Tag: Romania
Romania appoints official to combat anti-Semitism, commemorate Holocaust
Romania has appointed Silviu Vexler, a member of the country’s Chamber of Deputies, as its High Representative for Fighting Antisemitism, Protecting the Memory of the Holocaust and the Development of Jewish Life.
His appointment by...
Lingerie photo shoot in neglected former synagogue in Romania sparks outrage
A lingerie photo shoot held inside the now-abandoned Great Synagogue of Constanța angered Jewish activists and leaders after provocative pictures from the set circulated online, JTA reported on Wednesday.
“Scandalous,” Maximillian Marco Katz, head of the Monitoring...
Romania set to open first Holocaust museum since end of Second World War
Romania will open its first national Holocaust museum more than seven decades since the end of World War II.
The National Museum of Jewish History and the Holocaust in Romania will be in an 86,000-square-foot,...
Cousins separated as a result of World War II reunite 75 years later in...
Two cousins who were separated 75 years ago by World War II reunited in Israel on Saturday.
Morris Sana, 87, and his cousin Simon Mairowitz, 85, grew up believing that the other died in a...
At AIPAC conference, Romania announces goal of moving embassy to Jerusalem
Following the United States and Guatemala’s lead, Romania’s prime minister announced at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s annual policy conference on Sunday her intention to move the country’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
“I,...
Netanyahu asks Romania, Ukraine to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
Israel is moving full steam ahead with its efforts towards foreign recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s official capital.
In a meeting with visiting Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă in Jerusalem on Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
Netanyahu meets with European leaders to up ties
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with the leaders of Bulgaria and Romania on Friday to strengthen ties between them and Israel.
At the summit meeting of the Craiova State Forum in Bulgaria, where Netanyahu...
Israel sells sea-borne version of Iron Dome defense system to Romanian contractor
Israeli defense contractor Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Romanian counterpart Romaero announced on Wednesday that they have signed a cooperation agreement for the production of domestic air- and ground-defense systems they hope to offer...
Romanian president denounces ‘secret deals with the Jews’ to move its embassy to Jerusalem
Romania’s President Klaus Iohannis has suggested that the leader of the governing party in the country, Livius Dragnea, may have made “secret deals with the Jews” over a move of the country’s embassy from...
Protesting anti-Semitism, hundreds retrace Elie Wiesel’s path to deportation
In several hours, the street in front of Elie Wiesel’s childhood home would be filled by roughly 1,000 locals holding memorial candles and dressed in brightly colored peasant clothes. But for the moment, other...