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Half of America’s 25 Most Generous Philanthropists Are Jews. Few Give to...
Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg attend the 2020 Breakthrough Prize Red Carpet at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California, on Nov. 3, 2019. (Ian Tuttle/Getty Images for Breakthrough...
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Holocaust ‘Book of Names’ to be Inaugurated at the UN Underscores the...
To mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Yad Vashem is exhibiting its Book of Names — a monumental installation containing the names of 4,800,000 victims of the Shoah – at the United Nations...
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Pop Artist Paints ‘Simpsons’ as Holocaust Victims Outside Milan Holocaust...
Artist aleXsandro Palombo painted several images of characters from “The Simpsons” on the outside of Milan’s central train station. (Courtesy of Palombo via JTA.org) By David I. Klein Just before...
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Germany Returns 16th-century Sculpture to Heirs of Jewish Owner
This “Statuette of Maria Lactans” was returned to the heirs of its pre-war Jewish owner, Jakob Goldschmidt. (National Museums in Berlin, Sculpture Collection and Museum of Byzantine Art / Marion Böhl...
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British Clergyman Accused of Antisemitism Barred From Church of England...
Rev. Stephen Sizer leaves a disciplinary tribunal at St. Andrew’s Courtroom, in central London on May 23, 2022. (Dominic Lipinski/PA Images via Getty Images via JTA.org) By David I. Klein Stephen...
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France’s Updated Plan to Counter Antisemitism Will Bring Students to Sites of...
By David I. Klein The French government updated its plan for fighting antisemitism and racism, which will require teachers to receive training on the topic and all French schoolchildren to visit the...
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Could Ancient Wheat Be the Solution to the World’s Food Crisis?
Benedictus, a wheat cultivar developed at the Volcani Center. Photos by Stepanyda Elana Shap A quarter of the world’s food comes from just one crop. It grows abundantly in Russia and Ukraine, but war...
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Russian Missiles Reportedly Damage a Historic Synagogue in Southeastern Ukraine
A view of Huliaipole, Ukraine, shows the effects of Russian bombing on Jan. 14. (Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images via JTA.org) By David I. Klein Russian missile fire...
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Israel Sends Aid to Turkey and Syria in Wake of Earthquake That Killed Thousands
A view of a collapsed building after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake hit Hatay, Turkey on Feb. 6. (Ali Kemal Zerenli/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) David I. Klein ISTANBUL — Israel is sending aid to...
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2 Jewish Community Leaders Missing in Antakya, Turkish City Devastated by...
By David I. Klein ISTANBUL – After initially sounding the all clear in the hours after a devastating earthquake Monday, the Turkish Jewish community now says that two prominent members remain missing...
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Barcelona Mayor Severs Ties With Twin City of Tel Aviv, Citing Israeli...
Jackie Hajdenberg Barcelona Mayor Ada Colau has announced that the city is no longer twinned with Tel Aviv, citing claims that Israel is guilty of “apartheid,” as well as “flagrant and systematic...
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A Hospital-Turned-Church-Turned-Bar in Spain Revealed as Medieval Synagogue
A 14th-century synagogue Utrera was unearthed by archeologists in Spain. (Courtesy Utrera City council via JTA.org) By Orge Castellano MADRID — Archaeologists working in a town in southwestern Spain...
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In First, Polish Priest Sentenced on Charges of Spreading Antisemitic Hate...
David I. Klein A Polish priest with a long track record of antisemitic comments has been sentenced to community service after being convicted of insulting Jews and inciting hatred against them, in what...
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Israeli Rescue Team Evacuated From Turkey Amid ‘Concrete and Immediate Threat’
United Hatzalah’s rescue team in Turkey just before departing, citing concerns about a threat against them. (Courtesy United Hatzalah via JTA.org) Philissa Cramer One of the Israeli teams dispatched to...
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Oldest Copy of the Hebrew Bible Is Headed to Auction This Spring
The Codex Sassoon, estimated to be about 1,000 years old, is going to auction at Sotheby’s. (Courtesy of Sotheby’s via JTA.org) Jackie Hajdenberg The oldest complete copy of the Hebrew Bible as we know...
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Antakya’s Remaining Jews Flown to Jewish Nursing Home in Istanbul
Demolishing works and debris removal efforts continue in Antakya, Turkey on Feb. 16. (Erhan Sevenler/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images via JTA.org) David I. Klein The remaining few Jews of Antakya have...
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‘There Was No Time to Sleep’: 4 Jews Reflect on a Year of Helping Ukrainians...
A Ukrainian flag flies above the ruins of buildings destroyed during fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces Kam’yanka, in the Kharkiv oblast of Ukraine on Oct. 24, 2022. (Carl Court/Getty Images...
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After Outcry, Bulgaria Bars Neo-Nazis From Marching in Tribute to Nazi...
Far-right groups and nationalists carry torches and march to commemorate the Nazi-era Bulgarian General Hristo Lukov in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Feb. 12. (Georgi Paleykov/NurPhoto via Getty Images via...
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Frankfurt Cancels Roger Waters Concert, Calling Him ‘One of the World’s Most...
Roger Waters. Credit: Jethro via Wikimedia Commons. David I. Klein Roger Waters, the Pink Floyd bassist who is a leading proponent of the movement to boycott Israel, has been blocked from performing in...
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Prominent Peruvian-Jewish Journalist Hit With Antisemitic Harassment After...
Gustavo Gorriti gives a press conference to the foreign press association in Peru in 2018. (Carlos Garcia Granthon/Fotoholica Press/LightRocket via Getty Images via JTA.org) Jacob Kessler LIMA, Peru—...
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