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Isak Haleva, Turkey’s chief rabbi and face of Jewish minority, dies at 84

ISTANBUL — Turkey’s Jewish community is mourning after Isak Haleva, chief rabbi since 2002, died at 84 on Tuesday. Haleva was the 35th person to hold the title of Hahambaşi, by which the chief rabbis of both the modern Turkish Republic and the Ottoman empire have been known since the position was established after the […]

Nearly half the globe has ‘elevated levels’ of antisemitic beliefs, ADL survey finds

Nearly half of adults around the world have “elevated levels of antisemitic attitudes,” the Anti-Defamation League reported in its latest global survey of anti-Jewish beliefs.  In addition, the survey found that one-fifth of the world has not heard of the Holocaust. About half accept the Holocaust’s historical truth.  Known as the Global 100, the survey […]

Javier Milei, Argentina’s pro-Israel president, is first non-Jew to win ‘Jewish Nobel’

British authorities chastise a Jewish charity for fundraising for an Israeli soldier

2 synagogues in Sydney graffitied with swastikas

London Police ask upcoming pro-Palestinian rally to move away from synagogue

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