Bulgarian Jewish leader falsely accused of embezzling public funds faces antisemitic abuse Major outlet issues apology to Aleksander Oscar, who faced antisemitic abuse after the claim was made A Major Bulgarian media outlet has issued an apology to Aleksander Oscar, an ophthalmologist and the president of the Shalom organisation of Jews in Bulgaria, for falsely accusing him of embezzling money from Bulgaria’s national health insurance fund. The Shalom and World Jewish Congress organisations had called much of the criticism of Oscar antisemitic in nature and said the ordeal led to an increase in online antisemitism in Bulgaria. “The publisher and...
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