Rabbi Ishak Haleva, the chief rabbi of Turkey for more than 22 years, died on Tuesday at the age of 84. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan extended his condolences to the country’s Jewish community, recognizing Rabbi Haleva’s significant…
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6 Chabad tunnel defendants plead guilty
Six men who were arrested in an attempt to dig a tunnel into the Brooklyn headquarters of the Chabad Hasidic movement accepted plea deals on Monday, while four others opted to go to trial.
The guilty pleas were the latest stage…
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Nearly half the world’s population holds antisemitic views, survey finds
Nearly half of the global population harbors deeply entrenched antisemitic views, according to the latest Global 100 survey conducted by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) in partnership with research firm Ipsos and other collaborators. The survey…Continue Reading
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A lost film about Jewish immigrants on the Lower East Side returns to the big screen in NYC
In the early 1920s, a Jewish filmmaker set out to create a movie that would counter the rising antisemitism of the time.
The result was “Breaking Home Ties,” a silent film about Russian Jewish immigrants in the Lower East…
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Irish fury as President Higgins set to give Holocaust speech
A major row has broken out in Ireland over the announcement by the country’s national Holocaust institution, Holocaust Education Ireland, that President Michael Higgins has once again been invited to give the keynote address marking…
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Twenty years on: telling the story of the 7/7 London terror attacks
It was one of those ‘I remember exactly where I was when I heard…’ days. On 7 July 2005, 52 people, including Jewish victims Miriam Hyman, 31, Susan Levy, 53, and Anat Rosenberg, 39, were killed when three trains and a bus were blown…
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Did our Jewish day school prepare us to discuss Israel with our peers in the real world? Yes, and no.
This article was produced as part of the New York Jewish Week’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around New York City to report on issues that affect their lives.
My friends and I spent the…
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Azerbaijan thwarts Iranian-led plot to assassinate Jewish leader
A Georgian citizen and an Azerbaijani resident were arrested on suspicion of gathering intelligence for an alleged plot to assassinate a senior leader of Azerbaijan’s Jewish community; Jewish community: ‘The IRGC recruits drug smugglers to…
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Communal leaders stress demand for pro-Palestine demo to avoid synagogue
Communal leaders have said they do not oppose the right of pro-Palestine campaigners to stage peaceful protests – but they object to marches taking place near a synagogue on Shabbat.
In a joint statement ahead of the Palestine Solidarity…
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Wanted Lev Tahor sect leader arrested, faces extradition
One of the leaders of the extremist Hasidic Lev Tahor sect Eliazar Rompler was arrested in Guatemala. He had been wanted on charges of serious child abuse in Israel and had escaped the country using a fake passport, after a court ordered that he…Continue Reading