The government of Australia has bestowed a prestigious award on Jeremy Jones. The former president of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry was made a member of the Order of Australia.
The speaker of the Ukrainian parliament, Volodymyr Lytvyn, has said that parliament supported the return of property seized from Jews by the government during the Soviet era.
The leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church has discouraged inter-faith dialogue with Jews. Pope Shenoudah said that while he supported dialogue with Muslims and other Christians, he was against speaking with Jews
The first Festival of Jewish Cultures of Paris has begun and is to last two weeks. The event is sponsored by the Unified Jewish Social Fund and is under the theme
The Rebirth of Klezmer Music in the Former Soviet Union at the 6th Annual KlezFest in Ukraine! The Klezfest is devoted to the study of traditional Ashkenazi music and its modern interpretation in both composition and performance.
