Category: Jewish
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Muslims attack Jewish boy in Belgian Jewish neighborhood
Muslims attack Jews in Antwerp In one of the videos, a 14-year-old Ultra-Orthodox boy is seen being attacked by Muslim rioters in the Jewish neighborhood in Antwerp. The boy’s family did not file a complaint with the police, because such attacks… Continue Reading
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House set to vote on bill targeting nonprofits accused of supporting terrorism
U.S. law prohibits nonprofits from providing support to terrorist organizations, but enforcing that prohibition requires the government to furnish proof of a violation, triggering a judicial process that can be lengthy and… Continue Reading
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Russia names Nazi collaborator responsible for murder of Jews during Holocaust
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) in the city of Stavropol has declassified information about Ivan Klaas, a native of the Omsk region, convicted in 1965 of the mass murder of Jews during World War II. The communications department in… Continue Reading
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Trump picks Lee Zeldin, Jewish former congressman from Long Island, to head EPA
Donald Trump picked Lee Zeldin, a Jewish Republican and former congressman from New York, to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. Trump announced Zeldin’s appointment on Monday in a post on his social media platform,… Continue Reading
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Survivor kept key from a German shul destroyed on Kristallnacht. Now the relic is returning home
Cantor Jennifer Bern-Vogel was used to hearing her mother tell the story. On the evening of Nov. 9, 1938, her mother, then Marianne Katzenstein, who was 16 at the time, was in her family’s synagogue in Bielefeld, Germany, practising the… Continue Reading
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ICC chief prosecutor faces investigation into sexual misconduct allegations
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court faces an independent investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct, it has been confirmed. Karim Khan is facing allegations relating to his alleged conduct towards a woman who… Continue Reading
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Felice Gaer, Jewish organization official who championed human rights for all, dies at 78
For over 30 years, Felice Gaer Baran directed the American Jewish Committee’s Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights, assuring Jews a seat at the table in global debates around torture, political… Continue Reading
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Interfaith vigil for British hostage held in Gaza
British hostage Emily Damari was the focus of a silent vigil at the launch of an film festival attended by Labour MP Richard Burgon. Thirty people from all faiths attended the event on Friday to remind Burgon and attendees of the Leeds… Continue Reading
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Eyal Shani opens a kosher restaurant in Brooklyn
A new outpost of Eyal Shani’s popular kosher restaurant, Malka, has opened in Dumbo, Brooklyn. Malka Dumbo joins Malka on the Upper West Side — Shani’s first kosher establishment outside of Israel, which opened to great buzz last… Continue Reading
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Veterans pay their respects at Jewish Care remembrance services
War veterans and a Holocaust survivor took part in Jewish Care’s Remembrance Sunday and Kristallnacht commemorations. Jack Mann, 99. was a radio operator and is the last surviving member of his regiment. Fellow 99-year old, Moishe… Continue Reading