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Romania to compensate Holocaust survivors in Israel via social-security system

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Israel announced a deal with Romania on Monday that will allow Holocaust survivors to receive a compensatory pension from Bucharest’s social-security system. The agreement, announced by Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid and Israel’s Minister for...
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid meets with Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu in Bucharest, Romania, March 13, 2022. Photo: Shlomi Amsalem/GPO.

Lapid meets Romanian counterpart in Bucharest to discuss Ukraine crisis

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Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met in Bucharest on Sunday with his Romanian counterpart, Bogdan Aurescu, to discuss the Ukraine crisis and the refugee issue. Following his meeting with Aurescu, Lapid was scheduled to...
Jewish refugees from Ukraine at the Dacia Marin facility, east of Chisinau, Moldova, on March 4, 2022. Credit: Avishag Shaar Yashuv/IFCJ.

Jewish refugees outside Moldova’s capital struggle with their next move

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Some 5,000 Jewish refugees have reached safety in Moldova, a small country wedged between Ukraine and Romania. A fraction found shelter at the Dacia Marin recreation center, 15 miles east of the capital Chisinau....
Alliance for the Union of Romanians Party co-president Claudiu Târziu, 2018. Source: Screenshot.

Holocaust a ‘minor matter,’ right-wing Romanian party claims

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A recent statement by the right-wing, populist Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) party that Romania’s school system should cut back on Holocaust education and focus on “Romanian national values” has caused an...
David Saranga, Israel's ambassador to Romania, with boxes of oxygen concentrators donated by the embassy along with AFI Europe Romania and Elbit Systems Israel. Photo courtesy of the Israeli Embassy in Bucharest.

Israel sends COVID-19 assistance to hard-hit Romania

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The fourth wave of COVID-19 has hit Romania hard. The country is confronting its worst wave of infections since the pandemic started nearly two years ago, with 500 deaths a day and over 10,000...
Synagogue of Orăștie in Romania. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Windows smashed at Romanian synagogue on anniversary of anti-Jewish pogrom

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Several windows of the Synagogue of Orăștie in the Transylvania region of Romania were found broken on Monday morning, according to the European Jewish Congress, which cited a local report. Unidentified vandals threw stones and boulders at...

Mela Iancu: A Holocaust Heroine in Romania

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In 1939, Mela Iancu, a Romanian Jewish leader, established the Jewish Center for the Protection of Mothers and Children. With branches throughout Romania, the center contributed to the salvation of hundreds of women and...
photo credit: Mark Neyman (GPO)

President Rivlin spoke at a joint sitting of the Romanian parliament before some 350...

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President Rivlin: “I am proud to stand here today, the representative of the Jewish people and the State of Israel, holding in my heart and bearing the full weight of responsibility for building the future...
Romanian Prime Minister Ludovic Orban with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Nov. 3, 2020. Credit: Koby Gideon/GPO.

Netanyahu thanks Romanian counterpart for presenting ‘sensible case’ to EU on Israel’s behalf

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During a meeting on Tuesday in Jerusalem with visiting Romanian Prime Minister Ludovic Orban, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his appreciation for Bucharest’s assistance over the years in presenting a “sensible case” to...
The Great Synagogue of Constanța in Romania. Credit: Wikipedia.

Romania Jewish community given rabbinical permission for Shabbat burials

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The Jewish community of Bucharest, Romania, received a rabbinical exception to bury those who have died as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on Shabbat to help bypass Romanian government orders on Friday that such victims...