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Bulgarian Jewish organisation cautions against inappropriate Holocaust comparisons

January 26, 2021January 26, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, new coronavirus

An inappropriate Holocaust comparison by a Bulgarian rapper has led to sharp reactions from the Organization of the Jews in

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As the insurrection in DC should not have happened, neither should the Lukov March in Sofia

January 10, 2021January 10, 2021 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews

It was starkly clear in that T-shirt among the domestic terrorists in the violent incursion in the Capitol this week:

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Emil Kalo, former head of Bulgarian Jewish organisation, dies aged 70

January 5, 2021January 5, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Dr Emil Kalo, former president of the Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom” and a senior member of the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Jewish organisation Shalom condemns antisemitic daubing of Plovdiv synagogue

December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Plovdiv

The Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom” has strongly condemned the daubing of antisemitic graffiti on the oldest operating

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Bulgaria 

Controversy erupts over ‘ethno’ lectures by visiting professor at Bulgaria’s Sofia University

November 12, 2020November 12, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

The Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom”, the country’s national co-ordinator against antisemitism and the Sofia University Students’ Society

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Bulgaria 

As Kristallnacht anniversary marked, alarm raised about neo-Nazi site in Bulgaria

November 9, 2020November 10, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Even as Bulgarian Jews commemorated the 82nd anniversary of Kristallnacht, a harbinger event of the Holocaust, it emerged that a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Jewish organisation condemns terrorist attack in Vienna

November 3, 2020November 4, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

The Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom” strongly condemns radical extremism and the growing number of terrorist attacks caused

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Bulgaria 

Alexander Oscar elected to second term as head of organization of Bulgarian Jews ‘Shalom’

October 25, 2020October 25, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Associate Professor Alexander Oscar has been re-elected to a second four-year term as president of the Organization of the Jews

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Jews welcome Facebook’s decision to prohibit Holocaust denial and distortion

October 12, 2020October 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

The decision announced by Facebook on October 12 to update its hate speech policy to prohibit any content that denies

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