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Reuven Bulka, Ottawa rabbi behind a Canadian week dedicated to kindness, dies at 77

June 29, 2021Jesse Orine

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A haredi Orthodox ‘City of Torah’ is planned in Mexico, first in Latin America

June 28, 2021Jesse Orine

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67 headstones damaged at Jewish cemetery in Poland

June 28, 2021Jesse Orine

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Eva Schloss, who had fled Austria as a child and later befriended Anne Frank, reclaims citizenship at 92

June 25, 2021Jesse Orine

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Hungarian Jews protest ‘gay propaganda law’

June 25, 2021Jesse Orine

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Sen. Chuck Schumer asks UK not to take 2-year-old Jewish girl off life support

June 25, 2021Jesse Orine

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In Poland, a bill to limit Holocaust restitution advances in parliament

June 24, 2021Jesse Orine

(JTA) — The Polish parliament has advanced a bill that would limit the ability of claimants to seek restitution for property they owned during the Holocaust, triggering a fresh diplomatic spat involving Israel and the United States. Under the measure, which passed its first reading on Thursday, courts may consider appeals regarding administrative decisions only […]

Honduras opens embassy in Jerusalem, becoming 4th country to make the move

June 24, 2021Jesse Orine

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In Slovakia, a retired non-Jewish educator teaches Roma teens about the Holocaust at Jewish cemeteries

June 24, 2021Jesse Orine

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How a non-Jewish Swiss baker’s challah wowed the internet

June 22, 2021Jesse Orine

This article originally appeared on The Nosher. Challah baker Katharina Arrigoni lives in a town in northern Switzerland with 3,000 residents, none of whom — including Arrigoni – are Jewish. Entirely self-taught, Arrigoni has never tasted a challah other than her own creations. Yet thanks to the power of the internet and Instagram, Arrigoni has […]