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Dutch Chief Rabbi Says ‘No Need’ for Churches’ Mea Culpa over Holocaust Inaction
Dutch Chief Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs at Westerbork Memorial Center on, May 14, 2017. (Cnaan Liphshiz via JTA.org) By Cnaan Liphshiz AMSTERDAM — Six Dutch churches issued what they called an...
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We Don’t Run a ‘Kosher Mafia,’ Leading Argentine Rabbis Say
Argentine Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Gabriel Davidovich (Screen shot from YouTube, via JTA.org) By JTA Staff BUENOS AIRES — After Jewish institutions came out in support of a businessman who is vowing to...
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Jewish Leaders Spar Over Dutch Chief Rabbi Comments
Dutch Chief Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs at Westerbork Memorial Center on May 14, 2017. (Cnaan Liphshiz, via JTA.org) By Cnaan Liphshiz AMSTERDAM — A Dutch Jewish leader said it sends “the wrong message” to...
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Brazilian Governor Renounces Father’s Nazi Sympathies — But Jews Say Not...
Daniela Reinehr at a press conference in the Santa Catarina state of Brazil on Oct. 27. (Mauricio Vieira/Secom, via JTA) By Marcus M. Gilban RIO DE JANEIRO — The new governor of a Brazilian state was...
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Jonathan Sacks, Former UK Chief Rabbi and Jewish ‘Intellectual Giant,’ Dies...
Jonathan Sacks seen as the chief rabbi of the United Kingdom, circa 2000. (John Downing/Getty Images via JTA) By Ben Harris, Cnaan Liphshiz, Gabe Friedman (JTA) — Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, the former chief...
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Portugal Naturalizes 23,000 Applicants Under Jewish Law of Return
Two Israeli women arrive in Lisbon, Portugal, Feb. 15, 2016. (Cnaan Liphshiz, via JTA.org) By Cnaan Liphshiz Portugal has granted citizenship to about 23,000 people who applied under a 2015 law...
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Despite Pandemic, Argentina Looks to Double Kosher Meat Output in 2021
A griller shows a piece of “asado,” a traditional Argentine barbecue meat. (Ricardo Ceppi/Getty Images, via JTA.org) In the midst of a kosher meat price war in Argentina, one of the world’s largest...
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Brazilian Jewish Businessman accused of Madoff-like Scheme Arrested After...
An article in O Globo, one of Brazil’s largest newspapers, on Jonas Jaimovick. (WhatsApp, via JTA.org) By Marcus M. Gilban RIO DE JANEIRO — A Brazilian Jewish businessman accused of bilking investors...
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Marijuana Plants Seized from Argentine Synagogue’s Courtyard
A plaque on the Sinagoga Medanos. (Screenshot from YouTube via JTA.org) BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Police seized two pots of marijuana plants from the courtyard of a historic synagogue in Medanos, a...
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Dutch Right-wing Politician Resigns Following Party’s Anti-Semitism Scandal
Dutch right-wing leader Thierry Baudet speaks to reporters at the Dutch Senate in the Hague on Feb. 5. (Sem Van Der Wal/ANP/AFP via Getty Images via JTA.org) By Cnaan Liphshiz AMSTERDAM — The leader of...
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Amsterdam’s Jewish Museum Wades into Dutch Blackface Controversy with New...
A child poses for a photo with a woman dressed as Black Pete and a man portraying St. Nicholas in northern Amsterdam on Nov. 16, 2019. (Cnaan Liphshiz via JTA) By Cnaan Liphshiz AMSTERDAM – For the...
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Woman Threatens Rabbi in Vienna, Steals His Kippah
Most of the 8,000 or so Jews left in Austria live in Vienna, shown here in 2018. (Andrew Michael/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images via JTA.org By Cnaan Liphshiz An unidentified...
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Jewish Educator’s Name Removed from Prestigious Medical Award Due to Racist,...
Abraham Flexner was called the “father” of modern medical education. (Wikimedia commons via JTA.org) By Ben Sales The name of a Jewish educator called the “father” of modern medical education is being...
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James Wolfensohn, Former World Bank President and Jewish Philanthropist, Dies...
Sir James Wolfensohn attends IAS Einstein Gala honoring Jim Simons at Pier 60 at Chelsea Piers in New York City on March 14, 2019. (Patrick McMullan via Getty Images via JTA.org) By Ron Kampeas James...
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Jewish Women from North Africa Have an Awesome Feminist Chanukah Tradition
Getty Images via JTA.org By Rishe Groner When it comes to celebrating Chanukah, you probably think about lighting the menorah, playing dreidel (or maybe not, does anyone actually play dreidel?) and...
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EU Invites Member States to Adopt Definition of Anti-Semitism That Includes...
President of the European Council Charles Michel attends a virtual meeting with the leaders of Italy, Latvia and Luxembourg in the Europa, the EU Council headquarters, in Brussels on Dec. 2. (Thierry...
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British Soccer’s Premier League Endorses International Holocaust Group’s...
Players from the under-18 division of Britain’s Chelsea soccer club, which is part of the Premier League, attend a March of the Living event in the former Auschwitz Nazi camp in Poland on May 2, 2019....
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Six Prominent Holocaust Survivors Have Died in Europe Over the Past Month
Esther Cohen shakes hands with then-German President Joachim Gauck, right, during a visit of the synagogue in Ioannina, Greece, on March 7, 2014. (Sakis Mitrolidis/AFP via Getty Images via JTA.org) By...
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Roald Dahl’s Family Apologizes for his Anti-Semitism
British novelist Roald Dahl, pictured here in 1971, made multiple anti-Semitic comments in the decade before his death in 1990. (Ronald Dumont/Daily Express/Getty Images via JTA.org) By Philissa Cramer...
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A New Jewish Streaming Service Launches
A screenshot of the Jewzy.tv website (via JTA.org) By Cnaan Liphshiz A Jewish group based in London has launched Europe’s first Jewish streaming service, with the goal of “connecting all sorts of Jews...
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