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‘Is your fav author a zionist???’ A Viral List Reignites Antisemitism Fears...
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Israel Places Fifth at Eurovision, Propelled by Worldwide Audience Voting
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March of Living to Mark 80 Years Since Destruction of Hungarian Jewry
The annual March of the Living at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp in Poland on April 28, 2022. (Photo by Aloni Mor/MOTL via JNS.org) International March of the Living will...
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Turkey’s Sudden Ban on Trade With Israel Is Already Affecting Jews in Both...
Cargo containers are seen at the Port of Izmir in Izmir, Turkey, on May 6, shortly after Turkey’s decision to halt trade with Israel. (Mustafa Kaya/Xinhau News Agency via Getty Images via JTA.org)...
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ICC Prosecutor Seeks Arrest Warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas Leaders
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, speaks during a work plan between the Prosecutor’s Office of the International Criminal Court and the Republic of Venezuela, accompanied...
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Iranian Jew’s Execution Reportedly Delayed Just Before Country’s President...
David I. Klein An Iranian Jew who has been sentenced to death has reportedly received a one-month stay of execution after a global pressure campaign that included calls for prayer in Persian Jewish...
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Police in Rouen, France, Shoot and Kill Man Who Set Fire to a Synagogue
Ron Kampeas Police in Rouen shot and killed a man as he rushed them with a knife after setting fire to a synagogue in the northern French city, authorities said, in the latest in a spate of attacks on...
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Meta Asks For Content Moderation Help With Posts That Say ‘All Israelis Are...
Pro-Palestinian protestors rally in Edmonton, Canada, on Feb. 25. (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images via JTA.org) Asaf Elia-Shalev Should social media users be allowed to call Israelis “criminals?”...
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UN Flags at Half Mast in NY to Honor ‘Butcher of Tehran’ Raisi
The United Nations flag is lowered to half-mast at UN Headquarters to honor Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi, the Iranian president, who died in a helicopter crash on May 19. At right is Amir Saeid Iravani,...
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International Court of Justice Orders Israel to Halt its Rafah Operation
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivers an order on South Africa’s genocide case against Israel in The Hague on Jan. 26. (Michel Porro/Getty Images via JTA.org) Ron Kampeas The International...
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Jewish Liberal Claudia Sheinbaum Likely to Win This Week’s Mexican...
Mexican presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during the 2024 closing campaign event in Mexico City, Mexico on May 29. (Brigette Reyes/ObturadorMX/Getty Images) Philissa Cramer Claudia...
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Claudia Sheinbaum Elected President of Mexico, Breaking Barriers as Woman and...
Claudia Sheinbaum of arrives to give a speech after the first results released by Mexican election authorities show her with a commanding lead in the presidential election on June 3, in Mexico City....
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30 Years After Deadly Bombing, Buenos Aires’ AMIA Jewish Center Unveils...
The colorful new facade of Buenos Aires’ AMIA Jewish center abuts a mural painted to memorialize the 1994 bombing that killed 85 people there. (Juan Melamed via JTA.org) Juan Melamed BUENOS AIRES — The...
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Maldives Says it Will Bar Israelis From Visiting Over Israel’s War in Gaza
Maldives, a popular tourist destination, is iconic for its overwater villas, tropical forests, palm trees and beaches. (Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images via JTA.org) Philissa Cramer The...
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Brazilian Chef David Hertz Is Using Food to Bring About Social Change
During the pandemic, chef and social entrepreneur David Hertz started Solidarity Kitchens, a project to enable chefs to use their own kitchens to prepare meals for Brazil’s most vulnerable. (Edipo...
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For This Jewish Couple, Saving Children’s Lives Has Become a Life Commitment
Muso cofounders Ari Johnson and Jessica Beckerman teamed up with retired Malian nurse Nana Niaré, center, in 2008 to begin offering free early-stage and preventative health care to Malians in places of...
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European Students Are Calling on Their Colleges to Divest From Israel. In...
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German Holocaust Reparations Increase Again, But Plateau Expected as...
Claims Conference delegation for negotiations with the German government on behalf of Holocaust survivors in Berlin on May 8. (Courtesy of Claims Conference via JTA.org) Philissa Cramer The German...
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Canadians Describe Jew-hatred Threat ‘as Bad if Not Worse’ Than in US
A man waves a Palestinian flag during a Dec. 9, 2023 march in Toronto.(Greg Finnegan/Shutterstock via JNS.org). David Swindle Sadie-Rae Werner, a newly minted lawyer in Toronto, was walking by a...
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French Conservative Leader Embraces Marine Le Pen’s Far-right Party With...
President of the French conservative party Les Republicains and member of Parliament Eric Ciotti and far-right National Rally president Marine Le Pen attend a session of the National Assembly in Paris...
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