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In a Polish town where locals burned Jews alive in 1941, new plaques deny complicity with Nazis

When Jews gathered this week for the anniversary of a World War II massacre in the Polish town of Jedwabne, they saw a new installation — one that denied a historical consensus about the grievous events that unfolded there. At the same time, a far-right lawmaker interrupted the memorial gathering — and triggered a police […]

How mysterious garden decor made me feel at home as a Jew in Bob Vylan’s England

BIRMINGHAM, England — I was not at Glastonbury when Bob Vylan and Kneecap led their anti-Israel chants. I was instead at Moseley in Bloom, an annual event that takes place in my leafy neighborhood in Birmingham in the middle of England, trying to make sense of what seemed to be a Jewish garden decoration. Like […]

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Melbourne protesters chant ‘Death to the IDF’ days after attacks on local synagogue, Israeli restaurant

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