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Vienna to Tilt Statue of Antisemitic Mayor 3.5 Degrees to the Right to Shift...
Gabe Friedman The city of Vienna will tilt the statue of a former mayor known for being antisemitic 3.5 degrees to the right in order to shift the viewer’s “perspective on it,” a move that some Jewish...
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Canadian Army Sergeant Fined for Antisemitic Jokes Made While Conducting...
Jackie Hajdenberg A German-born sergeant in the Canadian Army was fined roughly $2,200 and given a “severe reprimand” after joking about the Holocaust while conducting an infantry training course. But...
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Israelis Flock to This Tiny Town in Peru
A view of a street in Pisac, Peru. Photo by Jacob Kessler Jacob Kessler PISAC, Peru — About 20 miles northeast of the tourist capital of Cusco, the small Peruvian town of Pisac sits nestled among the...
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Israel Wins Third Place at U-20 World Cup
Israel’s under-20 men’s soccer teams celebrates winning third place at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in La Plata, Argentina, on June 11. (Marcio Machado/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images via JTA.org) Juan...
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London Jewish Museum to Close Indefinitely and Look for New Location
The Judaica room at the London Jewish Museum shows some of the museum’s 40,000 or so Jewish objects. (Benedict Johnson Photography via JTA.org) Jacob Judah LONDON — London’s Jewish Museum is to close...
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Toronto’s First Holocaust Museum Looks to the Post-survivor Era
The Toronto Holocaust Museum is located at the United Jewish Appeal (UJA) Federation of Greater Toronto’s Sherman Campus. (Courtesy of the Toronto Holocaust Museum via JTA.org) Shira Li Bartov Toronto...
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Germany Agrees to Record $1.4B in Annual Holocaust Reparations as Survivors Age
Claims Conference delegation for negotiations with the German government on behalf of Holocaust survivors in Berlin, Germany, on May 8. (Courtesy of Claims Conference via JTA.org) Asaf Elia-Shalev...
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Australia Moves Toward Banning Nazi Symbols in Wake of Neo-Nazi Incidents
Neo-Nazi protesters make a Nazi salute at a protest in Melbourne on May 13. (Michael Currie/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images via JTA>org) Tahney Fosdike In the wake of a series of neo-Nazi...
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Berlin Rabbi Fired Amid Mounting Allegations That He Preyed on Young Women
Toby Axelrod BERLIN — As a teenager in Berlin, Adelle was honored when a rabbi began showing interest in her spiritual development. Rabbi Reuven Yaacobov’s offer of personal instruction was an...
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Ben Helfgott, One of Two Holocaust Survivors to Compete in the Olympics, Dies...
Ben Helfgott poses with his medal after being knighted at Buckingham Palace on Nov. 21, 2018.(Dominic Lipinski/AFP via Getty Images via JTA.org) Jacob Gurvis Ben Helfgott, one of two known Holocaust...
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Putin: My Jewish Friends Say Zelensky Is ‘Not Jewish’
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on June 16. (Getty Images via JTA.org) Gabe Friedman Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that other Jews...
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India’s Bnei Menashe Community in Crisis as Ethnic Violence Burns Synagogues,...
More than 1,000 members of India’s Bnei Menashe Jewish community have been displaced in the wake of violence in their region. (Shavei Israel via JTA.org) Jordyn Haime For the past several years, life...
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Uruguay’s President Scuttles Plan to Turn Giant Nazi Eagle into a Peace Dove...
Juan Melamed Uruguay’s president has withdrawn a proposal to transform a swastika-emblazoned 800-pound bronze eagle from a sunken Nazi ship into an artistic display of peace, following criticism that...
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Violent Antisemitism on the Rise in Germany, Watchdog Finds
From left: Felix Klein, Germany’s antisemitism monitor; Bianca Loy, co-author of the RIAS report; and Benjamin Steinitz, executive director of RIAS, shown in Berlin with the organization’s 2022...
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France Gets its First Orthodox Woman Rabbi
Emile Ackermann and Myriam Ackermann-Sommer are leading what is thought to be one of the only Modern Orthodox congregations in France. (David Khabinsky via JTA.org) Alice D’Oléon PARIS — After...
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Jewish Festival Returns to Azerbaijan, One Sign of Baku’s Growing Ties with...
These young women comprised the organizing committee of the Limmud FSU conference in Baku, Azerbaijan on June 11. (Emin Malishev) Larry Luxner Eli Khanukayev, an Azerbaijani Jew who works in...
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Paris-area Holocaust Memorial Vandalized Amid Unrest Following Police Killing...
Philissa Cramer A Holocaust memorial in a suburb of Paris was defaced late last week amid widespread protests of the police killing of a French teen. The memorial in Nanterre — the inner-ring suburb...
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British Town Where Antisemitic Blood Libel Theory Was Born Could Get a Jewish...
Jurnet’s House in Norwich, England, was built and owned by a Jewish family in the 12th century and could become a Jewish heritage center. (Evelyn Simak via Creative Commons via JTA.org) Philissa Cramer...
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Russia Hints at Prisoner Swap Possibility for Jailed Jewish Journalist Evan...
US journalist Evan Gershkovich stands inside a defendant’s cage at Moscow City Court on June 22. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images via JTA>org) Jackie Hajdenberg The Kremlin has...
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Anglican Church of Canada Finalizes Decision to Replace ‘For the Conversion...
Philissa Cramer The Anglican Church of Canada has voted to remove from its prayer books a prayer calling for the conversion of the Jews. The decision, made Friday during a church convening in Calgary,...
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