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Names and Numbers of Righteous Among the Nations – per Country, as of January 1, 2020

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Names and Numbers of Righteous Among the Nations – per Country, as of January 1, 2020

The numbers of Righteous are not necessarily an indication of the actual number of rescuers in each country, but reflect the cases that were made available to Yad Vashem. Albania 75 Japan 1 Armenia 24 Latvia 138 Austria 112 Lithuania 916 Belarus 669 Luxembourg 1 Belgium 1,767 Macedonia 10 Bosnia 49 Moldova 79 Brazil 2 Montenegro 1 Bulgaria 20 Netherlands 5,851 Chile 2 Norway 67 China 2 Peru 2 Croatia 120 Poland 7,112 Cuba 1…

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Documentary project “Word of the Righteous” was presented in Kyiv

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Documentary project “Word of the Righteous” was presented in Kyiv

According to official figures, there are about 2.5 thousand people in Ukraine, who have the honorary title of the Righteous Among the Nations, which they were awarded by the State of Israel in gratitude for rescuing the Jewish people during the Second World War. We are the second country after Poland by the number of heroes, and the work of Svetlana Levitas and MargarethaOrmotsadze, will tell about the people who saved others, risking their own…

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XIth Congress of the European Association for Jewish Studies 2018 will take place in Krakow

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XIth Congress of the European Association for Jewish Studies 2018 will take place in Krakow

XIth Congress of the European Association for Jewish Studies 2018 will take place in 2018, July 15-19, 2018, Krakow, Poland. The keynote theme of the XIth Congress is: Searching for Roots of Jewish Traditions. The Congress is organised by the Institute of Jewish Studies, Jagiellonian University in cooperation with the Alef Foundation and with the kind support of  institutions and foundations. Sessions: Ancient Jewish History and Archeology Hebrew Bible Talmud, Midrash and Rabbinics Medieval and Early Modern…

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