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Jewish Community Shaped by the Inquisition Opens Portugal’s First Holocaust...
The interior of the Holocaust Museum of Porto, Portugal in January 2021. | Courtesy of the Jewish Community of Porto via JTABy Cnaan Liphshiz Portugal is set to open its first Holocaust museum, built...
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Polish Holocaust Scholars Sued for Suggesting Mayor Who Saved a Jew Helped...
A sign at the entrance to the village of Malinowo, Poland. (Google Maps via JTA.org) By Cnaan Liphshiz Two well-known Polish Holocaust historians are on trial for alleged defamation over their claim...
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UN Aid Agency for Palestinians Says it Mistakenly Gave Out Textbooks Calling...
A flag map of the Middle East inside an UNRWA-produced textbook shows a blank space on Israel’s territory. (IMPACT-se via JTA.org) By Cnaan Liphshiz The United Nations aid agency for Palestinians said...
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Morocco Becomes Second Arab Country to Allow an NGO to Combat Anti-Semitism...
Princess Lalla Joumala Alaoui and Jason Guberman attend The U.S. Premiere Of Entourage Production’s “Morocco: A King, A Vision, An Ambition” at Walter Reade Theate in New York City on Nov. 7, 2019....
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London Police Break Up 400-person Illegal Wedding at Haredi Jewish School
Chasidic Jews in London’s Stamford Hill neighborhood gathered for shabbat services on April 25, 2020. (Photo by Barry Lewis/InPictures via Getty Images via JTA.org) By Cnaan Liphshiz Police in London...
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Jonathan Sacks’ Final Book, Dozens of Others Win 2020 National Jewish Book...
The late Jonathan Sacks’ was given the top award for “Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times.” (National Jewish Book Awards via JTA.org) The final book published by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks...
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Haredi Jews in London Hold Illegal Weddings Regularly, Jewish Newspaper Reveals
Chasidic Jews in London’s Stamford Hill neighborhood gathered for shabbat services on April 25, 2020. (Photo by Barry Lewis/InPictures via Getty Images via JTA.org) By Cnaan Liphshiz Haredi Jews in...
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Jewish Man Leaves $2M to French Mountain Town That Hid Him from Nazis
Chambon-sur-Lignon. (LMFL via JTA.org) By Philissa Cramer A man who died in December reportedly left a significant gift for the French town that shielded his family and thousands of others from the...
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Flory Jagoda, Champion of Sephardic Music, Dies at 97
Flory Jagoda at the Richmond Folk Festival in 2012. (Screenshot from YouTube via JTA.org) By Ben Harris Flory Jagoda, the Bosnian-born Holocaust survivor who became a champion of Ladino and Sephardic...
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Facebook Draws Left-wing Ire After Employee Says the Site Could Police the...
(Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images via JTA.org) By Gabe Friedman A leaked email written by a Facebook employee hints that the social media giant may review its policy on allowing...
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A Year of Loss: Orthodox Jewry Reels as Rabbis Die During COVID-19 Pandemic
TThousands of haredi Orthodox Jews attend a funeral procession in Jerusalem for Rabbi Dovid Soloveitchik, the head of the Brisk Yeshiva on Jan. 31. (Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images via JTA.org) By...
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Canada Places Proud Boys on Terror List
Protesters who claim to be members of the Proud Boys gather with other supporters of President Donald Trump to protest outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. (Alex Edelman/AFP via Getty Images via...
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Former Secretary at Nazi Death Camp, 95, to Stand Trial for Accessory to Murder
A general view of a gas chamber at Nazi German concentration camp Stutthof during an official visit to Poland and Germany on July 18, 2017 near Gdansk, Poland. (Photo by Bruce Adams-Pool/Getty Images...
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Myanmar’s Tiny Jewish Community Rattled After Military Coup
A group of Myanmar activists residing in Israel wave the historical flag of Burma (until 1974), the flag of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party, and the flag of Israel...
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Ex-teacher Wins Appeal on Student Molestation Conviction at Amsterdam Jewish...
The Orthodox Cheider school in Amsterdam referred cases of alleged sexual abuse to Dutch police. (Creative Commons via JTA.org) By Cnaan Liphshiz AMSTERDAM — A Dutch appeals court reversed the...
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Guardian Columnist Says ‘Joke’ About US Aid to Israel Caused Firing
(Mark Makela/Corbis via Getty Images via JTA.org) By Cnaan Liphshiz A longtime contributor to The Guardian said the newspaper has stopped publishing his op-eds because of a tweet in which he said...
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300 Neo-Nazis Attend Rare Far-right Gathering in Spain
Neo-Nazis giving the Hitler salute at an event near a cemetery in Madrid, Spain on Feb. 13, 2021. (Lamarea.com via JTA.org) By Cnaan Liphshiz Jewish leaders in Spain are calling for an investigation...
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Russian-Israeli Aslan Karatsev Makes Tennis History at Australian Open
Aslan Karatsev shown in his match against Grigor Dimitrov at the Australian Open in Melbourne, Feb. 16, 2021. (Cameron Spencer/Getty Images via JTA) By Emily Burack Aslan Karatsev, a Russian tennis...
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Gulf Jews Form Umbrella Body to Make Observance Easier
A menorah is seen as Israeli entrepreneurs celebrate Chanukah for the first time at a hotel in Dubai on Dec. 10, 2020. (Karim SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images via JTA.org) By Ron Kampeas Jews in six Gulf states...
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ADL Singles Out Poland, Hungary, Russia and British Labour Party in Europe...
This 2017 billboard in Budapest was part of a Hungarian government campaign to “demonize George Soros,” the report said. (Attila Kisbenedek/AFP/Getty Images via JTA.org) By Cnaan Liphshiz Authorities...
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