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	Lauder urges Europe not to restrict religious freedom At ordination of rabbis in Cologne attended by German FM Guido Westerwelle.

In the message, Jose Manuel Barroso also lays out his respect for the Jewish people and Judaism.

At a ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of the start of the deportations of around around 25,000 Jews.

'The future of Jews in Europe is at stake but also the future of Europe itself.'

More Western Europe:

	A distinction between the political and military wings of Hezbollah ?
	German Chancellor Merkel honoured in Brussels for her support to the Jewish community
	Britain wants the EU to blacklist Hezbollah’s military wing
	EU leaders need to address 'staggering' findings of US State Department report on ‘global rise of anti-Semitism’
	US: John Kerry names Ira Forman as new Special Envoy to Combat Anti-Semitism
	European Parliament head demands clarification after being misquoted on 'Hungary wants to count the Jews’
	An Israeli finalist of Belgium's Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition

EU-Israel-Mideast
	“European media is questioning Israel’s right to exist”
	EU foreign ministers express stronger stand towards Hamas
	EU tells Israel to release Palestinian customs duties
	Livni: Hamas must change first
	EU to release financial aid for Palestinians
	European Jewish group to file complaint against Ahmadinejad in The Hague

Israel renews call to put Hezbollah on EU list of terrorist organisations for its involvement in Burgas bombing But EU authorities are waiting to receive Bulgaria’s evidences. Syria high on agenda of informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers in Cyprus.		Ashton on Syria: ‘Don’t accuse us of inactivity…if it was easy, we would have done it by now’ She responded to accusations from various MEPs of the EU’s powerlessness over the escalating situation.

Daily quote

''Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.The important thing is not to stop questioning."

Albert Einstein

Day in history

1943: First Jewish parachutist
Sent by the British, Peretz Rosenberg jumped behind German lines into Yugoslavia.

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Students talk Jewish in Croatian Summer University

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