This week marked 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. We remembered the six million innocent Jewish men, women, and children who were murdered by the Nazis. We also honoured the strength of the survivors who have…
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Bulgarian doctor claims Auschwitz survivors live to age 100 because they were starved
‘There was not a single fat person in Auschwitz’: Dr. Lyudmila Emilova sparked outrage after saying on a morning show that Auschwitz survivors “cleansed their bodies very much” and thus reached the age of 100; Jewish community and Israeli embassy in…
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Attorney General: UK committed to compliance with international law
Attorney General Richard Hermer has said the implications of “long and detailed advisory opinion” from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Israeli occupation in the West Bank is still being assessed to “see how it applies…
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Historic 1926 Golda Meir letter to be auctioned
A typed two-page letter signed by Golda Meir, dated May 16, 1928, is set to be auctioned in Los Angeles on January 30.
Penned shortly after Meir’s move to then-Palestine as a young Zionist leader, the correspondence, addressed to the…
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OPINION: Trump’s new America threatens the most vulnerable in our societies
Within hours of his inauguration, Donald Trump had already begun signing executive orders which will gravely harm some of the most vulnerable in American society and beyond. This was a blizzard of actions which so clearly defy our Jewish…
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UK gives extra £17m to Gaza amid continuing ceasefire
The UK has provided an extra £17 million in humanitarian aid toward Gaza, amid the ongoing ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
Development minister Anneliese Dodds announced the aid commitment in the House of Commons, which will go towards…
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Trailer packed with explosives, ‘F**k the Jews’ message: Antisemitic attack foiled i
An antisemitic bomb attack has been foiled in Australia, police announced on Wednesday.
According to Australian police, a trailer loaded with explosives was found in the state of New South Wales, intended to be used to harm Jews. The trailer was…
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OPINION: King Charles meant every word in Poland and that gives me hope
Yesterday, on the 80th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, I welcomed World Jewish Relief’s Royal Patron, King Charles III, to the Jewish Community Centre ( JCC) that World Jewish Relief established and nurtured just a…
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Famed Jewish expressionist Ben-Zion Weinman will be featured in a NYC exhibition for the first time in 25 years
For the first time in 25 years, the works of famed Jewish expressionist painter Ben-Zion Weinman will be shown in a solo exhibition in Brooklyn.
Weinman, known simply by the mononym “Ben-Zion,” was a founding member of…
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Take it from a German Jew: The AfD and its supporters aren’t making Jews safer
BERLIN — Several years ago, the newspaper where I am an editor in Germany made an unusual decision: We would not interview any politicians associated with Alternative for Germany, a political party that was then merely on the…
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