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At Polish Clinic for Ukraine Refugees, Hadassah’s Doctors Dispense Medicine...
Dr. Rivka Brooks, director of pediatrics at Hadassah’s Mount Scopus campus, showing a young Ukrainian refugee how a stethoscope works. Brooks is one of Hadassah’s many doctors who volunteered at...
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Interim Head of Scandal-ridden German Seminary Vows Changes
By Toby Axelrod The interim head of Germany’s Abraham Geiger College rabbinical seminary said she is committed to a thorough investigation of the institution, which is wrapped in a cloud of...
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Jewish Man Beaten While Campaigning for His Political Candidate Wife in France
By Cnaan Liphshiz A group of men violently assaulted a Jewish man while he was putting up campaign posters for his wife, who is running for a legislative seat in Strasbourg, France, the victim told...
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Moscow’s Chief Rabbi in Exile After Refusing to Back Putin’s Ukraine War,...
Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt delivers a speech in Paris, France, on Oct. 10, 2018. (Conference of European Rabbis via JTA.org) By Cnaan Liphshiz As the head of a large European rabbinical group, Pinchas...
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German Government Reports 29% Increase in Antisemitic Crimes
By Toby Axelrod (Sebastian Gollnow/picture alliance via Getty Images via JTA.org) BERLIN — The German government’s annual report on developments in extremism notes a nearly 29% increase in antisemitic...
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Court Allows German Church to Keep ‘Jewish Pig’ Sculpture on Display
The Judensau sculpture on display on the outer wall of the town church of St. Marien in Wittenberg, Germany, on Feb. 4, 2020. (Hendrik Schmidt/picture alliance via Getty Images via JTA.org) By Toby...
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A Chief Rabbi in Ukraine Denies Sexual Misconduct Allegations
Rabbi Yaakov Dov Bleich addresses congregants during the prayer ahead of Yom Kippur at the open-air synagogue at the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center in Kyiv, on Sept. 15, 2021. (Oksana Parafeniuk...
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Belgian Lawmakers Scrap Bill to Ban Kosher, Halal Slaughter in Brussels
By Cnaan Liphshiz Belgian promoters of a ban on kosher and halal slaughter of animals saw their bill defeated in Brussels, the seat of the European Union and the only region of Belgium where the...
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Israel Accused of Apartheid by Politicians in Spain’s Catalonia Region
Spanish flag By Cnaan Liphshiz The foreign affairs committee of the parliament of Catalonia, Spain’s second-most populous region, accused Israel of committing “apartheid.” Thursday’s vote in Barcelona...
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The Vatican Will Release WWII-era ‘Jewish Files’ Online, Including Unanswered...
By Andrew Lapin Pope Francis has ordered 170 volumes of Jewish requests for help from the Catholic Church during World War II to be published online, two years after making their physical copies...
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Zelensky Singles Out Israel for Refusing to Join International Sanctions...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses Hebrew University in Jerusalem on June 23. (Screenshot from YouTube via JTA.org) By Jackie Hajdenberg In a live-streamed address to students, faculty...
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Two Officers Stabbed Outside Grand Synagogue in Tunisia
Residents walk along the streets of Tunis on May 15, 2015. (Frédéric Soltan/Corbis via Getty Images via JTA.org) By Caleb Guedes-Reed Two policemen standing guard at the Grand Synagogue in the center...
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Porto Jewish Community Calls Portugal’s Criminal Probe Into its Actions...
By Cnaan Liphshiz The head of the Jewish Community of Porto, Portugal said that a criminal investigation stemming from the organization’s role in vetting Jews with Sephardic ancestry for Portuguese...
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101-year-old Former Nazi Death Camp Guard Sentenced to Five Years in Prison
By Toby Axelrod BERLIN – The oldest former Nazi camp guard ever put on trial in Germany has been sentenced to five years in prison. Josef Schütz, 101, was found guilty of complicity in the mass murder...
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The Moishe House in Kyiv Has Become a Safe Haven During Wartime
A Passover seder at Moishe House Kyiv brought new friends together. (Moishe House Kyiv via JTA.org) By Michelle Cohen (Jewish Chicago: The JUF Magazine via JTA) — The Moishe House model — three to five...
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Shinzo Abe, former Japanese prime minister who bolstered ties with Israel, is...
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe raises his arms with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party candidate Keiichiro Asao after he delivered a campaign speech in Tokyo, July 6, 2022. (Yoshikazu...
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Biden administration accuses Russia of antisemitism and exploiting Jewish...
A U.S. State Department dossier on Russian disinformation will feature this photo of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Jan. 23, 2020. (Office of the Ukraine...
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Laser beams, Saudis and the ‘Jewish Olympics’: A preview of Biden’s Israel trip
President Joe Biden steps off Air Force One upon arrival in Munich, June 25, 2022. (Daniel Karmann/picture alliance via Getty Images) By Gabe Friedman Joe Biden’s trip to Israel this week, his first as...
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Dutch Judge: Soccer Fans Behind Antisemitic Graffiti to Visit Holocaust Memorial
Amsterdam Arena (Johan Cruyff Arena), the largest stadium in the Netherlands and home to the AFC Ajax and the Netherlands national team on March 9. Kiev.Victor/Shutterstock via JNS.org. Two soccer fans...
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Barcelona Gets World’s First Michelin-starred Kosher Restaurant
Xerta, a restaurant in Barcelona, sits in the L’Antiga Esquerra de l’Eixample neighborhood of the city. (Courtesy of Xerta via JTA.org) MADRID — The typical menu at Xerta, a Barcelona restaurant that...
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