Author: Jesse Orine

AMSTERDAM (JTA) — In Germany, a man wearing a kippah was beaten on the street. In Austria, a student was harassed on the train for reading a book mentioning Jews in the title.  In London, a nurse said she was threatened at her hospital for wearing a Star of David necklace. And in Belgium, an […]

Jaime Lerner, renowned Brazilian-Jewish urban planner and politician, dies at 84 – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement

Jaime Lerner, renowned Brazilian-Jewish urban planner and politician, dies at 83 – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement

Pope Francis kisses Holocaust survivor’s Auschwitz tattoo – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement

(Detroit Jewish News via JTA) — On his way home for a surprise visit to see family and friends, Jewish journalist Danny Fenster was detained Monday in Myanmar, where he works for a news site in the country’s largest city of Yangon. Fenster is among the many journalists who have been detained, imprisoned or expelled […]

Man punched on Austrian train for asking passengers to stop denying the Holocaust – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement

To mitigate COVID-19 shortfall, Genesis Philanthropy Group donates $4 million to European Jewish institutions – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement

Irish parliament calls Israel’s presence in the West Bank ‘de facto annexation’ – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement

Jewish history and Holocaust studies scholar murdered in Ukraine – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement

Jewish man punched on Berlin street, one of 3 antisemitic incidents reported in German capital – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement