Philippines – Euro-Asian Jewish Congress https://test.eajc.org Wed, 26 Aug 2020 10:16:49 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.1 EAJC congratulates Lee Blumenthal, Executive director of the Philippines Jewish community https://test.eajc.org/en/eajc-congratulates-lee-blumenthal-head-of-the-philippines-jewish-community/ Thu, 30 Apr 2020 14:07:56 +0000 https://test.eajc.org/?p=13101 Euro-Asian Jewish Congress wishes a happy birthday to Lee Blumenthal, Executive director of the Jewish community of the Philippines.

Dear Lee, on behalf of the leaders and communities of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress, please accept heartfelt congratulations on your birthday. We sincerely hope that despite the pandemic shutdown, you and your closed ones have found the way to make this day truly special.

Recently, the Jewish community of the Philippines joined the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress, and we deeply appreciate your leading the way.

We at the EAJC have a strong faith and confidence in your leadership and your outstanding ability to enhance the prosperity of the Jewish community of the Philippines in the years to come.

We wish you good health and happiness, looking forward to working together for the benefit of the Philippines Jewish community as well as the Jewish people and the State of Israel.

]]> The Philippines saved over 1200 Jews during the Holocaust https://test.eajc.org/en/the-philippines-saved-over-1200-jews-during-the-holocaust/ Tue, 21 Apr 2020 07:32:26 +0000 https://test.eajc.org/?p=13069 In the 1930s, Western countries, struggling with the global economic crisis, closed their doors on German and Austrian Jews who were persecuted by the Nazis. 

At the same time, the Philippines did everything possible to rescue Jews. It is also the only Asian country to support the UN resolution on the establishment of the State of Israel.

While the Philippines’ diverse Jewry has considerably reduced over the years, it remains a vibrant and welcoming Jewish community.

In 1983, the Beth Yaacov synagogue was erected in downtown Makati, and the Jewish Association of the Philippines produces a monthly newsletter.

In 2020, the Jewish community of the Philippines joined the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress.

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