‘The window shattered from the blast’: Miracle at Mishpacha, the Jewish kindergarten in Odessa

Teachers at Chabad’s Jewish kindergarten in Odessa, Ukraine, were shocked one morning recently to discover that a classroom window had been blown out by an explosion overnight. “It was fortuitous that there were no children in the building at the time,” one teacher said. “We benefited from a miracle here.” The magnitude of the miracle […]

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Uruguay’s president scuttles plan to turn giant Nazi eagle into a peace dove after criticism

(JR) — Uruguay’s president has withdrawn a proposal to transform a swastika-emblazoned 800-pound bronze eagle from a sunken Nazi ship into an artistic display of peace, following criticism that the plan devalued history. The question of what to do with the eagle, which sits in a naval warehouse, has vexed Uruguay since private explorers recovered […]

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‘My Friend Anne Frank’ tells the incredible story of how Anne’s best friend survived the Holocaust

((JR)) — One spring morning in 1934, two little girls followed their mothers to a corner grocery store in Amsterdam. The mothers, hearing each other speak German to their daughters, discovered they were both Jewish refugees who had recently fled Nazi Germany. The two girls peeked shyly at each other from behind their mothers’ skirts, […]

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A Berlin rabbi has been fired amid mounting allegations that he preyed on young women

BERLIN (JR) — As a teenager in Berlin, Adelle was honored when a rabbi began showing interest in her spiritual development. Rabbi Reuven Yaacobov’s offer of personal instruction was an appealing prospect to the Russian-speaking immigrant with no documentation of her Jewish heritage. Over time, Yaacobov’s private lessons escalated to phone calls and text messages and, […]

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