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Moroccan Jews, Israelis Reportedly Safe in Devastating Quake That Killed at...
Philissa Cramer and Eliyahu Freedman Jews and Jewish sites appear to have largely been spared following the devastating earthquake that struck Morocco late Friday, killing at least 2,100 people and...
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Porto’s Jewish Community Unveils Memorial to 842 Local Victims of Portuguese...
Shira Li Bartov PORTO, Portugal — In this city on Portugal’s northwestern coast, a small Jewish community has dedicated years to identifying its predecessors who were killed or expelled in the...
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Goyim Defense League Member Extradited to Netherlands After Allegedly...
A view outside the Anne Frank House Museum in Amsterdam on March 31, 2020. (Sjoerd van der Wal/Getty Images via JTA.org) Andrew Lapin A prominent member of an American neo-Nazi group has been...
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Thousands of Jews Flock to Uman Again for Rosh Hashanah Pilgrimage Despite...
Jewish pilgrims gather to pray in Uman, Ukraine, on Sept. 12. (Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images vika JTA.org) Gabe Friedman The U.S., Israeli and Ukrainian governments have all called it...
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Police in Argentina Raid, Close Nazi Publisher After Investigation Jewish...
Juan Melamed Police in Argentina have raided and closed down a publishing house that they say was distributing Nazi literature online. They also arrested a man who was first raided for distributing...
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Newly Discovered Letter Shows Pope Pius XII Likely Knew About Nazi Death Camps
Andrew Lapin A newly uncovered letter provides the strongest evidence yet that Pope Pius XII knew about the Nazi extermination of the Jews as it was happening, the latest in a series of recent...
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Final Investigation Into Prominent German Reform Rabbi Affirms Abuse of Power...
Toby Axelrod A long-awaited final report has arrived in the investigation of a leading German Reform rabbi and his partner after allegations of abuse of power and sexual harassment against them erupted...
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Medieval German Synagogue Added to UNESCO World Heritage List
The Old Synagogue in Erfurt, Germany, seen on Sept. 11, is considered one of the oldest synagogues in Central Europe. (Martin Schutt/picture alliance via Getty Images via JTA.org) Toby Axelrod A United...
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7 Egon Schiele Portraits to be Returned to Heirs of Jewish Cabaret Star...
Fritz Grünbaum, left, was a Viennese Jewish cabaret performer with a vast Egon Schiele collection, including “Portrait of a Boy,” a preparatory study for the 1910 oil portrait of the son of one of...
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Claudia Sheinbaum Is on Track to Become Mexico’s First Jewish and Woman...
Claudia Sheinbaum speaks after being named presidential candidate of the ruling Morena party for next year’s presidential election in Mexico City on Sept. 6. (Claudia Cruz/AFP via Getty Images via...
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Top Canadian Lawmaker Apologizes After Inviting Former Nazi Soldier to...
David Lazarus MONTREAL — A leading Canadian lawmaker has apologized after inviting a former Nazi soldier to attend Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Parliament last week. Speaker of the...
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Study Shows Right-wing Extremist Attitudes on the Rise in Germany
An aerial view of the palace in Köthen, Germany. (Kulturstiftung Sachsen-Anhalt, Henrik Bollmann/Wikimedia Commons via JTA.org) Toby Axelrod A new survey by a political think tank shows a major...
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Man in Peru Charged with Making Recent Bomb Threats to US Synagogues, FBI Says
vmargineanu / iStock / Getty Images Plus Philissa Cramer Authorities in Peru have arrested a 33-year-old man who the FBI has charged with making a string of bomb threats targeting U.S. Jewish...
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85 Years After Kristallnacht, Germany to Begin Rebuilding Grand Synagogue in...
The Bornplatz Synagogue in Hamburg, Germany, once held 1,200 congregants before it was destroyed in Kristallnacht via JTA.org. (Wikimedia Commons) Jackie Hajdenberg More than 80 years after one of...
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Drew Weissman, Jewish Immunologist, Wins Nobel Prize for His Work on COVID...
Drew Weissman and Katalin Karikó (Courtesy of Penn Medicine) Philissa Cramer Drew Weissman, a Philadelphia-area Jewish scientist who identified the technology that made possible the mRNA vaccines...
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Displaced by Ethnic Violence, India’s Bnei Menashe Jews Construct Sukkahs...
A member of the Bnei Menashe community in northeastern India works to construct a temporary structure used in celebrating Sukkot. (Courtesy Shavei Israel via JTA.org) Jordyn Haime The temporary...
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Israeli Minister Holds Sukkot Prayer Service in Saudi Arabia Amid Warming Ties
A Sukkot prayer service, organized by Israeli Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Oct. 3. (Screenshot via JTA.org) Ben Sales Israeli Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi...
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Vilnius Celebrates its 700th Anniversary Lithuanian Jews Commemorate a Darker...
A view of an opening event for the Vilnius 700th anniversary events in the Lithuanian capita on Jan. 25. (Gabriel Khiterer via JTA.org) Emily Tamkin Legend has it that in the early 14th century, the...
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Conservative Party Candidate Says Jews Are ‘Frightened’ by London’s Muslim Mayor
Susan Hall seen at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, England, on Oct. 1. (Pat Scaasi/MI News/NurPhoto/Getty Images via JTA.org) Gabe Friedman The British Conservative Party’s candidate...
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Empire State Building, Brandenburg Gate, Other Landmarks Lit in Blue and...
Landmarks around the world turned to blue and white on Saturday in solidarity with Israel after Hamas attacked the country, leaving at least 700 Israelis dead and more than 2,000 wounded. New York City...
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