Anti-Semitic slogans were spray-painted this week on the exterior walls of the medieval synagogue in Maribor, Slovenia.
Among the hateful messages were phrases such as “Jews are the evil of the world” and “Death to Jews, glory to Slovenia.”…
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Outside my day school bubble, I felt a surge of Jewish pride
This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives.
Growing up in Jewish day school, I knew the Western…
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Keir Starmer visits Auschwitz admitting ‘Nothing could have prepared me for sheer horror’
Keir Starmer has admitted nothing could prepare him for the “sheer horror” of what he saw inside Auschwitz-Birkenau, after visiting the Nazi concentration camp on Friday with his wife Victoria.
The Prime Minister said he felt “a…
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Trump selects Mel Gibson as ‘special envoy’ to Hollywood
Actor Mel Gibson has been appointed by President elect Donald Trump as one of three special envoys to Hollywood.
Taking to his social media platform Truth Social, Trump said it was “my honour” to select “these three very talented…
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Prospect of hostage release tempered by concerns about freeing terrorists
18 October 2011, was a landmark day in Israeli history. Five years after he was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists, the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was released from captivity in Gaza and photographed in uniform saluting Prime Minister Benjamin…
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Israeli leaders convene to approve ceasefire deal after day of delays
After more than a day of delays, Israel’s security cabinet has gathered to formally approve an agreement to stop the fighting in Gaza, paving the way for hostages to be released beginning on Sunday.
Later on Friday, the full…
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Waiting with bated breath: Israeli Brit Emily Damari on hostage release list
After an agonising 469 days, Mandy Damari heard the news she’s been praying and campaigning ceaselessly for. Her daughter Emily is on the list of hostages to be released in the first tranche of the hard won hostage deal.
The now 28-year…
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These are the hostages to be released (and left behind) in the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal’s first phase
Their names, faces and stories have resonated around the world, on posters and in prayers, since they were taken hostage on Oct. 7, 2023.
Now, some of the 98 remaining hostages abducted that day, when Hamas invaded southern…
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Labour MP on International Development Committee breaks ranks to criticise anti-Israel report
A Labour MP sitting on Westminster’s International Development Select Committee has broken ranks to criticise its latest scathing report on Israel.
David Taylor, the MP for Hemel Hempstead, issued a statement confirming his…
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House, cars defaced in Australia antisemitic attack
A house in Sydney‘s eastern suburbs was vandalized with red paint on Friday and antisemitic slogans were spray-painted on nearby parked vehicles. Two cars were also set on fire in the incident and no injuries were reported.Local residents told…
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