BUENOS AIRES — An Argentine lawmaker has been indicted on criminal charges after comparing Israel to the Nazi regime and calling it a “genocide state” on social media. Vanina Biasi of the left-wing Workers’ Party is the first sitting legislator in Argentina to be indicted for antisemitism, and the case against her marks the first […]
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Germany is halting all military exports to Israel that could be used in Gaza, a quick response to Israel’s decision early Friday morning to expand its offensive in the enclave and an escalation in tensions between the two longtime allies. “The even harsher military action by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip, approved last […]
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A historic synagogue in Odessa, Ukraine, sustained significant damage following a Russian drone strike this week, one of several Jewish sites caught up in intense bombardments this summer. The Nachlas Eliezer Synagogue in the Peresyp district of Odessa, which was built in 1898 and served the Jewish community until it was closed in the 1920s […]
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Over 130 years after he stood trial for espionage, Jewish Captain Alfred Dreyfus made headlines last month when French President Emmanuel Macron declared July 12 the date the country would remember him and the antisemitism that led to his imprisonment. This presidential declaration follows on the unanimous vote of France’s National Assembly that agreed to […]
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LENOX, Massachusetts — The new Chabad of the Berkshires here is just down the road from Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and just off the main street (called “Main Street”) where Ethan Frome, the title character in Edith Wharton’s 1911 novella, took an ill-fated sled ride with his wife’s cousin. “We’re […]
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Calling all Jews who love to love! Tu B’Av, the Jewish day of love, is upon us once again. Observed every year on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Av, this year the holiday begins Friday, Aug. 8 at sunset and continues through sunset the next day. A once-forgotten minor harvest festival that […]
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When the Sarajevo Haggadah first went on permanent display at Bosnia’s national history museum in 2002, it was seen as a hopeful symbol for the future after a decade of ethnic strife. Now, the museum has turned it into a different kind of symbol: for how criticism of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza is having […]
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France is suspending its effort to evacuate some Gazans after a woman who came to the country through the program was accused of making antisemitic comments online. Nour Attaalah, 25, arrived in France on July 11 after getting a scholarship to attend the elite Sciences Po Lille university in the fall. She had her admission […]
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On the evening of Nov. 3, 1970, 50-year-old feminist and Jewish lawyer Bella Abzug was elected to represent New York’s 19th Congressional district on Manhattan’s West Side. Scott Stringer, who went on to become Manhattan Borough President and New York City Comptroller, was then 10 years old. He remembers watching the election returns with his […]
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The Board of Deputies of British Jews, the largest Jewish organization in the United Kingdom, called for a rapid increase in Gaza aid this week, adding that the Israeli government’s new measures are “essential if long overdue.” The statement comes months after the group disciplined dozens of its members for signing an open letter condemning […]
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