When Samuel Hartveld and his wife Claire Melboom fled Belgium in 1940, they left behind a collection of over 60 paintings that was later looted by the occupying Nazi government. Hartveld, a Jewish Belgian art collector, never saw his artworks again. But now, the British government has ordered one of those paintings returned to Hartveld’s […]
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Three people convicted in the November killing of Rabbi Zvi Kogan in the United Arab Emirates have been sentenced to death, according to UAE state media. Kogan, 28, a Moldovan-Israeli citizen, was working in the UAE last fall as an emissary of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement when he went missing in Dubai. His body was […]
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TIRANA, Albania — One block off Tirana’s Skanderbeg Square, Harel Kopelman is bringing traditional Albanian culture — in the form of dazzling wedding rituals, colorful costumes and delicious wines and cheeses — to foreigners visiting what was once one of Europe’s most brutal dictatorships. Albanian Night, a medieval mix of Balkan sights, sounds and tastes, […]
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A number of Jewish filmmakers are among thousands who signed a petition in support of Hamdan Ballal, the Palestinian co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land” who was arrested this week by Israeli troops. Ballal was released Tuesday, a day after he was beaten by West Bank settlers before being arrested. He is one […]
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The British government is pushing to let police block protests in front of places of worship, following a similar move earlier this year by Australian lawmakers. The new measure in England, part of a policing bill currently moving through Parliament, would give police in England and Wales the ability to control the route and timing […]
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BERLIN — Keren Kesselmann felt alone. Her male colleague in a Frankfurt Jewish communal institution had been making sexual advances, despite her rejections. One day the colleague cornered her in the workplace and forcibly tried to kiss her. She ran to a female colleague. “’I can’t take this anymore,’” she said. “And then I told […]
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The far-right French leader Jordan Bardella spoke to applause at an Israeli government conference, in a landmark moment for the head of a party that was led for years by an antisemite. In the speech, Bardella condemned antisemitism and anti-Zionism. He also emphasized the key messages of his party, National Rally: combating Islamism and restricting […]
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When Rachel Zegler tweeted “free palestine” last year after sharing the trailer for her latest movie, the live-action “Snow White,” millions of people saw it — more than 9 million, as of this week. But until Tuesday, few knew the extent to which Zegler’s one-line tweet caused a firestorm for Disney as well as her […]
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Hundreds of men shouting criticism of Hamas marched in Gaza on Tuesday, according to footage shared from the territory the terror group has long governed. Protests took place Tuesday and Wednesday throughout the enclave, including in Khan Younis and neighborhoods of Gaza City. The demonstrations were a rare and risky public display of dissent against […]
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For much of the 20th century, the world of classical conducting was dominated by two figures: Herbert von Karajan and Leonard Bernstein, who fiercely competed with each other throughout their prolific and illustrious careers. The first was Austrian, a stickler for exactitude who was, for a time, a member of the Nazi Party. The second […]
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