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Poland Set to Pass Controversial New Law Criminalizing Kosher Slaughter
File photo: Rabbi Yitzchak Eliezer Yakav, chief slaughterer from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel, responsible for kosher slaughter of cattle imported to Israel from South America, on June 12, 2011. Photo...
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Jews Represent at PyeongChang Olympics
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View Article2017 Saw Rise of Anti-Semitic Incidents in Germany
The number of anti-Semitic incidents raised last year in Germany, according to a Berlin newspaper which quoted a government report. 1,453 anti-Semitic incidents were perpetrated in 2017, including 32...
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Chabad Heads to Iceland as 3,000 Women Emissaries Celebrate at ‘Day of...
International Conference of Shluchos For the more than 3,000 women who filled each table—every inch of the ballroom at the New York Hilton Midtown hotel—it came as no surprise that such significant...
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Why is Ireland the Most Anti-Israel Country in Europe?
The Irish and Jewish people share a common history of suffering cruel persecution and achieving national redemption against immeasurable odds. But today, modern Ireland is one of Europe’s fiercest...
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Was this Netanyahu’s Last AIPAC Stint as Prime Minister of Israel?
With a wobbly coalition threatening his political stability and under investigation for alleged corruption, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu surely must have appreciated the opportunity to...
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Shock and Emotion Follow Barbaric Murder of Holocaust Survivor in Paris
Mireille Knoll, the 85-year-old Jewish woman brutally murdered in her apartment, was a Holocaust survivor. She had managed to evade as a child the 1942 Vel d’Hiv Nazi-directed roundup by French police...
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News Briefs: Repair the World Names Director, Mayim Bialik Meets Rivlin, and...
Repair the World Names New Philadelphia Executive Director Repair the World: Philadelphia announced the hiring of Rachel Berger as its new executive director. Founded in 2009, Repair the World works to...
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Current World Jewish Population Still Falls Below Pre-Holocaust Figures
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Trump Announces Withdrawal from Iran Nuclear Agreement
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Germany to Pay Additional $88 Million to Holocaust Survivors
A group of Holocaust survivors known as the “Tehran children” in the Supreme Court of Jerusalem, where they filed an appeal against the state. They argued that they are entitled to their rightful share...
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Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly Platform for Dialogue
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Reconstructionist Movement Holds First Convention in Years
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Rising European Anti-Semitism Worrisome
By Sean Savage A Jewish man stands outside the synagogue in the Jewish Quarter in Antwerp, Belgium, on Dec. 9, 2014. (Johanna Geron/Flash90) The October attack on the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha...
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North Korea Ordered by Judge to Pay Warmbier Family $501M in Damages A District Court judge on Dec. 24 ordered North Korea to pay $501 million to the family of a Jewish student who died in 2016 after...
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German-Jewish Reconciliation Flourishes
From left: Gabriele Hannah, brother Hans-Dieter Graf and sister-in-law Martina Graf with their book Jews of the Old Rhine. They were honored by the Obermayer Foundation in Berlin on Jan. 21. (Photos...
View ArticleNews Briefs: Anti-Semitism Soars in France and More
Longtime Jewish Federation Employee Dies Former Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia employee Joe Polidoro, who spent 38 years with the organization, died Jan. 26, according to his family....
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Gettysburg College Trustee Resigns Over Nazi Costume Photo in Yearbook Gettysburg College Board of Trustees member Bob Garthwait resigned Feb. 19 after a history student found a 1980 yearbook photo of...
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Tween Arrested in NYC for Drawing Swastikas on Playground New York City Police arrested a 12-year-boy Feb. 27 who draw multiple swastikas and anti-Semitic messages on a school playground, JTA reported....
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Jewish Community Responds to Deadly Mosque Attack
A crowd, including members of Jewish Federation and JCRC staff, gathers for a “Service of Interreligious Solidarity” held by the Institute for Jewish-Catholic Relations at Saint Joseph’s University in...
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