A prominent Ukrainian rabbi has announced that his adopted son has been confirmed dead in battle against Russian forces. Anton Samborskyi will be buried in Kyiv’s Jewish cemetery on Thursday, Rabbi Moshe Azman announced on Wednesday. Azman and his wife adopted Samborskyi at age 11 after the boy was orphaned, Azman said in a post […]
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BERLIN — For the past 14 years, ever since she became the first woman ordained as a rabbi in postwar Germany, Alina Treiger has been serving Jews in the country’s northwest through song. Now, Treiger has a new title to accompany her singing voice: cantor. She is one of eight new graduates of the Potsdam […]
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Telegram, the wildly popular messaging platform beloved by the far right and instrumental to both sides in the Israel-Hamas war, has suddenly found itself in the crosshairs of European law enforcement and regulators. French authorities made a surprise arrest of Telegram’s founder and CEO last week, a major escalation in the growing efforts by governments […]
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A Russian disinformation campaign targeted Israel and American Jews in a bid to weaken support for Ukraine, including by creating a fake version of a Jewish newspaper, the U.S. Department of Justice has announced. The sites and accounts aimed at Jews were part of a broader Russian propaganda effort that involved 32 internet domains and […]
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(JR) — Fred Kormis, a German-Jewish artist whose life and work spanned two world wars, created Britain’s first memorial to victims of Nazi persecution — but his name has been largely forgotten. Kormis’ memorial will be united with many of his other sculptures and prints in an upcoming exhibition at London’s Wiener Holocaust Library, dedicated […]
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BERLIN — Police in Munich say they thwarted a potential attack on Jewish targets on Thursday after they shot and killed a man who had a gun near the Israeli Consulate and a museum that documents World War II history. The man appeared to have been carrying a long-barreled firearm and shot at police officers, […]
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This article was produced as part of (JR)’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. ((JR)) — Growing up Orthodox Jewish in the suburbs of New York City, Dahlia Adler read books that showed a life vastly different from her own. “I […]
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((JR)) — Why are these macaroons different from all other macaroons? It’s a question that many American Jews may find themselves asking this Passover, and the answer will be: how they’re packaged. That’s because Manischewitz, the iconic purveyor of kosher-for-Passover products, has shaken up its look, eschewing macaroon canisters for resealable bags, splashing the orange […]
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WASHINGTON (JR) — Shortly after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, the leadership of the South African Jewish community requested a meeting with President Cyril Ramaphosa to discuss rising antisemitism. The meeting took place in December, and the course it took surprised the South African Jewish Board of Deputies: Instead of discussing the safety concerns […]
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(JR) — As dignitaries stood on stage in Warsaw to mark the 81st anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, a lone figure got up to join them: a man wearing a hoodie with the colors of the Palestinian flag. The man placed flowers atop a pile assembled for the occasion, then moved to the side […]
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