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Alex Dafner;Netanyahu canceled his visit to Melbourne 5.2.2017

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In todays Yiddish segment Alex Dafner reports on:Australian Jewish community leaders joined others around the world in condemning the Trump administrations ban on the visitors and immigrants from seven countries with a majority Muslim populations and agreed with the sentiments expressed by the Commonwealth Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and Prince Charles at a Jewish event in London.The previous US ambassador in Canberra, Jeffrey Bleicher, who happens to be Jewish, expressed his disagreement with his countrys ban on immigrants and condemned those around the world who remained neutral over this issue.The Jewish community in Melbourne has expressed their disappointment and regret, following the announcement by the Israeli Embassy in Canberra that the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have to cancel his planned visit in that city, because of his previously unplanned trip to the Washington to meet with President Donald Trump.Speakers at the Holocaust Memorial Day commemorations in Melbourne and Sydney, including survivors, warned against the forgetting the horrific history of the Holocaust and called for eternal vigilance against the repetition of such horrific events.The Australian Society of Polish Jews and their Descendants is organizing a legal team and bringing out Polish legal experts, to inform people here, who may have claims of property or inheritance restitution or compensation from Poland.Anns: The seminar on claims of property or inheritance restitution or compensation from Poland, will be held on Tuesday 7th February, at 7.00PM, at the Melbourne Jewish Holocaust Centre and Museum, in Selwyn St., Elsterwick. Vic.


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In todays Yiddish segment Alex Dafner reports on:Australian Jewish community leaders joined others around the world in condemning the Trump administrations ban on the visitors and immigrants from seven countries with a majority Muslim populations and agreed with the sentiments expressed by the Commonwealth Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and Prince Charles at a Jewish event in London.The previous US ambassador in Canberra, Jeffrey Bleicher, who happens to be Jewish, expressed his disagreement with his countrys ban on immigrants and condemned those around the world who remained neutral over this issue.The Jewish community in Melbourne has expressed their disappointment and regret, following the announcement by the Israeli Embassy in Canberra that the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have to cancel his planned visit in that city, because of his previously unplanned trip to the Washington to meet with President Donald Trump.Speakers at the Holocaust Memorial Day commemorations in Melbourne and Sydney, including survivors, warned against the forgetting the horrific history of the Holocaust and called for eternal vigilance against the repetition of such horrific events.The Australian Society of Polish Jews and their Descendants is organizing a legal team and bringing out Polish legal experts, to inform people here, who may have claims of property or inheritance restitution or compensation from Poland.Anns: The seminar on claims of property or inheritance restitution or compensation from Poland, will be held on Tuesday 7th February, at 7.00PM, at the Melbourne Jewish Holocaust Centre and Museum, in Selwyn St., Elsterwick. Vic.



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