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The task force is the first step in US President Donald Trump’s push to combat antisemitism in schools, announced in an executive order last week,” the announcement says.

The documentary Souvenirs de Iasi was screened in Lisbon, shedding light on Romania’s dark past and the massacre that devastated the Jewish community of Iasi in 1941.

Reports say Bibas, Ofer Calderon were beaten, held in cages during early days of captivity; Keith Siegel says food was scarce, had to eat meat to survive despite being vegetarian.

Kalderon was kidnapped during the October 7, 2023, massacre along with his son and daughter, Erez and Sahar. The children were released in a previous deal in November 2023.

Logic suggests that António Costa ordered that information to be kept in his official residence.

The Combat Antisemitism Movement praised the president “for taking bold and decisive action and for his proven friendship with the Jewish people at this critical moment in history.”