anti-Semitism in Hungary
27 June 2012Joint declaration of Jewish organizations and alliances in Hungary against the idolization of authors that spread hatred and anti-Semitism during their lives
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“Different Faiths - Common Action”: EUJS participates in the meeting of young religious leaders in Norway, for the EIYN Summit & Dialogue Seminar
24 June 2012EUJS vice-president Jane Braden-Golay joined 35 young leaders from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, representing the biggest European faith-based organizations as well as social activists and journalists, for a four-day seminar and training session.
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EUJS signs declaration at the ECJC Meeting of Presidents in Barcelona
17 June 2012EUJS vice-presidents Jane Braden-Golay and Eric Kounio, along with EUJS executive director Deborah Abisror, attended the European Council of Jewish Communities’ Fourth Meeting of Presidents, organized in partnership with JDC and held in Barcelona, Spain.