Author: Jesse Orine

(JTA) — Two tiny sects with Jewish roots have been dragged into yet another diplomatic fight between Russia and Ukraine. The few hundred Karaites who remain in Ukraine today are remnants of a sect that broke off from mainstream Judaism in eighth-century Iraq. They were documented in Crimea in the 13th century and nearly wiped […]

Canadian-Jewish politician Annamie Paul narrowly survives Israel-fueled leadership challenge – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement

AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Jewish leaders in Europe say the European Union is not only banning some methods of kosher and halal slaughter, but telling Jews and Muslims how to practice their religions. That’s according to many who have read a recent ruling by the EU’s highest court. It upholds bans in Belgium on producing kosher and […]

BBC writer who tweeted ‘Hitler was right’ is no longer with the broadcaster – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement

Swastika discovered on ark at Frankfurt airport synagogue – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement

(JTA) — The thought of leaving his native Hungary to study Judaism in Berlin “seemed totally crazy” to Zsolt Balla when he first considered it. “I mean, Germany of all places?” he said. But a decade in the country that engineered the destruction of European Jewry has changed him. Balla became one of the first […]

Krakow city official says good-luck figurines of Jews are ‘antisemitic’ and should not be sold – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement

Journalist who vandalized Warsaw Ghetto wall is teaching British teachers about antisemitism – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement

(JTA) — Parents in Brazil are protesting a school’s teaching of Anne Frank’s famous Holocaust diary, citing what they say is sexual content inappropriate for seventh graders. In a letter sent to the management of the Sao Paulo branch of Escola Mobile, a network of private schools, more than 90 parents complained about Frank’s descriptions […]

Far-left French presidential candidate suggests Toulouse Jewish school murders were part of elections conspiracy – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement